Cyclopedia of Wine
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: Do you know Graciano like I know Graciano?
Graciano brings with it a smoky perfume of fine sweet Cavendish pipe tobacco. […]
Texas Hill Country Wineries
Picpoul Blanc
Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stop: It’s time to cool off with whites from Bending Branch and Duchman
Cool yourself down, sip one or both of these cool white wines and enjoy! […]
Food and Wine
Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stop #2: Spicewood Vineyards Grenache Rosé
The virtuosity of Texas Rosé wines is incredible […]
Dolcetto
Texas Hill Country Tasting Stop #6: Bingham Family Vineyards… Texas Farmer Discovers Terroir in High Plains Dirt, You Can Too!
I recall in 2013, while writing for the Lubbock Avalanch-Journal, I first interviewed Cliff Bingham co-owner of Bingham Family Vineyards about when and how his family’s Texas High Plains winegrowing exploits got started in Meadow, […]
Food and Wine
Texas Tasting Stop – Messina Hof Winery, 2019 Sagrantino Reserva, Texas High Plains
Like jammy fruit? Like tannins, comfortable yet dry and crisp? Like acidity that helps meld wine and food? Well, on this tasting stop, your wishes are fulfilled with Messina Hof Winery’s 2019 Sagrantino Reserva, Texas […]
Barrel tasting
Slate Theory Winery: A Photo-Visit and a Rorschach Test for the Palate
Wine is a cerebral experience – like a Rorschach test on the palate. […]
Local wine
Wedding Oak Winery: A Special Wine – Double Gold Medal Winner at Experience Rosé Wine Competition
Wedding Oak Winery , in San Saba, Texas, was awarded a double gold medal and a 97-point score for its 2021 Castanet rosé at the 2022 Experience Rosé Wine Competition. Held May 4th – 5th, 2022, the 2022 […]
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 […]
Albarino
Hill Country Tasting Stop #4 – Pontotoc Vineyard Albariño
If your not familiar with Pontotoc Vineyard and its owner Carl Money you probably don’t know about his wine passion and the passion he’s been able to get into his wines. Since inception, Pontotoc Vineyard […]
grape growing
Hill Country Tasting Stop #3 – Farmhouse Vineyards in Johnson City… from Malvasia to Syrah
Stop by West Texas Tipsy Tasting Trailer. […]
Aglianico
Hill Country Tasting Tour Stop #2 – Hye Meadow Winery… Boooom!
If you haven’t heard of or had the opportunity to taste Hye Meadow Winery’s 2017 Red Blend Boooom (Yep… with four ”o”s), there is no better reason to make a stop at the winery near […]
Cabernet Sauvignon
Slate Theory Winery & Vineyards: The Code Revealed
In 2018, the Jones family – seven siblings and their parents – acquired a location on Route 290 east of Fredericksburg for their new Slate Theory Winery and Vineyards. Their immediate neighbor Grape Creek Vineyards […]
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 […]
grape growing
UPDATE: Last Call for Specialist of Texas Wine March 2022 Class Registration – Learn to Find the Best Texas Wines & Qualify for the Level 2 Class Later This Year!
Know Your Texas Wines: Register for “Specialist of Texas Wine” Class by Russ Kane, the Man who Wrote the Book on Texas Wine… The Wineslinger Chronicles! […]
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, […]