2021 Austin County Fair Non-Commercial Wine Show – Call for Entries
Texas’ only County Fair sanctioned non-commercial wine competition returns with the Austin County Fair on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. Coordinated by the Gulf Coast Winegrowers
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GO FOR THE GOLD – The Lone Star Competition Is Accepting Wine and Label Competition Entries
Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association (TWGGA) invites you to participate in our 38th Annual Lone Star International Wine Competition
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Texas Tech Viticulture Certificate Program Accepting Applicants
Texas Vineyards and Wineries, Do you have an employee, family member, or friend that would like additional training in grape
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Messina Hof Winery: Harvest Festival – A Time in the Vineyard for Both a Personal and Communal Experience
The end of summer is near, but the sun is still warm, and the grapes nearly ripened. That can only
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Texas Hill Country Voted 3rd in Top Ten Wine Regions in North America
Texas Hill Country was voted the #3 wine region in the 2021 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award contest for Best Wine
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“Johnny Flash” Brings New Portable Flash Détente Unit to Kerrville Hills Winery/Incubator – The Interview [Updated]
Note: Changes were made near the end of this blog to correct statements about the number of flash détente units
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Ab Astris Winery: Route 290 Wine Trail Food & Wine Pairing Reaches New High
It is an understatement to say, at Ab Astris Winery, the food and wine pairing sessions are immersive experiences, both
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Sangiovese Two-Ways: A Texas Terroir Tasting (Texas High Plains vs Hill Country)
If you were in France and talked terroir with winegrowers there – for example in Burgundy, Wedding Oak Winery Winemaker
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Kerrville Hills Winery: Another Side of “Johnny Tannat” Rivenburgh – Sagrantino
In recent stories and blog posts on the Internet, you’ve probably seen reference to Texas hill country winemaker John Rivenburgh
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Wedding Oak Winery: Seeing the Future in Red Blends and Roussanne for Texas
Seth Urbanek, the winemaker at Wedding Oak Winery, said “I’ve been making wine for ten years. With three vintages here
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Messina Hof’s New Harvest Green Location Leads the Way into Summer 2021: Part 1
The exciting news in Texas (and particularly in the greater Houston-area) is, Messina Hof Winery just opened a new winery
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Messina Hof’s New Harvest Green Location Leads the Way into Summer 2021: Part 2
As National Wine Day approaches on May 25th, I visited with Messina Hof owners Paul Mitchell and Karen Bonarrigo at
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Duchman Winery Trebbiano: A Texas-Italian Quencher
The wildflowers are blooming in Texas. The days are definitely getting longer and hotter leading us to look around for
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Texas Heritage Vineyard, Souzao: It’s the Iberian Atlantic Coast in a Bottle
If you haven’t experienced the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula in Portugal or Spain or their wines, the red
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Update: 29th Annual Gulf Coast Winegrowers Field Day Rescheduled May 7th
29th Annual Gulf Coast Winegrowers Field Day Rescheduled for May 7 – 8:00am – 3:30pm, Cat Spring Agricultural Society Hall, 13035 Hall
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