Cinsault
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. […]
Mediterranean
cooking
Pontotoc Vineyards 2011 San Fernando Academy: A Fusion of All the Senses
Pontotoc Vineyard 2011 San Fernando Academy: A Fusion of All the Senses I’d tasted this wine once with winemaker Don Pullum during his visit to our hill country cottage for dinner. After that, I was […]
cooking
A Tale of Two (or More) Texas Rosés on a Hot “Summer” Afternoon
A Tale of Two (or More) Texas Rosés on a Hot “Summer” Afternoon It’s Summer in Houston! Well, technically, we may not have yet reached Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 (the coming first day of summer […]
Events
Amphora Wines: “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet”
Amphora Wines: “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet” This quotation by William Shakespeare certainly played in my mind last Saturday morning when I joined Austin-based, wine writer […]
grape growing
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: What do Sicily and Texas Have in Common?
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: What do Sicily and Texas Have in Common? Sicily, the largest of the Mediterranean islands, is one of the top three wine regions of Italy. Historically, its most famous wine […]
Conferences and Seminars
PREDICTION: Tempranillo Will Factor Greatly into Texas’s Wine Future; New Texas TAPAS Chapter
PREDICTION: Tempranillo Will Factor Greatly into Texas’s Wine Future; New Texas TAPAS Chapter “If I had to do it all over again, I’d plant 70 acres of Tempranillo and one acre of Cabernet Sauvignon. I’d […]
grape growing
Finally, It's Time for Some Corroboration of My Prognostication on Tex-Med Wines
Finally, It’s Time for Some Corroboration of My Prognostication on Tex-Med Wines I hate to say I told you so, but going way back to one of my first major articles about Texas wines, I […]
Field Blogging
Texas Wines Through the Looking Glass
Texas Wines Through the Looking Glass It’s late October and Alice is sitting on a slab of Texas limestone next to a riverbank in the Texas hill country, when she notices a rabbit run past. […]
Conferences and Seminars
Its Time to Join Us for Texas TAPAS: Tempranillo Advocates Producers and Amigos Society Starting a Chapter in Texas
(Video: See why Tempranillo is so good for Texas wine growers winemakers and consumers) Its Time to Join Us for Texas TAPAS: Tempranillo Advocates Producers and Amigos Society Starting a Chapter in Texas Are you […]
grape growing
Texas in the Vineyard: Perissos Vineyard, Abundant Beyond Expectations
Texas in the Vineyard: Perissos Vineyard, Abundant Beyond Expectations In the hot heavy August heat, the 2010 Texas grape harvest season has been in full swing for over a month and it will likely carry […]
Events
Limited Time Offer, July 12th Only: Buy a Winery and Get a Free Tour and Tasting – Actually, As Many As You Want, You’ll Own the Place!
Limited Time Offer, July 12th Only: Buy a Winery and Get a Free Tour and Tasting – Actually, As Many As You Want, You’ll Own the Place! That’s right, you might be in the right […]
Conferences and Seminars
Mind the Gap: Arabian Tales from the 2010 Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit Kick-Off Reception and Dinner
Mind the Gap: Arabian Tales from the 2010 Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit Kick-Off Reception and Dinner The drive from Fredericksburg to Buffalo Gap (just south of Abilene, Texas) was shorter than expected made […]
Bottling
Whole Foods Market and Cork ReHarvest: Save the Cork Forests!
Whole Foods Market and Cork ReHarvest: Save the Cork Forests! Whole Foods Market today announces a company-wide wine cork recycling program, making it easy for wine enthusiasts to properly dispose of corks. The first national […]
grape growing
Video: Texas Sangiovese, the Warm Climate Pinot Noir
Video: Texas Sangiovese, the Warm Climate Pinot Noir Sangiovese is universally acknowledged as one of the great grapes of Italy and is the principal grape used in producing Chianti in Tuscany. The grape normally produces […]
Great Places & People
From Mediterranean Shores to Mason County Sands: Act I – A French Connection
From Mediterranean Shores to Mason County Sands: Act I – A French Connection In the 6th century BC, long before any of the major wine producing regions of France had been established, the Phoenician Greeks […]