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Oh, What a Beautiful Morning. Oh, What a Beautiful Place for Cabernet in Fort Davis, Texas

May 10, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 340 Views 10 Comments AVA, Beautiful Cabernet, Beautiful Morning, Blue Mountain, Blue Mountain Vineyard, Bob Cottle, California, chateau, Chateau Le Trailer, Delores Mountain, Fort Davis, gnarly old vines, grape, grape growing, growing, mile high vineyard, mountains, Napa Valley, Patrick Johnson, PD, Pierce's disease, Pleasant Hill WInery, Sauvignon Blanc, Texas, Texas Davis Mountain, travel, vineyard, volcanic soil, wine, winegrowing, wines that make themselves

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning. Oh, What a Beautiful Place for Cabernet in Fort Davis, Texas Out in Fort Davis,

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Video: Welcome to Texas Wine Country: The Texas Hill Country Wine Trail Awaits You

May 5, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 123 Views 1 Comment Austin, BMW, Chisholm Trail Winery, Colorado River, Edwards Plateau, enology, Fredericksburg, geology, Glen Rose, grapes, growing, Guadalupe River, Hill Country, Hill Country Wineries, I-10, Katy Jane Bothum, Lampasses, Lone Star State, Pedernales River, premium wines, road trip, Route 290, San Antonio, Texas, Texas Legato Winery, Texas wine, Texas Wineries, Touring, travel, vineyard, viticulture, wine, wine country in Texas, Wine Tasting, wine tour, wine trail, wineries, winery

Video: Welcome to Texas Wine Country: The Texas Hill Country Wine Trail Awaits You This week’s video episode features Katy

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Brownfield, Texas: No Way! Been There and its Green with the Vines of Texas Wine Grape

April 30, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 233 Views 7 Comments Aglianico, AgriLife, and, Andy Timmons, AVA, Bingham, Bogar-Cox, Brownfield, Brushy Creek, bus tour, Cabernet Sauvignon, caliche, chardonnay, Dusty Timmons, extension service, grower, growing, High Plains, Larry, Larry Young, Limestone, Lost Draw, Mourvedre, Muscat Canelli, Muscat Giallo, Red Grape, red sandy loam, Reddy, Roussanne, Sangiovese, Tempranillo, terroir, Texas, Vermentino, vine, vineyard, Viognier, viticulture, White grapes, wine, Wine Atlas, Wine Spectator, winegrowing

Brownfield, Texas: No Way! Been There and its Green with the Vines of Texas Wine Grapes We gathered in Brownfield,

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In Texas, Agriculture (and Viticulture) is Your Culture!

February 17, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 94 Views 1 Comment acreage, California, cotton root rot, culture, Department of Agriculture, disease, education, enology, extension, Freeze, grape, grow, grower, growing, New York, Oregon, PD, research, service, spring, Texas, training, viticulture, Washington, wine, winemaker, winery

In Texas, Agriculture (and Viticulture) is Your Culture Yesterday, the newly appointed Texas Wine Industry Development and Marketing Advisory Committee

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So You Want to Grow Wine Grapes in Texas – How to Get Started

January 30, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 760 Views 4 Comments American Viticultural Areas, annual conference, AVA, find a winery, GoTexan, grape, Grape Camp, growing, List Serve, TAMU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas Wine and Grape Grower's Association, Texas Winergrowers, TWGGA, wine, wine regions, winemaking, Yahoo

So You Want to Grow Wine Grapes in Texas – How to Get Started Following my blog post earlier this

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Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – December 12, 2009

December 12, 200911 years ago VintageTexas 135 Views 2 Comments Cabernet Grill, Chef, conference, Cotton Gin Village, Fredericksburg, Frommers, grape, growing, recipe, selling Texas wine, Spiced wine, Terry Thompson-Anderson, Texas, Texas Hill Country, TWGGA, viticulture, wine, wine bar, wine country, wine grower, Yankees

Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – December 12, 2009 So you Want to Grow Grapes in Texas…it Pays

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Ten Things We Learned at #DLW09 Conference & Taste-Off and #Texsom

August 21, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 223 Views 17 Comments #DLW09, Bingham, blog, Cabernet, California, chardonnay, Cordon Bleu, Craig Collins, Devon Broglie, Dolcetto, Drew Hendricks, DrinkLocalWine, Farm to Table, follower, For Sale in Texas Only, friend, global, grapes, Grenache, growing, Guy Stout, Haak, Inwood, James Tidwell, June-Anne Rodil, learned, Malbec, menu, Mourvedre, Newsom, Robert Parker, Rose, Sangiovese, sommelier, surprise, Syrah, Tara, taste-off, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas Sommelier Conference, TEXSOM, TweetDeck, twitter, Vermentino, vineyard, VintageTexas, Viognier, wine, wine list, winemaking

Ten Things We Learned at #DLW09 Conference & Taste-Off and #Texsom Last weekend I attended the GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Conference (www.drinklocalwine.com)

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A Land of Limestone Ledges and Red Sandy Soil: Part 2

May 12, 2009June 27, 201112 years ago VintageTexas 153 Views 1 Comment Auler, Becker, Chesley Sanders, Cox, damp, distilled spirits, dry, French Legion of Honor, Grape Creek, Grapeland, Grapevine, growing, hard scrabble, hybrid, McPherson, muscadine, Mustang Grape, Newsom, prohibition, root stock, T.V. Munson, terroir, Texas, wet, wine

A Land of Limestone Ledges and Red Sandy Soil: Part 2 Continued from: http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=790 In my search to define Texas

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A Texas Winegrower's Lament: The Ten Best Things about a Late Season Freeze

April 10, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 160 Views 1 Comment Akashic, bud, bud break, Don Pullum, Freeze, Frost, grape, growing, spring, Texas, vineyard, wine

A Texas Winegrower’s Lament: The Ten Best Things about a Late Spring Freeze Guest Blog by Don Pullum, Akashic Vineyards

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Drinking In a Bit of Texas History

April 6, 2009February 12, 201112 years ago VintageTexas 145 Views 3 Comments Bingham, Bobby Cox, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, grape, growing, High Plains, Martin, Milky Way, Monte Bello, Mourvedre, Muscat Canelli, Neal Newsom, Newsom, Orion, Pheasant Ridge, pioneer, Pleiades, red dust, Reddy, Ridge Vineyard, Ruby Cabernet, steak, Syrah, Tallant, Tanat, terroir, Texas, vines, vineyard, Wilmeth, wine, Young

Drinking In a Bit of Texas History Entry 2 – The Texas High Plains Vineyard Planting Tour Continues from http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=652….

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Dear Lord, We Could Use a Little Rain and Please Keep the Frost Away

March 31, 2009February 12, 201112 years ago VintageTexas 170 Views 3 Comments B&B, Bobby Cox, Freeze, Frost, grant, grape, growing, Jet Wilmeth, La Diosa, Lubbock, McPherson, new vineyard, Newsom, Plains, Texas, Texas Department of Agriculture, wine, winemaking

Dear Lord, We Could Use a Little Rain and Please Keep the Frost Away Entry 1 – The Start of

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Texas Wine – A Matter of Economics and Quality

February 23, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 296 Views 1 Comment Christian Hill, economic impact, Ed Hellman, eonology, Go Texan Program, grape, growing, growth, harvesting, Mike Sipowicz, MKE Research, Q&A, quality, rank, sales, Texas, Texas Department of Agriculture, tourist, vine, vineyard, viticulture, wine

Texas Wine – A Matter of Economics and Quality Christian Hill of MKE Research was “sweating nails” while standing on

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North Texas Road Trip: Entry 6 – Lone Oak Vineyard, a bit of Texas Bordeaux

February 14, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 195 Views 5 Comments barrel, blend, Bordeaux, Brushy Creek, Cabernet, Cabernet Franc, Cretaceous, Denton, Gainesville, grape, growing, Lake, Les Constable, Limestone, Lone Oak Vineyard, Malbec, Meritage, Merlot, microclimate, Petit Verdot, Ray Roberts, Red River, Robert Wolf, sandstone, sauvignon, Texas, Texoma, Valley View, vineyard, wine, winery

North Texas Road Trip: Entry 6 – Lone Oak Vineyard, a bit of Texas Bordeaux I stopped the previous night in

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North Texas Road Trip Entry 5 – Visiting the Supreme Expérimenter

February 8, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 153 Views 5 Comments Admiral Rickover, Albarino, Alvord, Black Sea, Bordeaux, Brushy Creek, Cabernet, California, criminals, Cross Timbers, Decatur, England, experiment, France, grape, Grenache, growing, James Michener, Kentucky, Les Constable, Malbec, Mediterranean, Merlot, Mourvedre, navy, nuclear, Pierce's disease, Portugal, Puritans, Riesling, Rio de Janiero, Rkatsiteli, road trip, Russia, soil, spain, Syrah, tannat, Tempranillo, TEnnessee, Texas, tour, Ukraine, Uruguay, Verdeho, Vineyards, West Virginia, wine, winery

North Texas Road Trip Entry 5 – Visiting the Supreme Expérimenter at Brushy Creek Vineyards There comes a point in

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Texas Gets Coonawarra Envy….

January 10, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 182 Views 2 Comments Aussie, Australian, AVA, Coonawarra, Drinkster, grape, growing, High Plains, Terra Rossa, terroir, Texas, tierra roja, VintageTexas, Viticultural Area, wine, winery

Texas Gets Coonawarra Envy…. Just a short post today, but it is something important. A few days ago, I blogged

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