Summer 2011 Brings New Chapters and Scorched Pages in the Texas Winegrowers Handbook Earlier this year the news from Texas was dominated by one word….Wildfire! Firefighters battled out-of-control wildfires that scorched hundreds of square miles […]
Texas Wine Country? Vineyard Tour and Wine Tasting 2011 in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley In cooperation with Texas Department of Agriculture,Texas AgriLife Extension, USDA-ARS Where: Rio Farms, Inc. in Monte Alto, TX […]
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 […]
Culinaria Texas Two-Sip: Be There…Be Surprised On tables with white linens at San Antonio’s Hilton Palacios Del Rio, twelve wines were poured and presented before each audience participant and panelist. By eye, it was obvious […]
Virginia’s Ag Secretary Haymore Calls Out Texas for Cutting Wine Budget “Two of our closest competitors in the US, New York State and Texas, are actually cutting their wine marketing and education budgets and cutting […]
TODAY ONLY: Hill Country Wineries Wine Tasting (Houston/Richmond, TX): Free Admission for Lucky Fans of VintageTexas The Safari Texas Ranch, Richmond, Texas, Wednesday, April 27, 2011 – 6:00pm to 9:00pm (Public Tasting) As a reader […]
Texas Hill Country Wineries: Toast to Houston, Texas Houston…here we come!!! Next stop…Houston, Texas! 16 Texas Hill Country Wineries will embark upon The Space City for two days, Tuesday and Thursday, April 26 and 27, […]
Sniffing and Swirling: It’s the 1st Premium Açaí Wine I’ve had more than a few trips to Brazil. So many, that I sometimes default to the local spelling of Brasil. I’ve savored the scent of […]
Governor Perry, Don’t Leave Texas Wine Behind Earlier this week, the day of the big NCAA women’s finals basketball game in Houston, Texas Governor Rick Perry’s office released an announcement (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/15931/) that exhibited his confidence […]
What I Want to See in the Future of Texas’s Tex-Med Wines… High quality and good value just like these wines even if I can’t remember the names of all the grapes! Yesterday evening, Jeremy […]