Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News for January 9, 2009 Wow, 2009 is starting off with a bang. Lots of excellent wines to taste, new things to learn, and great wineries to visit. See […]
Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News for January 8, 2009 Happy New Year from Pleasant Hill Winery (www.pleasanthillwinery.com); A rare snow settles on the barrels at Pleasant Hill Winery; December, 2008. Wishing you […]
Five New Year’s Wine Resolutions for 2009 1. Drink Well, Drink Local In 2008, I blogged about “Food/Drink Miles” as applied to wine selection. In 2009, I reconfirm that I will drink well, but […]
Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News To the Tune of Auld Lang Syne… The traditional song for ringing in the New Year in almost every English speaking country in the world is Auld […]
Texas Black Spanish – The Grape Otherwise Known as Lenoir: Regional Character, International Reputation Photo: Franklin Howser, making Black Spanish wine at Dry Comal Creek Winery (click here) for more. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Update: For a Video […]
Day 3 On the Texas Hill Country Holiday Wine Trail: New Faces; Old Friends The last day of the wine trail did not start until noon. This gave me an opportunity to post my article […]
Texas’ Best Wines of 2008 from VintageTexas.com – For the Holiday Season It’s time to start seriously thinking….wine selection. Thanksgiving Day and other holiday festivities are just around the corner. Don’t be caught empty handed […]
2008 Grape Camp Report: Day 2 – Advanced Grower Sessions The turnout of new growers on Day 1 was matched by the attendance at the Day 2 advanced growers sessions. The best news was that many […]
“Proud to Drink Texas”… A Discussion with Mark Hyman, President and COO at Llano Estacado Winey Let’s rewind about twenty-plus years, back to 1986. This was the year that the 1984 Llano Estacado Chardonnay won […]
Wine Reviews on VintageTexas Vintage Texas is pleased to announce that has started reviewing wines from Texas and wine from the expanding wine world that may be of particular interest to Texans. It also provides […]