Local wine
Texas Hill Country Tasting Stop #5 – Torr Na Lochs Syrah (Flavorful and Comes with a View)
great place to sit and sip while taking in the view, the afternoon breezes, and on Saturdays a variety of music […]
tasting
grape growing
Why Do You Need To Be A Specialist of Texas Wine? So you can unapologetically share Texas wine with the world and know what you are doing!
The next Specialist of Texas Wine class from Doc Russ – Texas Wineslinger, and the Texas Wine School in Houston, Texas, on April 27, May 4, May 11 (with the exam on May 12) gives […]
Great Places & People
Texas Hill Country Wine & Wildflower Journey
Tickets are now on sale for the Wine & Wildflower Journey, which will be happening this year from March 28th through April 22nd at over 40 wineries in the picturesque Texas Hill Country. Imagine you, your significant other, […]
Beer Pairing
Westcave Cellars Winery & Brewery: Good Tastings of Texas Wine, Beer and Food
What Allan and Margaret Fetty started with a backyard vegetable garden and evening glass of wine, in time became Westcave Cellars Winery. In 1999, they planted three acres of grapes that they sold to local […]
Local wine
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 Association, the annual Austin County Fair Wine Show will be held in the American Legion […]
Food and Wine
French Connection Wines: It Takes More Than Wine to Make a Wine Trail – You’ll Find It Here!
It was a warm summer afternoon driving east on Route 290. I approached the hamlet of Hye and made a turn south and, in short, found Ben and Victoria Calais’ French Connection Wines (FCW). This […]
Food and Wine
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 fun and educational. Furthermore, based on my recent visit, I can also say that they […]
Food and Wine
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 Seth Urbanek says, “They will tell you that Pinot Noir at the top of the […]
Food and Wine
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 location in Richmond called Messina Hof Harvest Green Winery & Kitchen. As the newest member of […]
Food and Wine
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 Messina Hof’s new Harvest Green Winery and Kitchen. As I mentioned in my previous blog […]
Italian Wine
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 wines that refresh us and quench our thirst. One of the varietal wines that is […]
grape growing
Burklee Hill Vineyards: Both Winery and Wine Director are Evolving Quickly…
… and producing some excellent wines. Burklee Hill Vineyards with its bistro-tasting room located in downtown Lubbock is not far from other well-known Lubbock-based wineries like McPherson Cellars and just a bit farther away, Llano […]
history
Know Your Texas Wines: Register for “Specialist of Texas Wine” Class by Russ Kane
NOTE: This is a new upcoming Specialist of Texas Wine Class from Texas Wine School. Register now to assure that you receive your wines in time for the first class (click here). Specialist of Texas Wine Certification Course […]
grape growing
Roussanne – Texas’s Age Worthy White Grape
I just realized that I had acquired a decade’s worth of wine made from Roussanne, the acknowledged ageable white wine grape from the Rhone Valley region of France. However, my collection is different; all comes […]
grape growing
TWGGA 2021 Texas Wine and Grape Virtual Forum
The Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association is proud to be the oldest, and only state-wide industry organization that supports, promotes and legislatively addresses issues among vineyard owners, grape crop producers/managers, and winery and tasting […]