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Texas High Plains Vineyard Visit: A Relapse of “Coonawarra Envy”

May 11, 2011May 12, 201110 years ago admin 171 Views 4 Comments 25 year old Newsom Cabernet vines, Aussie, Australia, Blackberry Torch, Cabernet Sauvignon, caliche, Coonawarra, Coonawarra Envy, Doc Russ, Ed Hellman, fruitfulness, Limestone, Limestone Coast, Neal Newsom, Newsom Vineyards, Nolan Newsom, red light stimulates grape fruitfulness, red topsoil, road cut, Rocky Mountains, sandy loam, Terra Rossa, Texas High Plains, Texas High Plains AVA, Texas wine, Tiera Roja

Texas High Plains Vineyard Visit: A Relapse of “Coonawarra Envy” Those who have read my blog over its nearly three

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No Winery in Marfa. Nothing Here in Marfa But The Luz

May 11, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 233 Views 4 Comments Apaches, Blue Mountain, Chihuahuan desert, cowboys, Crazy Texans, Delores, Fort Davis, Limestone, Luz de Estrella, Marfa, Marfa Lights, paranormal, road trip, soil, spacemen, supernatural, Texas, viewing, vineyard, volcanic, wine, winery

No Winery in Marfa. Nothing Here in Marfa But The Luz This morning I stopped by Luz de Estrella Winery

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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 299 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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A Land of Limestone Ledges and Red Sandy Soil: Part 1

May 11, 2009June 27, 201112 years ago VintageTexas 165 Views 2 Comments Anglo-American, Bordeaux, Burgundy, California, Champagne, Comanche, culture, El Paso, Europe, experience, France, gatherers, Gold Rush, Greek, hard scrabble, inland sea, Kiowa, Limestone, Limestone ledge, Mediterranean sea, Mission Grape, missionary, native American, Phoenician, red sandy soil, Rio Grande, Roman, Sam Houston, settlement, settler, Spanish, Stephen Austin, Tejas, Texas, wine

A Land of Limestone Ledges and Red Sandy Soil: Part 1 The Beginnings Eons ago its genesis was in a

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From the Mediterranean Shores to Mason County Texas: Act II – Seeing, Tasting and Praying for Terroir

March 12, 200913 years ago VintageTexas 251 Views 0 Comments Bandol, basin, Christova, Domaine Santa Duc, Domaine Sorin, Don Pullum, erosion, Gigondas, Hickory sand, Hill Country, Hoodoo War, kitchen sink, La Suffrene, Limestone, Llano, Low Country, Lucia Holmes, Manny Silerio, Mason, Menudo, Mount Carmel Hermitage, Mourvedre, Mulligatawny, Sandstone Cellars, Scott Haupert, Syrah, Texas, Touriga Nacional, uplift, vineyard, wine, winemaking, winery

From the Mediterranean Shores to Mason County Texas: Act II – Seeing, Tasting and Praying for Terroir About 4 pm

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

February 14, 200913 years ago VintageTexas 231 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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Terroir: A “Land – Man” Conjunction

January 4, 2009May 12, 201113 years ago VintageTexas 358 Views 6 Comments Australia, Austria, Bandol, barbed wire, Benedictine, Bordeaux, Bruno Prats, Cabernet Sauvignon, calliche, chardonnay, Chateau Cos d'Estournel, Cistercians, Conjunction, Coonawarra, creation, cuisine, cultivation, culture, France, Geography of Wine, Germany, Gigondas, grape, Grenache, growing, High Plains, Land-Man, Limestone, Merlot, microclimate, missionaries, monks, Mourvedre, Newsom, Noble Rot, Pierce’s Disease, Pinot Grigio, Prädikatswein, Rhone, Rousanne, sandy loam, Sangiovese, sense of place, soil, Spainish, Spoonmaker, Syrah, Tempranillo, Terra Rossa, terroir, Texas, The Vintner's Art, Tiera Roja, tierra roja, Trockenbeerenauslese, Vermentino, vignerons, vineyard, Viognier, windmill, wine

Terroir: A “Land – Man” Conjunction Earlier this year, I visited the Texas High Plains to observe the grape harvest.

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Day 3 On the Texas Hill Country Holiday Wine Trail

December 8, 200813 years ago VintageTexas 339 Views 1 Comment Banyuls, Barbara, BBQ, Black Spanish, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cathie Winmill, Chenin Blanc, Chisholm Trail, Comfort Cellars, Dry Comal Creek, Edwards, Franklin Houser, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg and Northern, German, Glen Rose, Hill Country, Jack Keller, Jalapeno wine, Lenoir, Limestone, Lukenbach, Maderized, Merlot, Montepulciano, Mustang, old world, Paco and Friends, patio, picnic, Pierce's disease, Pinot Grigio, Port, railroad, Rancio, Sangiovese, settler, Singing Water, Sister Creek, Sisterdale, spicy, Switzer family, Syrah, tasting, Texas, Texas Rangers, tour, unoaked Cabernet, vineyard, wine, wine dog, wine trail, winery, Zinfandel

Day 3 On the Texas Hill Country Holiday Wine Trail: New Faces; Old Friends  The last day of the wine

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Day 2 – On the Texas Hill Country Holiday Wine Trail

December 7, 200813 years ago VintageTexas 322 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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