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No Winery in Marfa. Nothing Here in Marfa But The Luz

May 11, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 158 Views 4 Comments Apaches, Blue Mountain, Chihuahuan desert, cowboys, Crazy Texans, Delores, Fort Davis, Limestone, Luz de Estrella, Marfa, Marfa Lights, paranormal, road trip, soil, spacemen, supernatural, Texas, viewing, vineyard, volcanic, wine, winery

No Winery in Marfa. Nothing Here in Marfa But The Luz This morning I stopped by Luz de Estrella Winery

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North Texas Road Trip Entry 5 – Visiting the Supreme Expérimenter

February 8, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 130 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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Terroir: A “Land – Man” Conjunction

January 4, 2009May 12, 201112 years ago VintageTexas 162 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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From Cabernet….to Viognier

September 7, 200812 years ago VintageTexas 156 Views 6 Comments Bingham Vineyard, grape varieties, growing, High Plains, irrigation, McPherson Cellars, Mediterranean, Reddy Vineyard, soil, terroir, Texas, warm weather

Reddy Vineyards Vijay and Subada Reddy are another story in Texas high plains determination. They came from India to

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The Smell of Cabernet in the Morning

September 6, 200812 years ago VintageTexas 92 Views 4 Comments grapes, growing, High Plains, irrigation, Newsom Vineyard, soil, terroir, Texas, water

It was an early morning today to get up and out on the road to visit three major Texas vineyards

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