VT Retrospective: Judgment of Houston
VintageTexas blog from September 20, 2008 – Shoot Out at the O.K. Wine Corral One of the pleasures I have
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Kerrville Hills Winery: Another Side of “Johnny Tannat” Rivenburgh – Sagrantino
In recent stories and blog posts on the Internet, you’ve probably seen reference to Texas hill country winemaker John Rivenburgh
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Wedding Oak Winery: Seeing the Future in Red Blends and Roussanne for Texas
Seth Urbanek, the winemaker at Wedding Oak Winery, said “I’ve been making wine for ten years. With three vintages here
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Messina Hof’s New Harvest Green Location Leads the Way into Summer 2021: Part 1
The exciting news in Texas (and particularly in the greater Houston-area) is, Messina Hof Winery just opened a new winery
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Messina Hof’s New Harvest Green Location Leads the Way into Summer 2021: Part 2
As National Wine Day approaches on May 25th, I visited with Messina Hof owners Paul Mitchell and Karen Bonarrigo at
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Duchman Winery Trebbiano: A Texas-Italian Quencher
The wildflowers are blooming in Texas. The days are definitely getting longer and hotter leading us to look around for
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Burklee Hill Vineyards: Both Winery and Wine Director are Evolving Quickly…
… and producing some excellent wines. Burklee Hill Vineyards with its bistro-tasting room located in downtown Lubbock is not far
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Update: 29th Annual Gulf Coast Winegrowers Field Day Rescheduled May 7th
29th Annual Gulf Coast Winegrowers Field Day Rescheduled for May 7 – 8:00am – 3:30pm, Cat Spring Agricultural Society Hall, 13035 Hall
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Bending Branch Winery Visit: What a Difference a Year Has Made
COVID-19 has seen to it that it has been over a year since my wife and I have made a
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TWGGA 2021 Texas Wine and Grape Virtual Forum
The Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association is proud to be the oldest, and only state-wide industry organization that supports,
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Messina Hof Winery: Where Wine & Augmented Reality Meet
A box showed up at my house, in it were three bottles of wine – two red and one white.
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February is the Season for Love & Reddy Vineyards’ Wines: Reddy or Not!
February is the season of love and Reddy Vineyards, a pioneer of Texas grape growing, is celebrating with a curated
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New Wine Releases: Cheramie and Todd’s Grand Wine Adventure
“What began as a trip to a winery in the Texas Hill Country became a passion for sharing the amazing
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“País de Résistance” – Hopes for a Heritage Mission Vineyard Planting in Texas
Those of you who read my recent blog (click here) know that in the dark of winter and the festivities
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A Special Taste: University of Texas 1995 Experimental Pecos County, Cabernet Sauvignon
I’d driven four cold, wintery hours in 2009. I crossed the near-barren desert from El Paso to the remote winery
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