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Texas Hill Country Wineries Christmas Wine Affair Is Your Ticket to Holly Jolly Holiday Cheer
Make It A Holly Jolly Holiday And Fellow Texas Wine Aficionados in The Hill Country This December For The Christmas Wine Affair! […]
Texas Hill Country Wineries
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Texas Hill Country Wine Industry 2022 Scholarship Application Period Now Open
August 1 through November 1, 2022, the application period is open for the Texas Hill Country Wine Industry Scholarship Program, sponsored by Texas Hill Country Wineries (THCW), a nonprofit that preserves and promotes Texas wine. […]
Food and Wine
Wine Revival: The Sweet-Sour Smell of Fermentation Rises again in Gruene – Guadalupe Valley Winery…What Happened to It?
The problem with the restart to commercial wineries in Texas in the mid-1970s was the lack of wine-knowledgeablepeople here in Texas to accurately report on it. David Frink, staff writer for the Austin American-Statesman was […]
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Texas Hill Country Wineries – Video Interview
Texas Hill Country Wineries – Video Interview Check out this video interview I did with John DeMers, Fischer & Wieser’s Texas Food and Wine Ambassador. As illustrated in his book, Russ Kane – aka Texas […]
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Inaugural Discover Wine Festival in Houston to Feature 19 Texas Wineries
Inaugural Discover Wine Festival in Houston to Feature 19 Texas Wineries The inaugural Discover Wine Festival will be held on Saturday, June 20 in downtown Houston from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. The 2015 Discover […]
Book Sales
Sneak Peeks: “Texas By The Book” Dinner Offerings from Chef Ross Burtwell
Sneak Peeks: “Texas By The Book” Dinner Offerings from Chef Ross Burtwell Last week I posted an announcement for the upcoming Friday February 27th Six-Course Texas Wine Dinner and book signing event with Chef Ross […]
Book Sales
VintageTexas Interview on Houston Matters: How the Texas Hill Country Became a Wine Destination
https://soundcloud.com/houstonmatters/how-the-texas-hill-country-became-a-wine-destination VintageTexas Interview on Houston Matters: How the Texas Hill Country Became a Wine Destination I welcome you to listen to my recent interview by Craig Cohen on Houston’s KUHF Houston Matters. I recorded this […]
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Your Guide to the Texas Hill Country Wine Experience
Your Guide to the Texas Hill Country Wine Experience The Texas Hill Country Wineries have roots as old as any around. Texas grapes grow in soils made from ancient calcareous sea deposits, similar to many […]
Great Places & People
New Book from Doc Russ Texas WineSlinger on the Texas Hill Country Wineries
New Book from Doc Russ Texas WineSlinger on the Texas Hill Country Wineries Upon reviewing my previous best-selling book, The WineSlinger Chronicles: Texas on the Vine, international wine luminary Oz Clarke rattled off the following […]
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
2015 Houston Rodeo Uncorks The Best in Texas: Driftwood Estate Winery Longhorn Red 2012
2015 Houston Rodeo Uncorks The Best in Texas: Driftwood Estate Winery Longhorn Red 2012 Well, it’s official. The 2015 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo International Wine Competition just released the results of their top award […]
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November 7-9: News Flash – Texas Hill Country Wineries on Instagram
November 7-9: News Flash – Texas Hill Country Wineries on Instagram This Thursday November 7th through Sunday November 9th, the Texas hill country wineries will be featured on Instagram. I have been selected to take […]
Food and Wine
Hill Country Wine & Food (Truck) Pairing – First annual festival to be held in Luckenbach
Hill Country Wine & Food (Truck) Pairing – First annual festival to be held in Luckenbach The First Annual Hill Country Food Truck Festival featuring more than a dozen food trucks, Texas Hill Country wine […]
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Tonight’s The Night: Texas Wine Month Kick-off Tasting – October 4, 6-8pm
Tonight’s The Night: Texas Wine Month Kick-off Tasting – October 4, 6-8pm Brand new this year, Texas Hill Country Wineries (THCW) will Kick-off each trail with a local wine tasting! The first Friday evening of […]
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TWGGA Holds First Legislative Forum: For Sale in Texas Only Makes the Initial Cut
TWGGA Holds First Legislative Forum: “For Sale in Texas Only Makes” the Initial Cut The first in a series of Legislative Forums was held on Wednesday, August 14 in Austin. The Legislative Forums came out […]
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Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News: December 16, 2011
Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News: December 16, 2011 Grape acres expand in spite of drought By Logan Hawkes (Southwest Farm Press) While the Texas grape harvest suffered a significant drop this fall […]