Contest
Locapour: The Dream World of the Other 47
Locapour: The Dream World of the Other 47 [Words – don’t count this one] It was brutal this summer in Houston. The only thing that kept me going seemed like a dream. A Colorado […]
Syrah
Field Blogging
Red Wine with Sushi? Yep! Texas Hills Vineyard Barbera
Red Wine with Sushi? Yep! Texas Hills Vineyard Barbera Last weekend, my wife and I had friends Jill and Mark up to our cottage in the Texas Hill Country. They were seeking a respite, relief […]
Field Blogging
Texas Wine Guys Meet-up on the Trail in Washington State
Texas Wine Guys Meet-up on the Trail in Washington State If you’ve been a long time visitor to VintageTexas Blog and followed my Twitter feed up through last year, you’ve undoubtedly witness my banter between […]
grape growing
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: What is and isn’t in the word “Petit”
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: What is and isn’t in the word “Petit” Petit (pronounced puh-tee), it’s French for “little” or “small”, and when applied to wine, it can also infer something inferior. An […]
grape growing
Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Rosé Wines
Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Rosé Wines Rosé is simply the French word for “pink” which through the years has been assimilated into our English (and finally American wine) lexicon. True French-style Vin Rosé is not […]
cooking
A Tale of Two (or More) Texas Rosés on a Hot “Summer” Afternoon
A Tale of Two (or More) Texas Rosés on a Hot “Summer” Afternoon It’s Summer in Houston! Well, technically, we may not have yet reached Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 (the coming first day of summer […]
Great Places & People
Three Lessons for Texas Winemakers to Live By
Manifesto: Three Lessons for Texas Winemakers to Live By I stopped by for a visit with Kim McPherson, known as “K Mac” to some in Texas; he’s proprietor and winemaker at his McPherson Cellars winery […]
Conferences and Seminars
Five Things I learned from the Twitterverse at DrinkLocalWine.com Conference
Five Things I learned from the Twitterverse at DrinkLocalWine.com Conference … or why I think Mike Wangbickler gave me the finger! LocalWineEvents.com 2011 Missouri Twitter Taste-off (Emcees: Russ Kane, VintageTexas, and Eric V. Orange, LocalWineEvents.com) […]
Field Blogging
Buffalo Gap W&F Summit: Texas’s Red Dirt & Mesquite Smoke Terroir
Buffalo Gap W&F Summit: Texas’s Red Dirt & Mesquite Smoke Terroir I left Fredericksburg, Texas, early today as the yellow dawn light filtered through a gray haze cast from west Texas wildfires. I thought, God […]
Events
Next GO TEXAN Texas Twitter Tuesday: Taste & Tweet with Jim Johnson from Alamosa Wine Cellars
Next GO TEXAN Texas Twitter Tuesday: Taste & Tweet with Jim Johnson from Alamosa Wine Cellars The next GO TEXAN Texas Twitter Tuesday is Tuesday, April 5 at 7 p.m. Make plans to chat with […]