Many of us who have covered the wine industry for decades assume (often incorrectly) that wine consumers are familiar with all the various wine terms, wine regions, sub-regions and methods of fermentation that are assigned […]
A Difference You Can Taste: Perissos Vineyards 2014 Viognier You might say that the Perissos Vineyard 2014 Viognier is a “whole bunch better”. OK, there was no 2013 Perissos Viognier due to the series of late […]
Temptation by the Bottle: A Sparkling Wine from Eden Hill Vineyards Chris Hornbaker, winemaker at Eden Hill Vineyard & Winery, said, “As you know, Eden Hill is dedicated to making wine from Texas grapes. We […]
Texans Sure Do Like Their Bubbles: Domaine Carneros Provides When Domaine Carneros winemaker Eileen Crane and I met for lunch last week for lunch at Houston’s RDG Bar Annie, nearly the first thing that came up […]
Grape Creek Vineyards Releases Euphoria: Texas Sparkling Wine A long time ago, I mused in the blog about Texans and their love for sparkling wines (click here). However, there have been darn few sparklers actually […]
We Ate Our Black-eyed Peas (And Sampled Some Wine) At William Chris Vineyards We drove into Fredericksburg on Monday afternoon knowing that cold weather was coming (with some much needed rain) and our car’s battery […]
Wineslinger Weekly Texas Wine Column – December 2012 Month-At-A Glance Summary Texas Wineslinger – December 4, 2012: There are many Texas ports in a storm It’s starting to get cold and stormy outside. As we […]
On the Gulf Coast Wine Trail…Blanc Du Bois Vertical/Horizontal Tasting. Or, Better Tasting Through Chemistry I hit the road again after receiving an invitation from Jerry Watson of Watson Vineyards in Cat Spring, Texas. Jerry […]
What Did I Drink Last Night: 2009 Llano Estacado Texas Chardonnay, Unoaked After the events of the past few days, I needed something to get my mind into more of a chill. It was a […]
Educational and Membership Opportunities from The Food and Wine Foundation of Texas There is a great wine educational opportunity coming up on July 15th. The class will pour ten wines and it should be an […]