Know about Texas Cinsault? Let Randy Hester of C.L. Butaud help you.
My Grenache and Cinsault are similar, produced exactly the same way – old school, Rhone-style.
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Texas Wine Drinking
This topic documents my experiences with tasting wine, especially Texas wine. But, I will also try to include other wines from around the world, particularly when they provide a good reference point or basis of comparison to something people know and love.
The “Roussanne Advantage”: The White Grape for Texas
Roussanne, the best white grape for Texas – It can handle was all Texas weather can throw at it and makes great wine, too!
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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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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 Fine Wine: 2021 Talk and Taste Events
Denise Clarke of Denise Clarke PR advises… Given the pandemic precludes hosting in-person tasting events, Texas Fine Wine is going
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New Wine Releases: Cheramie and Todd’s Grand Wine Adventure
“What began as a trip to a winery in the Texas Hill Country became a passion for sharing the amazing
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Retrospective: The Day in 1868 When Texas Became a Wine Country
From the Sunday Edition of the Galveston Daily News on October 25th of 1868, we can see that the “pure
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#TXWine Twitter Tuesday Rosé – 4/7/20 7-8 pm CT Supporting Texas Wineries / Restaurants
Original photo credit: txwinelover.com #TXWine Twitter Tuesday Rosé – 4/7/20 7-8 pm CT Supporting Texas Wineries / Restaurants Howdy Texas
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Slate Mill Wine Cooperative – The Hill Country Winery with a Super-Big Vision
Slate Mill Wine Cooperative – The Hill Country Winery with a Super-Big Vision It was a chilly and clear early-Spring
Read moreDr. B Talks Texas Wine – Blanc Du Bois (The “National” White Grape of Texas)
Dr. B Talks Texas Wine – Blanc Du Bois (The “National” White Grape of Texas) If you haven’t tried wines
Read moreWilliam Chris Vineyards: New Tasting Room Enhances Wine Tasting Experiences
William Chris Vineyards: New Tasting Room Enhances Wine Tasting Experiences The debut of new Tasting Room to Club Members on
Read moreStop Thief! Barrel Tasting at Ron Yates Wines
Stop Thief! Barrel Tasting at Ron Yates Wines Unfortunately, I missed the 2019 Ron Yates Barrel Experience where participants sampled
Read moreCongrats to Fall Creek Vineyards! Their GSM Texas Monthly’s Top Texas Wine
Congrats to Fall Creek Vineyards! Their GSM Texas Monthly’s Top Texas Wine As announced by Fall Creek Vineyards Director of
Read moreA Cowboy Walked into Los Pinos Vineyards Tasting Room – A Fredericksburg Tasting
A Cowboy Walked into Los Pinos Vineyards Tasting Room – A Fredericksburg Tasting The way the story goes… A cowboy
Read moreWedding Oak Winery: New Wines & Digs in Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country
Wedding Oak Winery: New Wines & Digs in Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country It was our first trip to
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