Newsom Vineyards Grape Day (and The Light at the End of the Vineyard) Not too long ago, I received a call from long-time winegrower Neal Newsom asking if I was going to make it to his […]
2016 Texas Black Spanish/Lenoir Symposium: Taming the Beast… According to Cat Spring grape grower and a symposium organizer Jerry Watson, “Black Spanish has made world class Port for a long time and we can now […]
Winemaking Harvest Internship Opportunity: Looking for Texans Interested in California Experience Forwarded from Randy Hester, zrandyhester@gmail.com I am coming up on my 10th harvest in Napa Valley but my first position was a cellar internship in […]
The Wine Society of Texas Announces 2015 Scholarship Grant Program Copy of WST Grant Application: NR-WST-Scholar-Announ-04082015 The Wine Society of Texas will provide up to $7,000 in assistance for the wine education, internship or field study, […]
The Rest of the CapRock Winery / Texas Custom Wine Works Story No sooner did I confirm the sale of the Cap*Rock Winery equipment and push go to post my previous blog on the matter […]
Cat Spring Grape Field Day 2014: So You Want to Grow Grapes, Texas Gulf Coast Edition The Cat Spring Grape Field Day is February 7 this year, and it is shaping up to be another […]
Sitting Here Sipping On Some Messina Hof Private Reserve 2011 Blanc Du Bois As I’m sitting down to write this piece, I’m sipping on a white wine from Texas. It’s not a Texas high plains […]
The Winemaker that Mark Penna Just Never Ran Off This week, in my Texas wine column in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal and on lubbockonline.com (click here), I interviewed Duchman Family Winery winemaker Dave Reilly. He […]
A New Way to Elevate Texas Wine Production and Quality: The Champagne Connection This week, in my Texas wine column in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal (click here), I talked with Austin’s wines.com and Red Room […]
Kiepersol Estates: A Wineslinger’s Swirl, Sniff and Taste of a Fine Texas Wine This was my first venture back into east Texas this year and the first since my previous visit to Kiepersol Estates that […]