Shanken News Daily Reports: Texas Wines Are Showing Rapid Growth It’s not the first place that comes to mind when one refers to “wine country,” but Texas is the fifth-ranked state by wine production—after California, […]
September 11th TXwine Twitter Tuesday: TEXSOM and Muy Grande Tasting Denise Clarke (@DeniseClarkeTX), Jeff Cope (@TXwineLover) and I (@VintageTexas) invite you to join the next TXwine Twitter Tuesday at 7 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday, […]
Top Ten Texas Wines of 2011 from VintageTexas: Installment #1 – Five Wines As with most top ten lists, they need to be prefaced by a disclaimer: “In the eyes of the beholder”. I have […]
They’re Back! CapRock Wines are in Distribution Again. I made my usually “run” to Spec’s Smith Street store in Houston earlier this week and found and interesting surprise. In the store’s Texas wine “section” [and […]
Dotson – Cervantes 2010 Texas Gotas de Oro (Drops of Gold): A Delightful Pairing You may recall, almost two years ago I blogged about a morning that started like this: “It was 9:30 on a […]
Houston…Get Ready for a Treat! McPherson Cellars Roussanne (Texas) 2010 I just found out that Houston (and maybe other locales that have access to Spec’s Stores) has a Texas wine treat in store for its […]
Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: New Year’s Pairing – Champagne and Caviar If you’re like me, you’ve just celebrated in the new year with a pop of the cork: the cork on a bottle of Champagne, […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News & Videos – October 21, 2010 How To Host a Texas Two-Sip A Texas Two-Sip tasting is a blind tasting of Texas wines alongside comparable non-Texas wines from […]
A Morning in Houston with Drops of Golden Dew: Dotson-Cervantes Gotas de Oro It was 9:30 on a weekday morning when the door bell rang. I expected this as, the evening before, I received a […]