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Pontotoc Vineyards 2011 San Fernando Academy: A Fusion of All the Senses

April 6, 2013April 7, 20138 years ago admin 428 Views 2 Comments Carl Money, Don Pullum, France, Gigondas, grape varieties, L'Evier, Mason County, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Cuisine, Pontotoc Texas, Pontotoc Vineyard, San Fernando Academy, spain, Spanish wine, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas Hill Country, Texas wine, The Wineslinger Chronicles

Pontotoc Vineyard 2011 San Fernando Academy: A Fusion of All the Senses I’d tasted this wine once with winemaker Don

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A Tale of Two (or More) Texas Rosés on a Hot “Summer” Afternoon

May 26, 2011May 27, 201110 years ago admin 100 Views 2 Comments Barbeque, Becker Vineyards, Black Spanish, Blush Royal, CapRock Winery, France, Gerbera Daisies, Granache, Houston, Lenoir, local wine, McPherson Cellars, Mediterranean, Messina Hof, Mourvedre, pink wine, Provencal, Pyrenees sheep’s milk cheese, Rose, Smoked turkey leg, Sophia Marie Rosé, spain, spicy sweet barbeque sauce, Spicy tuna roll, Strawberry Fruit Bar, Syrah, Texas, Texas barbeque, Texas BBQ, Texas Gulf Coast, Texas High Plains, Texas summer, Texas wine

A Tale of Two (or More) Texas Rosés on a Hot “Summer” Afternoon It’s Summer in Houston! Well, technically, we

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Amphora Wines: “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet”

May 11, 201110 years ago admin 120 Views 0 Comments Amphora, amphora wine, dancing, David Furer, Georgia, Google, Greek wine, Houston Texas, Italy, Mediterranean, orange color wine, orange wine, Phillippe Restaurant, Roman wine, Shakespeare, Slovenia, Sommelier Journal, William Shakespere, wine drinking

Amphora Wines: “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet” This quotation by William

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VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: What do Sicily and Texas Have in Common?

December 19, 2010February 1, 201110 years ago VintageTexas 86 Views 8 Comments Cabernet, Calabrese, Carricante, Cataratto, Corinto, Etna, Frappato, Gaglioppo, Grecanio, Greco, Greek ruins, Grillo, Inzolia, Italian wine, Italian Wine Regions, Italy, Malvasia Bianco, Marsala, Mediterranean, Merlot, Moscato, Mount Etna, Muscat of Alexandria, native American, Native American pictographs, Nerello, Nero d'Avola, Perricoone, pictographs, Primotivo, Roman ruins, Sicilian wine, Sicily, Syrah, Texas, Texas wine, Trebbiano, Wine Regions of Italy, Zibibbo

VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: What do Sicily and Texas Have in Common? Sicily, the largest of the Mediterranean islands,

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

November 28, 201010 years ago VintageTexas 107 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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Finally, It's Time for Some Corroboration of My Prognostication on Tex-Med Wines

November 8, 201010 years ago VintageTexas 34 Views 5 Comments Aglianico, Albarino, Ed Hellman, grape varieties, Grenache, Malvasia Bianca, Marsanne, Mediterranean, Montepulciano, Mourvedre, Negro Amaro, Nero d'Avola, Roussanne, Syrah, Tempranillo, Tex-Med, Texas, Texas High Plains, Texas Tech, Tinta Cao, wine

Finally, It’s Time for Some Corroboration of My Prognostication on Tex-Med Wines I hate to say I told you so,

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Texas Wines Through the Looking Glass

October 25, 201010 years ago VintageTexas 276 Views 6 Comments Alice Feiring, Black Spanish, Blanc DuBois, Cabernet, Cohete Rojo, Cruz del Comal, Cuvee Jackie, Fredericksburg, Granite hill Vineyard, La Cruz de Comal, Lewis Dickson, Malbec, Mediterranean, Merlot, Mourvedre, natural wine, New Braunfels, Norton, Rose, tannat, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas-Med, Tony Coturri, wine

Texas Wines Through the Looking Glass It’s late October and Alice is sitting on a slab of Texas limestone next

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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, 201010 years ago VintageTexas 118 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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Texas in the Vineyard: Perissos Vineyard, Abundant Beyond Expectations

September 8, 201010 years ago VintageTexas 99 Views 5 Comments Aglianico, aromatic, Bonny Doon, Burnet, Central Texas, Colorado River, Dry Rose, estate vineyard, family winery, France, Greece to Italy, Hill Country, Lake Buchanan, Llano, Malbec, Mediterranean, Mourvedre, Muscat, Perissos, Perissos Vineyard and Winery, Petite Sirah, Racker's Blend, Red Blend, Roussanne, Seth Martin, spain, Syrah, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas Hill Country, Touriga Nacional, vineyard, Viogner, Viognier, Whack-a-Mole, white blend, wine, wine dog, winery

Texas in the Vineyard: Perissos Vineyard, Abundant Beyond Expectations In the hot heavy August heat, the 2010 Texas grape harvest

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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!

July 11, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 45 Views 5 Comments $1-2 Million, $100000, 408 East Woodrow Road, a cool million, auction, bankruptcy, Ben Simon, Bring Vision, Caprock, CapRock Winery, Free Tour and Tasting, grapes, High Plains, largest winery facility, Limited Time Offer, Lubbock, marketing, Mediterranean, News, Opening Bid, Special Correspondent, Texas, Texas High Plains, video, Vinotology, VintageTexas, vision, Vision Wanted, Williams Auction, wine, winery

Limited Time Offer, July 12th Only: Buy a Winery and Get a Free Tour and Tasting – Actually, As Many

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Mind the Gap: Arabian Tales from the 2010 Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit Kick-Off Reception and Dinner

April 24, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 79 Views 0 Comments Arabic, belly dance, Boots, Brennan Vineyards, Buffalo Gap, Cabernet, California, Davy Crocket, dinner, Fess Parker, food, Ladera, Mediterranean, Napa Valley, Perini, reception, Stephen Pyles, Sumar, Summit, Texas, Tom Perini, Veuve Clicquot, Viogner, wildflowers, wine

Mind the Gap: Arabian Tales from the 2010 Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit Kick-Off Reception and Dinner The drive

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Whole Foods Market and Cork ReHarvest: Save the Cork Forests!

April 6, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 64 Views 2 Comments Austin, biodiversity, corks, Erez Klein, forest, landfill, Mediterranean, Pacific Northwest, Patrick Spencer, Reharvest, Save the Corks, Texas, UK, Western Pulp, Whole Foods Market, Willamette Valley Vineyards, wine

Whole Foods Market and Cork ReHarvest: Save the Cork Forests! Whole Foods Market today announces a company-wide wine cork recycling

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Video: Texas Sangiovese, the Warm Climate Pinot Noir

May 20, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 94 Views 0 Comments Blood of God, Blood of Jove, Brunello, Chianti, climate, Flat Creek, High Plains, Kim McPherson, McPherson Cellars, Mediterranean, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese, Sangius Jovis, Super Tuscan, Texas, Texas Hills, Tuscany, warm weather, wine

Video: Texas Sangiovese, the Warm Climate Pinot Noir Sangiovese is universally acknowledged as one of the great grapes of Italy

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From Mediterranean Shores to Mason County Sands: Act I – A French Connection

March 8, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 103 Views 4 Comments AOC, Bandol, blending, Domaine Sorin, Don Pullum, erosion, Gabriel Mata, Greek, Hickory Sands, Jean-Paul Garaud, La Suffrene, Marseilles, Mason County, Mediterranean, Mourvedre, Phoenicians, Provence, red wine, Rhone, Roman, sandstone, Sandstone Cellars, Texas, wine

  From Mediterranean Shores to Mason County Sands: Act I – A French Connection In the 6th century BC, long before

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North Texas Road Trip Entry 5 – Visiting the Supreme Expérimenter

February 8, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 129 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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