Cabernet Sauvignon
Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stops: Spicewood Hill Country Tempranillo and Pedernales Block Zero
Both of these Spicewood and Pedernales wines are made for outdoor gatherings and alfresco dinning this Fall. […]
Pedernales Cellars
Aglianico
Texas Fine Wine Offers New Wine Releases for Texas Wine Month and a Holiday Wine Bundle
Join Texas Fine Wine “Talk and Tastes” on Oct. 13th and Dec. 8th Texas Fine Wine – which includes Bending Branch Winery, Duchman Family Winery, Pedernales Cellars and Spicewood Vineyards – announces new wine releases to kick off […]
Cyclopedia of Wine
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: Do you know Graciano like I know Graciano?
Graciano brings with it a smoky perfume of fine sweet Cavendish pipe tobacco. […]
grape growing
Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stop: Pedernales Cellars 2020 Kyla
Kyla (pronounced, “shoola”) means “chill” in the native tongue of sister-brother co-owners Julie and David Kuhlken’s Swedish relatives. […]
Cyclopedia of Wine
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine is Back: What in the World is Teroldego?
Some of you may recall a reoccurring segment on VintageTexas from several years ago called Cyclopedia of Wine that ran for a few years after I started the blog. Well, get ready, we are going […]
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Pedernales Cellars: Viogniers Made for Springtime and a Mother’s Smile
It’s that time of year again when we (for good reason) celebrate our mothers. It’s May and it’s still Spring, a great season for Texas wildflowers, which by the way, should also be celebrated. Here […]
Local wine
Texas Fine Wine Celebrates Award-Winning Wines
Texas Fine Wine Celebrates Award-Winning Wines Wineries bring home top honors at prestigious international competitions; Bending Branch Winery wins first-ever honor recognizing sustainable practices in both Texas grape growing and winemaking Bending Branch Winery, Brennan […]
grape growing
Update on the 2019 Texas Wine Grape Harvest
Update on the 2019 Texas Wine Grape Harvest Harvest updates from the Texas FineWine Group (Bending Branch Winery, Brennan Vineyards, Duchman Family Winery, Pedernales Cellars, and Spicewood Vineyards) are given below. Most of this information […]
Fun Food and Wine
Rosé All Day, All Year from Our Friends at Texas Fine Wine
Rosé All Day, All Year from Our Friends at Texas Fine Wine For some, rosé wines signal summertime, but in Texas, it’s rosé all day… and can even be all year! Texas’ year-round temperate […]
Great Places & People
Grand Slam for Wineries in Texas at 2017 Houston Rodeo International Wine Competition
Grand Slam for Wineries in Texas at 2017 Houston Rodeo International Wine Competition Champion wines have been named from the thousands competing in the 2017 Rodeo Uncorked!® International Wine Competition, held Nov. 12 – 13, […]
grape growing
Texas Fine Wine Predicts 2016 Harvest to be a Yield & Quality Barnburner
Texas Fine Wine Predicts 2016 Harvest to be a Yield & Quality Barnburner With 2016 grape harvest right around the corner in some parts of the Texas Hill Country, the wineries of Texas Fine Wine are […]
grape growing
Newsom Vineyards at Comfort: It’s Always Been the Plan
Newsom Vineyards at Comfort: It’s Always Been the Plan A few weeks ago, I linked up on social media with Nolan Newsom, son of Texas winegrowing legends Neal and Janice Newsom of Newsom Vineyards in Plains, […]
Local wine
Texas Fine Wine’s New Rich Reds, Whites and Fruit-Forward Rosés Come from Abundant 2015 Harvest
Texas Fine Wine’s New Rich Reds, Whites and Fruit-Forward Rosés Come from Abundant 2015 Harvest Spring in Texas signals bluebonnets and a whole host of other wildflowers. But, for wine enthusiasts across the State, they are anxiously […]
grape growing
It’s A Fine Wine Harvest in Texas This Year – Could be the Biggest!
It’s A Fine Wine Harvest in Texas This Year – Could be the Biggest! Early in the year, I kept getting inquiries from friends and associates in the wine business asking about the impact of the […]
Local wine
Pedernales Cellars Vermentino and Viognier: Found on My Mediterranean Isle of Texas – Update
Pedernales Cellars Vermentino and Viognier: Found on My Mediterranean Isle of Texas – Update I recently sat down to taste two new white wines from the 2014 vintage, both from Pedernales Cellars. This winery has […]