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Oberon Wines: King of Potions and Bordeaux Varietals Grown in Napa Valley

September 19, 2021 admin 0

From a 13th century French song, Oberon was known as an elven man of the forest living not far from Bordeaux. In Shakespeare’s “Midsummer’s Night Dream” King Oberon tells Puck to fetch a certain flower to […]

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Texans Sure Do Like Their Bubbles: Domaine Carneros Provides

April 14, 2015 admin 2

Texans Sure Do Like Their Bubbles: Domaine Carneros Provides When Domaine Carneros winemaker Eileen Crane and I met for lunch last week for lunch at Houston’s RDG Bar Annie, nearly the first thing that came up […]

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Conferences and Seminars

Texsom 2014: Ten Years Old and Thanks to These Guys

August 9, 2014 admin 8

Texsom 2014: Ten Years Old and Thanks to These Guys We all have these guys (Drew Hendricks and Jame Tidwell) to thank them for creating what is today…TEXSOM! It started small and grew from it’s […]

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Local wine

Texas Tech University Plant and Soil Science Department Adds Maureen Qualia as Enology Instructor

September 20, 2013 admin 3

Texas Tech University Plant and Soil Science Department Adds Maureen Qualia as Enology Instructor The Texas wine industry welcomes one of it’s own back to Texas in a vital role! An experienced winemaker and production […]

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Events

Whitehall Lane Wine Dinner at Sullivan’s Steakhouse Houston: The Palate Dance

July 21, 2012 admin 0

Whitehall Lane Wine Dinner at Sullivan’s Steakhouse Houston: The Palate Dance I will have to acknowledge that for Whitehall Lane Winery presented last Thursday evening, the Frog’s Leap wine dinner at Sullivan’s Steakhouse in May […]

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A Perfect Pairing: Sullivan’s Steakhouse Frog’s Leap Vintner Dinner

May 6, 2012 admin 1

A Perfect Pairing: Sullivan’s Steakhouse Frog’s Leap Vintner Dinner It’s been a lot of windshield time recently for Doc Russ, Texas Wineslinger. But, it’s been well worth it. Great people, places and happenings abounded. My Wineslinger […]

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Field Blogging

Playing “Small Ball” at Napa Valley Vintner’s Collective

January 3, 2012 admin 2

Playing “Small Ball” at Napa Valley Vintner’s Collective In November, I had the pleasure to attend the introductory class day for the Master of Wine first year program. The full day session was held at […]

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Bottling

Caldwell Family Winery: An Urban Oasis of Texas Wine in Downtown Houston

September 12, 2011 admin 5

  Caldwell Family Winery: An Urban Oasis of Texas Wine in Downtown Houston If you go to Google.com and type in the words “Caldwell” and “Winery”, at the top of the results page you will […]

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grape growing

Manifesto: The Texas Wine Discussion Starts with Diurnal Temperature Swings, But Goes So Much Further

July 17, 2011 admin 3

Manifesto: The Texas Wine Discussion Starts with Diurnal Temperature Swings, But Goes So Much Further How many times have you heard winery and/or vineyard reps say, “This vineyard location benefits from warm to hot days […]

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Events

When is Merlot a Serious Grape? At Blackbird Vineyards

June 25, 2011 admin 0

  When is Merlot a Serious Grape?  At Blackbird Vineyards I received a late invite to a wine tasting scheduled for yesterday evening, I believe, at least in part because an accolade I received recently on Jeremy […]

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Local wine

Glad Other States are NOT following Texas’s Lead: Pennsylvania Names State Enologist

April 13, 2011 admin 0

Glad Other States are NOT following Texas’s Lead: Pennsylvania Names State Enologist Denise Gardner to replace Stephen Menke in May by Hudson Cattell Denise M. GardnerUniversity Park, Penn.—While educational institutions in Texas and Oregon struggle […]

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Local wine

Spring Approaches and Some (in France) Already Begin to Foresee their Trip for the Summer Vacation (in Texas)

March 8, 2011 admin 0

Spring Approaches and Some (in France) Already Begin to Foresee their Trip for the Summer Vacation (in Texas) Hey, check this out. The Go Texan Winery Passport Program was highlighted in the French website: www.intothewine.fr. […]

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Events

Rodeo Austin “Off the Vine” Wine Tasting & Silent Auction Features 16 Texas Wineries

February 7, 2011 admin 5

Rodeo Austin “Off the Vine” Wine Tasting & Silent Auction Features 16 Texas Wineries Mark your calendar for “Off the Vine” Wine Tasting & Silent Auction, Saturday, February 26, 2011 at The OASIS Starlight Room with […]

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grape growing

How Does the "Classification of Napa Valley" Discussion Relate to Texas Wine Quality?

December 29, 2010 VintageTexas 2

How Does the “Classification of Napa Valley” Discussion Relate to Texas Wine Quality? Tom Wark posted a Fermentation Blog yesterday that explored the future of Napa Valley and the issue of the commoditization of Chardonnay […]

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Five Things I've Learned about Napa Valley Wines That Apply to Texas Wines

December 1, 2010 VintageTexas 3

Five Things I’ve Learned about Napa Valley Wines That Apply to Texas Wines Several weeks ago I attended the Napa Valley traveling road show that came through Houston, Texas. It was sponsored by Napa Valley […]

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