grape growing
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! […]
McPherson Cellars
Blanc Du Bois
These Are a Few of my Favorite Texas Wines I Tasted, 2021 Edition – Part 2
If you saw part one of my “These Are a Few of my Favorite Texas Wines…” blog, welcome back for more good tastes. Because these wines are in Part 2 of the series, it does […]
grape growing
Roussanne – Texas’s Age Worthy White Grape
I just realized that I had acquired a decade’s worth of wine made from Roussanne, the acknowledged ageable white wine grape from the Rhone Valley region of France. However, my collection is different; all comes […]
fine dining
Cabernet Grill Experience: Tasso Chicken and McPherson White Wine Trio
Cabernet Grill Experience: Tasso Chicken and McPherson White Wine Trio If I wasn’t so familiar with Chef Ross Burtwell’s Cabernet Grill Restaurant at the compound called Cotton Gin Village on the south side of Fredericksburg, […]
grape growing
Texas Wine’s High Plains A-Team: Newsom, Reddy, Llano Estacado
Texas Wine’s High Plains A-Team: Newsom, Reddy, Llano Estacado As I disembarked from the plane in Lubbock, I recall thinking that the skies above the Texas high plains are bigger and bluer than just about […]
Fun Food and Wine
A Texas Winemaker with a New Mission and Wine: Brock Estes, DANK, Johnny Rojo, a starter wine without training wheels!
A Texas Winemaker with a New Mission and Wine: Brock Estes, DANK, Johnny Rojo, a starter wine without training wheels! If you don’t know Brock Estes, it might be hard for you to make a […]
Events
The New Texas Wine Business Model: Response to “The Bacchus Rewrite” Blog
The New Texas Wine Business Model: Response to “The Bacchus Rewrite” Blog My question is directed at Andy Chalk at CraveDFW who recently wrote a creative and penetrating blog titled, “The TWGGA President’s Speech Replacement”. Click […]
grape growing
Dear Whole Foods Market, Please Remove Non-Texas Wine From Your Texas Wine Display [Redux]
Dear Whole Foods Market, Please Remove Non-Texas Wine From Your Texas Wine Display [Redux] or, “Where are you Grover Norquist when you need a winery to sign a pledge?” Those of you that have read […]
grape growing
It’s the Right Time for Texas Roussanne
It’s the Right Time for Texas Roussanne Several years ago, in 2010, I experienced what I referred to back then as the breakout year for Texas Tempranillo. Texas wineries went from offering maybe only four […]
Conferences and Seminars
First Ever “Taste Texas Wines” Hospitality Suite At Texsom: Somms, Ethusiasts, Get Your Taste of Texas
First Ever “Taste Texas Wines” Hospitality Suite At Texsom: Somms, Ethusiasts, Get Your Taste of Texas Sponsored by Texas Monthly, Suite to Feature Four Premier Wineries Pouring Award-Winning Wines and Consumer Favorites News Release – […]
Events
Texas Viognier Is Rocking the Wine World Against Big Names in California and France
Texas Viognier Is Rocking the Wine World Against Big Names in California and France Yesterday, I received this media release from Andrew Chalk, who you’ve known as a wine writer and blogger at D Magazine […]
Local wine
Amazon customers can purchase directly from Texas wineries
Amazon customers can purchase directly from Texas wineries Amazon.com, Inc. announced that customers can now place orders on Amazon Wine (amazon.com/wine) for delivery to Texas. Amazon Wine offers vast wine-country selection and allows customers to […]
Local wine
Got My Wine Shipment for TXwine Twitter Tuesday – March 12, 2013
Got My Wine Shipment for TXwine Twitter Tuesday – March 12, 2013 Just in case you haven’t heard, this month’s TXwine Twitter Tuesday (a regularly scheduled Tweet/Taste-up of Texas wine aficionados) is happening Tuesday, March […]
Contest
We Ate Our Black-eyed Peas (And Sampled Some Wine) At William Chris Vineyards
We Ate Our Black-eyed Peas (And Sampled Some Wine) At William Chris Vineyards We drove into Fredericksburg on Monday afternoon knowing that cold weather was coming (with some much needed rain) and our car’s battery […]
Best of Vintage Texas Blog
VintageTexas Top Ten Texas Wines of 2012 – White Wines
VintageTexas Top Ten Texas Wines of 2012 – White Wines The naming of the top ten Texas wines has become our VintageTexas annual tradition. After Jessica Dupuy’s fine retrospective of her top Texas wines of […]