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Best of Vintage Texas Blog
15th Anniversary for VintageTexas Blog, The Longest-Running Texas Wine Blog & Five of My Favorite Posts
I made an interesting comparison between what I called our Texas red sandy loam over porous caliche limestone and the coveted red sandy loam and limestone found in the Australian Coonawarra wine region that they called “Terra Rossa”. Literally the next day from half the world away, I received a comment to my blog coming back at me from seasoned wine critic Philip White who has written for Australia’s major newspapers and many magazines worldwide. White said that I had a bad case of “Coonawarra Envy” […]
grape growing
Texas Winegrowers It’s Time to Report for the Good of Your Industry: 2nd Texas Crush Report and Vineyard Production Survey
This is a reminder to Texas winegrowers to please fill out the second Texas Crush Report and Vineyard Production Survey for the good of the Texas Wine Industry. Individual responses will be kept confidential by Texas A&M. […]
Events
Sign up Now for the Hill Country Wineries Spring 2023 Wine & Wildflower Journey – Self-Guided Passport Event – March 27 to April 21
Participants can visit up to four wineries per day and receive a 15% discount on three bottle purchases. […]
Events
Six Reasons to Take the Specialist of Texas Wine Level 1 Certification Course in February from Russ Kane
In 2023, we have hit another milestone for my Specialist of Texas Wine Certification Course from Houston’s Texas Wine School. […]
Events
News Flash: Spring 2023 Specialist of Texas Wine Certification Courses Scheduled and Include a New Advanced Certification Course!
Welcome all Certified Specialists of Texas Wine (all 200 of you) and those that want to become certified. For all of you, Spring 2023 is going to bring special opportunities for instruction, education and advanced certification. […]
fine dining
Texas Wine Month Tasting Stop: Gourmet Dinning at Cabernet Grill and its “Larger than Life” All-Texas Wine List!
Let’s say you’ve made plans to tour the Texas hill country. Maybe it’s this October for Texas Wine Month, or maybe it’s just a quite and intimate hill country weekend. You can make either event […]
Cyclopedia of Wine
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: Do you know Graciano like I know Graciano?
Graciano brings with it a smoky perfume of fine sweet Cavendish pipe tobacco. […]
Cyclopedia of Wine
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: Mourvèdre Finds a New Home in Texas
In Texas, Mourvèdre is a rapidly rising star with plantings in both the centrally located Texas Hill Country AVA and in the more northern Texas High Plains. […]
Events
New Specialist of Texas Wine Certification Class Scheduled for Mid-September this Year… Sign up now! See added News Flash on Level 2 STW Certification.
Specialist of Texas Wine is a first-of-its-kind program offered by Dr. Russ Kane, Texas Wineslinger, and the Texas Wine School. […]