Texas Value Wines Featured on TXwine Twitter Tuesday (Nov. 1st) Denise Fraser (@DeniseFraser) and I (@VintageTexas) hope you can join us for the next TX Wine Twitter Tuesday at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 1. Texas […]
Manifesto: The Texas Wine Discussion Starts with Diurnal Temperature Swings, But Goes So Much Further How many times have you heard winery and/or vineyard reps say, “This vineyard location benefits from warm to hot days […]
What I’m Drinking Tonight: CapRock Winery 2010 Sauvignon Blanc Martin’s Vineyard It was a 100+ F today, but dry as a bone in the hill country outside Fredericksburg, Texas. When we arrived yesterday evening, we […]
Flight of the Phoenix: First Look (and Taste) of New CapRock Winery Last Saturday evening my Texas high plains wine and vineyard tour was nearing completion with one more event on the schedule. Over the […]
What Women Want (in Texas Wine) Remember the storyline from the Mel Gibson movie of the same name: “Nick, a somewhat chauvinistic advertising exec hot shot, has his life turned haywire when a fluke accident […]
Five Things I’ve Learned about Napa Valley Wines That Apply to Texas Wines Several weeks ago I attended the Napa Valley traveling road show that came through Houston, Texas. It was sponsored by Napa Valley […]
Exciting Times at CapRock Winery: Glazer’s to Distribute; Will Use as Much Texas Grapes as Possible Most of you remember the see-saw situation that occurred this past summer on the Texas High Plains with the […]
VintageTexas ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Muscat Canelli, First Wine to Show True Texas Terroir Muscat Canelli with its floral, heady aromas is often called a “seductive” white grape. Muscat Canelli is known under a variety of […]
La Proprietà del Vino di Estate (The Estate of the Summer Wine) Two weeks ago I blogged about need for good summertime wines in Texas. See: https://vintagetexas.com/?p=1711 You know, if there is one thing in […]
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning. Oh, What a Beautiful Place for Cabernet in Fort Davis, Texas Out in Fort Davis, Texas, on a path definitely less traveled, I’m a long way from Houston over 500 […]