Ten Things We Learned at #DLW09 Conference & Taste-Off and #Texsom Last weekend I attended the GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Conference (www.drinklocalwine.com) and Twitter Taste-Off (https://vintagetexas.com/?p=1083) and the Texas Sommelier Conference (www.texsom.com) in Dallas Texas. As my […]
At the end of the session, one gentleman who at first had been ultra-resistant to the whole idea of Texas Wines summed up the feelings of the crowd by asking, “Why don’t you just get Robert Parker (www.erobertparker.com) to rate these wines? That would get the word out, once and for all, about just how good Texas wines can be.” […]
Grape Creek Vineyards Vintner Dinner at Chef Burtwell’s Cabernet Grill Texas Hill Country wines are rapidly becoming what can be referred to as “the whole deal, the real deal, and the big deal”; something similar […]
Video: Viognier, Roussanne and Blanc du Bois: The Three Sisters of Texas Wines Ever think of Texas as a Chardonnay kind of place? I didn’t think so. It can be grown in Texas and even does […]
Sienna Sip and Stroll: Pinot Gringos and All Their “Trick Wines” Entry 2 from the Grand Wine and Food Affair I was aware at the Grand Wine and Food Affair’s grand tasting held the previous […]
VintageTexas “Wineslinger” Shoots Six Straight In Grand Tasting Friday evening the Grand Tasting at the Grand Wine and Food Affair was held in Sugar Land, Texas (just southwest of Houston). It was definitely a “Grand […]
Sunday Fair at the Salt Lick Entry 5 – Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival Adventure After midnight, the clouds and rain of the previous days were swept away by an advancing cold […]
Savoring the Texas Hill Country: Luncheon at Becker Vineyards Entry 2 – The Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival Adventure Three winery hosted luncheons were held today, my selection, though hard to make, was […]
Earth, Wind and High Plains Vines Entry 3 – Conclusion of the High Plains Planting Tour Continued from: https://vintagetexas.com/?p=656 Caravanning across the Texas High Plains, our group included representatives from California, Kansas and Arizona along […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – March 13, 2009 WineFoot.com Picks 2007 Becker Vineyards Viognier – Texas Rocks It Posted on 26 February 2009 Winery Website: www.beckervineyards.com So many of us out here […]