What’s on Your Wine Labels: From Appellation to “For Sale in Texas Only” I get more emails about wine labeling than just about any topic. The questions can vary from….”What is the minimum amount of […]
It’s a Brix Horse Race on the Texas High Plains with Tempranillo in the Lead I just saw the Brix number’s posted on the Bingham Family Vineyards website (actually a link from their Twitter post […]
VintageTexas ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Vintage Charts Vintage refers to the annual grape harvest and to the wine made from those grapes. In general, every year is a vintage year and all wines are vintage wines […]
My Messina Hof Winery Harvest Dinner It was sure hot today in Houston. It seemed even hotter than the 108 F heat index since I was scurrying to get done what I needed to do […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – Harvest Edition (The Vintage of the Century) Well, it’s time to start harvesting the fruits of this year’s Texas vintage. By most accounts, growers and winemakers alike […]
The New Texas Wine Lexicon: Better Start Asking if You Want Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner Wines; They are Coming! This past week, I was visiting the Texas high plains, first on a bus tour of the […]
Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News: January 31, 2010 Texas 2009 Vintage Report from Wines and Vines by Ed Hellman, Viticulture extension specialist with contributions by regional viticulture advisors: Penny Adams, Fran Pontasch, […]