Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – September 15, 2010 Social Media and Wine The Wine Curmudgeon Social media is supposed to save the wine business. The problem? The wine business doesn’t understand social […]
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 […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Madeira The Portuguese island 400 miles into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of northern Africa. Wines have been produced on this island since around the fifteenth century. However, this […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – March 15, 2010 Deep in the Heart of Texas Wine Country Syndicators.com Published by John Blanchette The Alamo isn’t the thing I remember most about San Antonio. […]
What I’m Drinking Tonight: Mandola Estate Winery 2008 Sangiovese Tonight, my wife and I had a simple baked rosemary chicken dinner. It is one of her specialities. While she was cooking, I was searching through my […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – Upcoming Texas Wine Festivals FEBRUARY 2009 February 19-21 2009 Annual Conference & Trade Show of the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association, Austin This annual event hosted […]
Texas Ports of Call – Port, Food, and Chocolate Pairing Ideas from Messina Hof Winery & Resort NOTE: A Vintage Texas blog reader recently posted a comment that requested information on pairing chocolate and wine. […]
What Texas Wine Goes with the “Big Apple” It was a brisk fall evening in Manhattan when we arrived at Trio Restaurant and Wine Bar. I had arrived in the “Big Apple” the previous day to […]