Wine.com Opens Warehouse in Houston Area and Gets Permit to Operate/Ship Wine in Texas As reported by the Austin American Statesman and flagged by @TXwinecountry… The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has cleared Wine.com to resume […]
Governor Perry: Is Texas Planting Vines in the Backyard of the Statehouse? Virginia is. And, Supporting Its Wine Industry, Too! The Virginia wine industry has the full support of its state government right up to […]
Messina Hof Let’s Talk Seafood Party: Like Opening the Pantry and Frig and Starting a Recipe from Scratch Finally, a few days of lower temperatures lightened the evening drive from Houston to Messina Hof Winery […]
Manifesto: Blanc Du Bois – Texas’s Own Wine (It’s Time to be Proud of It!) As Texas wineries and winegrowers move forward in the complicated and global world of wine, it should be more than […]
Two New Master Sommeliers in Texas – Congrats to Craig Collins of Glazer’s and Devon Broglie of Whole Foods by Photo by Jeremy Parzen, text by Alfonso Cevola (On the Wine Trail in Italy) on (The Blend Blog) […]
At #WBC11 – Try Some Wines from The Other 46, Including Four from Texas One of the sessions at the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, VA this week is “The Other 46 Tasting” […]
Manifesto: The Texas Wine Discussion Starts with Diurnal Temperature Swings, But Goes So Much Further How many times have you heard winery and/or vineyard reps say, “This vineyard location benefits from warm to hot days […]
Texas Department of Agriculture Identified Funding to Extend Viticulture Advisor Program By Dacota Haselwood, Chief Governmental Affairs Officer (from TWGGA Legislative News July 11, 2011) The Association (Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association – TWGGA) […]
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 […]
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 […]