in the 1980s, Neal and Janice Newsom started growing grapes on family property in Plains, TX, up on the Texas High Plains. Neal started growing Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and convinced his father to do the same, and thus, a legend in Texas grape growing was started. […]
Ever heard of Alta Marfa? I’m not surprised if you haven’t. I didn’t either until, in 2022, when I met up in Fredericksburg with friend, Mason wine grower and winemaker Dan McLaughlin (Robert Clay Vineyards) […]
I poured myself a glass of Duchman’s Salt Lick Vineyard 2016 Tempranillo and fired up my new Ooni gas fired pizza oven […]
Many wine aficionados haven’t had the opportunity to taste wine made from the Graciano grape and some have never even heard about it. Furthermore, some have had Graciano, and didn’t know it. Sound weird? Why […]
Graciano brings with it a smoky perfume of fine sweet Cavendish pipe tobacco. […]
Well, if your a turquoise believer, your next stop for a Texas wine tasting needs to be at Fiesta Winery. #TXwine […]
I recall in 2013, while writing for the Lubbock Avalanch-Journal, I first interviewed Cliff Bingham co-owner of Bingham Family Vineyards about when and how his family’s Texas High Plains winegrowing exploits got started in Meadow, […]
Kyla (pronounced, “shoola”) means “chill” in the native tongue of sister-brother co-owners Julie and David Kuhlken’s Swedish relatives. […]
Let’s start with this easy questions and give an obvious easy answer. Rioja is definitely not a variety of wine grape. But, it is a word that is very much associated with Spanish wine. From […]
If your not familiar with Pontotoc Vineyard and its owner Carl Money you probably don’t know about his wine passion and the passion he’s been able to get into his wines. Since inception, Pontotoc Vineyard […]