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Texas Tempranillo – It’s Coming on Strong (Survey Results); Consumers, You Better Get Ready

September 14, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 264 Views 8 Comments Alamosa, Arché, Bingham, Brennan, Brushy Creek, Calais Winery, CapRock Winery, Fall Creek, Flat Creek Estate, Grayson, Grayson Hills, Haak, Iberian grapes, Inwood Estates, La Buena Vida, Landon, Llano Estacado, Lone Oak, Newsom, Pedernales, Perissos, Red Caboose, Reddy, Salt Lick, San Martino, Sandstone Cellars, Springtown, survey, tapas, TAPAS Society, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas Hills, Texoma, Vineyards, wine, Wine Consumers, Wine Trends, Woodrose

Texas Tempranillo – It’s Coming on Strong (Survey Results); Consumers, You Better Get Ready. There’s a Lot of Good Texas

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Texas Gulf Coast Wine Country – Old Place, New Opportunity

February 12, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 171 Views 5 Comments AgriLife, Black Spanish, Blanc Du Bois, Bob Cottle, Cabernet, California, Cat Springs, enologist, field day, Fritz Westover, German, Good night John boy, grape growers, Gulf Coast, High Plains, immigrants, Jerry Watson, Lenoir, Merlot, Mike Sipowicz, mildrew, Napa, Newsom, Pleasant Hill, rot, Rusian River, Sonoma, Texas, viticulture, Watson trellis, wine

Texas Gulf Coast Wine Country – Old Place, New Opportunity It was cold and damp this morning, but after

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Ten Things We Learned at #DLW09 Conference & Taste-Off and #Texsom

August 21, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 223 Views 17 Comments #DLW09, Bingham, blog, Cabernet, California, chardonnay, Cordon Bleu, Craig Collins, Devon Broglie, Dolcetto, Drew Hendricks, DrinkLocalWine, Farm to Table, follower, For Sale in Texas Only, friend, global, grapes, Grenache, growing, Guy Stout, Haak, Inwood, James Tidwell, June-Anne Rodil, learned, Malbec, menu, Mourvedre, Newsom, Robert Parker, Rose, Sangiovese, sommelier, surprise, Syrah, Tara, taste-off, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas Sommelier Conference, TEXSOM, TweetDeck, twitter, Vermentino, vineyard, VintageTexas, Viognier, wine, wine list, winemaking

Ten Things We Learned at #DLW09 Conference & Taste-Off and #Texsom Last weekend I attended the GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Conference (www.drinklocalwine.com)

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A Land of Limestone Ledges and Red Sandy Soil: Part 2

May 12, 2009June 27, 201112 years ago VintageTexas 153 Views 1 Comment Auler, Becker, Chesley Sanders, Cox, damp, distilled spirits, dry, French Legion of Honor, Grape Creek, Grapeland, Grapevine, growing, hard scrabble, hybrid, McPherson, muscadine, Mustang Grape, Newsom, prohibition, root stock, T.V. Munson, terroir, Texas, wet, wine

A Land of Limestone Ledges and Red Sandy Soil: Part 2 Continued from: http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=790 In my search to define Texas

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Drinking In a Bit of Texas History

April 6, 2009February 12, 201112 years ago VintageTexas 145 Views 3 Comments Bingham, Bobby Cox, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, grape, growing, High Plains, Martin, Milky Way, Monte Bello, Mourvedre, Muscat Canelli, Neal Newsom, Newsom, Orion, Pheasant Ridge, pioneer, Pleiades, red dust, Reddy, Ridge Vineyard, Ruby Cabernet, steak, Syrah, Tallant, Tanat, terroir, Texas, vines, vineyard, Wilmeth, wine, Young

Drinking In a Bit of Texas History Entry 2 – The Texas High Plains Vineyard Planting Tour Continues from http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=652….

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Dear Lord, We Could Use a Little Rain and Please Keep the Frost Away

March 31, 2009February 12, 201112 years ago VintageTexas 170 Views 3 Comments B&B, Bobby Cox, Freeze, Frost, grant, grape, growing, Jet Wilmeth, La Diosa, Lubbock, McPherson, new vineyard, Newsom, Plains, Texas, Texas Department of Agriculture, wine, winemaking

Dear Lord, We Could Use a Little Rain and Please Keep the Frost Away Entry 1 – The Start of

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North Texas Tour Entry 7 – Lone Oak Winery, Last Stop before Home

February 17, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 236 Views 9 Comments and Gewürztraminer, BBQ, Bingham, Blanc DuBois, Burleson, Cabernet Sauvignon, family, FM 731, Gene Estes, Grubb, Henry Chappell, Henry Renfro, High Plains, I-35W, Jim Evans, Johnson County, Kentucky, Lake Texoma, Lone Oak, Merlot, Newsom, Petit Verdot, Pinot Gris, Reddy, Riesling, Robert Wolf, Rudy's, Rufus Burleson, settlers, Tempranillo, TEnnessee, Texas, Timmons, TWGGA, vineyard, West Virginia, wine, winery

North Texas Trip Entry 7 – Lone Oak Winery, Last Stop before Home As my previous day’s travels ended, I

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Terroir: A “Land – Man” Conjunction

January 4, 2009May 12, 201112 years ago VintageTexas 242 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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