“High Tech Texas Vineyard Manager of the Future” Do Texas Vineyards Need a High Tech Solution for Late Spring Freezes? The Tempwave Microwave Approach – Tempwave is Raytheon’s patent-pending system that uses low-level microwave radiant […]
Leading Regional Wine Writers Set for the Drinklocalwine.com Conference in Virginia Wine Country Some of the best writers about U.S. regional wine, including Lenn Thompson of the New York Cork Report, author and critic Todd Kliman, […]
“The Unfinished”, A Remarkable and Enchanting Tale in Barolo Guest Blog by: Matthew Frank To research “Barolo” Matthew Frank (http://matthewgfrank.com/?page_id=137) spent six months in Barolo, Italy (pop. 646), living out of a tent in the […]
New York Wine Competition Awards Texas Wines A record number of wines competed for awards in the 10th annual Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (http://www.fliwc.com/) in 2010. The competition, which benefits Camp Good Days and […]
Sweet Jesus…..This is Definitely NOT California Wine Country Guest Blog: Steven Krueger, Resort Sommelier, The Westin La Cantera Resort http://www.westinlacantera.com/dining I have found myself adding more and more Texas wines to our wine list to the point where […]
Texas Winegrowers are on the “Eraser’s Edge” You may recall the book “Razor’s Edge” by W. Somerset Maugham published in 1944. It quotes, “The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus […]
Need More Good Wines in California (and Texas): Blame Varietals I recently read a good blog on why in the day of modern technology we don’t have more good wines that can be grown in […]
Texas Wines Win at 2010 National Womens Wine Competition Torre di Pietra Vineyards (www.texashillcountrywine.com) Torre di Pietra Texas (Hill Country: Reserve, Estate Produced) Black Spanish 2009 $29.95 – Silver, Open Competition More on Black Spanish, go to: […]
Whole Foods Market and Cork ReHarvest: Save the Cork Forests! Whole Foods Market today announces a company-wide wine cork recycling program, making it easy for wine enthusiasts to properly dispose of corks. The first national […]
Messina Hof Paulo Shiraz: Texas Soup and Texas Wine Pairing If you are like me, you often have several unfinished bottles of wine (often from Texas) that end up in the refrigerator normally with only a […]