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Newsom Vineyards – Part 2: Still On a Roll with Great Red Wines

April 1, 2023 admin 0

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. […]

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Texas Davis Mountains AVA Tasting Stop: One Steak and Three Alta Marfa Tempranillos… Limestone, Sandstone and Volcanic

March 26, 2023 admin 0

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) […]

Food and Wine

Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stop: What Wine with Pizza? Texas Wine Drinkers Say Tempranillo… So, Try Duchman Winery’s Salt Lick Tempranillo

January 17, 2023 admin 0

I poured myself a glass of Duchman’s Salt Lick Vineyard 2016 Tempranillo and fired up my new Ooni gas fired pizza oven […]

Graciano

Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stop: A Graciano Gracias for Pedernales Cellars

December 27, 2022 admin 0

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 […]

Cyclopedia of Wine

VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: Do you know Graciano like I know Graciano?

July 22, 2022 admin 0

Graciano brings with it a smoky perfume of fine sweet Cavendish pipe tobacco. […]

Primitivo

Texas Hill Country Tasting Stop: Fiesta Winery for a Turquoise Moment and Spectacular Primitivo

July 16, 2022 admin 0

Well, if your a turquoise believer, your next stop for a Texas wine tasting needs to be at Fiesta Winery. #TXwine […]

Dolcetto

Texas Hill Country Tasting Stop #6: Bingham Family Vineyards… Texas Farmer Discovers Terroir in High Plains Dirt, You Can Too!

June 17, 2022 admin 1

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, […]

grape growing

Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stop: Pedernales Cellars 2020 Kyla

June 10, 2022 admin 0

Kyla (pronounced, “shoola”) means “chill” in the native tongue of sister-brother co-owners Julie and David Kuhlken’s Swedish relatives. […]

Cyclopedia of Wine

VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: What is Rioja?

May 16, 2022 admin 0

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 […]

Albarino

Hill Country Tasting Stop #4 – Pontotoc Vineyard Albariño

May 7, 2022 admin 0

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 […]

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