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Guest Blog: Visual Wine Tasting (The Baker Method)

July 19, 2012July 19, 20129 years ago admin 205 Views 4 Comments Alamosa Wine Cellars, Don Pullum, drink local, Guest Blog, Jim Baker, Jim Johnson, local wine, Sandstone Cellars, Texas wine, TXwineGeek, visual tasting, visual wine tasting, wine and art, Wine Tasting

Guest Blog: Visual Wine Tasting (The Baker Method) by Jim Baker (TXwineGeek) Some of you may have already seen, the

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Pecan Jam: A San Saba Celebration of Texas Wine and Pecan-Filled Foods

October 25, 2011October 25, 201110 years ago admin 216 Views 2 Comments Alamosa Wine Cellars, Amigo White, basil-pecan pesto, Bend Texas, butternut squash soup, caramelized pecans, Cherokee Creek Vineyards, Cherokee Rosé, chocolate ganache cake, Cinsault, festival dinner, field blend, field blended wine, fun and fiber, gourmet meal, Grenache, hors d'oeuvres, Jet Wilmeth, Jim Johnson, local wine, lucky stars, Mediterranean red blend, Mike McHenry, Mill Pond Park, mini-river walk, Mourvedre, mushroom caps, Palette, pecan filled foods, Pecan Jam, Port wine, Port wine and pecan reduction, San Saba Texas, Sangiovese, spicy pecan cheese spread, stars at night are big and bright, Steven Krueger, Syrah, Tempranillo, Texacaia, Texas Pecan & Wine dinner, Texas pecans, Texas wine, The Wineslinger Chronicles, Viognier, Westin La Cantera, winegrower

Pecan Jam: A San Saba Celebration of Texas Wine and Pecan-Filled Foods When Mike McHenry first called me and asked

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Five Things I learned from the Twitterverse at DrinkLocalWine.com Conference

April 22, 2011April 25, 201111 years ago admin 307 Views 1 Comment Akashic Vineyard, Alamosa Cellars, Andrew Stover, Annie Gunn's, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Balzac Communications, Buck Mountain. Jowler Creek, Cabernet, chiefwino, chiefwino.com, Cynthiana, Dave McIntyre, DLWMO, Don Pullum, drinklocalwine.com, feral cat, French American hybrid, Gil Kulers, Glenn Baggett, Harsha Wines, Jeff Siegel, Jim Johnson, Joe Pollack, Kyle Harsha, LocalWineEvents.com, Locapour, Locavore, Marechal Foch, Merlot, Michael Wangbickler, MIssouri wine, MOnetlle, MOwine, Native American grapes, Norton, restaurant, Rick Rockwell, Russ Kane, social media, St. Louis Eats and Drinks, Syrah, Texas wine, Vignoles, VintageTexas, Virginia wine, We Don’t Need No Stickin’ Vinifera, WineKulers

Five Things I learned from the Twitterverse at DrinkLocalWine.com Conference … or why I think Mike Wangbickler gave me the

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Next GO TEXAN Texas Twitter Tuesday: Taste & Tweet with Jim Johnson from Alamosa Wine Cellars

March 31, 2011March 31, 201111 years ago admin 165 Views 0 Comments #TXWine, Alamosa Wine Cellars, alamosawine, alamosawineguy, El Guapo, Go Texan, Graciano, Jim Johnson, Marsanne, Mediterranean wine, Roussane, Sangiovese, Scissortail, Syrah, tapas, Tempranillo, Tempranillo Advocates Producers and Amigos Society, Texacaia, Texas Twitter, Texas Twitter Tuesday, Texas wine, tweet chat room, tweetchat, twitter, txmed, Viognier

Next GO TEXAN Texas Twitter Tuesday: Taste & Tweet with Jim Johnson from Alamosa Wine Cellars The next GO TEXAN

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PREDICTION: Tempranillo Will Factor Greatly into Texas’s Wine Future; New Texas TAPAS Chapter

November 28, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 289 Views 8 Comments Aglianico, Alamosa Wine Cellars, Barbera, Bodegas Baigorri, Continental climate, Dan Gatlin, Dolcetto, France, Grayson College, Grenache, Inwood Estates, Italy, Jim Johnson, La Mancha, Malbec, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Climate, Mourvedre, Neal Newsom, Newsom Vineyards, Rioja, Rioja Alavesa, Rioja Alta, RIoja Baja, Simon Arina Robles, spain, Symposium, tannat, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas wine, Vineyard at Florence, wine

PREDICTION: Tempranillo Will Factor Greatly into Texas’s Wine Future; New Texas TAPAS Chapter “If I had to do it all

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Its Time to Join Us for Texas TAPAS: Tempranillo Advocates Producers and Amigos Society Starting a Chapter in Texas

September 9, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 207 Views 3 Comments advocate, Alamosa, Alamosa Wine Cellars, amigo, Bingham Family Vineyards, Bobby Cox, Bodega Baigorri, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Carignan, chardonnay, Dan Gatlin, France, Garnacha, Graciano, Grayson College, Grenache, grower, High Plains, Iberia, Iberian, Inwood Estate, Jim Johnson, Mediterranean, Merlot, Mike McHenry, Mourvedre, Oregon, Pinot Noir, Portugal, Portuguese wine, Rioja, Sancho Panza, Simon Arina Robles, spain, Spanish style wine, Spanish wine, sunny Texas, tapas, TAPAS Society, Tempranillo, Tempranillo Symposium, Tex-Med, Texas, Texas High Plains, Texas Tempranillo Symposium, Texas-Mediterranean, TexMed, verdelho, Vineyard at Florence, wine, winemaker, winery

(Video: See why Tempranillo is so good for Texas wine growers winemakers and consumers) Its Time to Join Us for

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Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – June 22, 2010

June 22, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 214 Views 1 Comment Alamosa Wine Cellars, Auburn University, bar, Barbara Werley, Barbera, Becker, Bend, California, Clemetine, Dallas Morning News, Easgle Castle Winery, Golden Globe, Grape Creek, Grapevine, Jim Johnson, Karen Johnson, La Canterra, Llano Estacado, Lone Star, Messina Hof, Michael Zerbach, News, Paso Robles, Patrick Davies, Plano, Port, Resort, Russ Kane, San Antonio, sommelier, Steinheimer’s, Steve Kreuger, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas wine, TWGGA, University, Viognier, Westin, wine, wine competition, winery, WineZag

Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – June 22, 2010 Plano’s Patrick Davies Produces Award-Winning Wines Raise a glass

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Guest Blog: So You Want to Start a Winery in Texas

June 15, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 453 Views 0 Comments Alamosa Wine Cellars, Bend, build it and they will come, business, Caris Turpin, commercial, DFW, enhance reputation, Fort Worth, friends and family, grower, Jim Johnson, LightCatcher Winery, press the flesh, quality wine, romance, San Saba, startup, success, Texas, vineyard, wine, winegrower, winery, without trying, Yahoo

Guest Blog: So You Want to Start a Winery in Texas The following exchange appeared on the Yahoo Texas Winegrowers

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Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News: Holiday Edition

December 30, 200813 years ago VintageTexas 494 Views 3 Comments Alamosa Wine Cellars, Auld Lang Syne, Bonarrigo, Christmas, graziano, Hill Country, Houston, Jim Johnson, Livestock Show, Mason, Messina Hof, muscadine, New Braunfels, New Year's Eve, Piney Woods, Robert Burns, Rodeo, Ron Perry, Scottish folk song, spain, tannat, tour, turkey, verdelho, wine.com, Winem, winery

Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News To the Tune of Auld Lang Syne… The traditional song for ringing

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Day 2 – On the Texas Hill Country Holiday Wine Trail

December 7, 200813 years ago VintageTexas 349 Views 6 Comments Australia, Barossa, black hole, Bledsoe, Boutique winery, Buddy's Blend, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Caucasus, Chicken Fried Steak, Claros, Colorado, Cretaceous, Dead Man's Hole, dry, Eden Valley, Fall Creek, Flat Creek, Fredericksburg, Georgia, GPS, Grape Creek, Grenache, Hill Country, Jim Johnson, Johnson City, Lampasas, Les Constable, Limestone, Lost Creek, Lost Mines, Marsanne, McReynolds, Mourvedre, Palette, Pedernales, Pillar Bluff, Rising Star Vineyard, River, Rkatsiteli, Rousanne, San Saba, Scissortail, Shiraz, Spicewood, Stone House Vineyard, sweet, Syrah, tasting, Texas, Texas Legato, Texas' Best Competition, trusting souls, Viognier, wine, Wrattonbully

Day 2 – On the Texas Hill Country Holiday Wine Trail: Back in the Saddle Again The air was cool,

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