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Texsom 2012: What a Tasting Opportunity… From Margaux to Mason County Texas

August 14, 20129 years ago admin 277 Views 5 Comments Blanc Du Bois, Bordeux, Burgundy, CapRock Winery, Chablis, Chambourcin, Champagne, Christy Canterbury, Cos d'Estournel, Duchman Winery, Fairhaven Vineyards, Gironde River, Guy Stout, Haak Vineyards, Kimmeridgian Chain, Madeira, Margaux, McPherson Cellars, Pedernales Cellars, Roussanne, Sancerre, Sandtone Cellars, Texas wine, TEXSOM, Touriga Nacional, TXWineLover, Veritas, Vermentino, Vineyard at Florence, Viongier

Texsom 2012: What a Tasting Opportunity… From Margaux to Mason County Texas The Sunday morning session began with a rush

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Austin Food & Wine Fest Sunday, April 29th – What a Texas Wine Panel! A Gold Medal Line Up

May 1, 2012April 2, 20139 years ago admin 282 Views 0 Comments Austin Food & Wine Festival, Blanc Du Bois, Culturemap Austin, Dallas Morning News, drink local, Duchman Family Winery, Eat My Words, Eating Our Words, Haak Vineyards, HoustonPress, International Wine Competition, Italy Sardinia, Jeremy Parzen, Jess Mitchell, Jessica DuPuy, Kiepersol Estates, local wine, Madeira, Matt McGinnis, McPherson Cellars, Pedernales Cellars, Portugal, Rhone Valley, Roussanne, Sandstone Cellars, spain, Stainless, Syrah, Tempranillo, Texas Monthly, Texas wine, TEXSOM, The Wineslinger Chronicles, Touriga Nacional, Vermentino, YNN

Austin Food & Wine Fest Sunday, April 29th – What a Texas Wine Panel! A Gold Medal Line Up I’ll

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Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey

January 8, 201210 years ago admin 309 Views 6 Comments Aglianico, Argentina, Black Spanish, Blanc Du Bois, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Cabernet, Cabernet Sauvignon, chardonnay, Dogs drinking wine, Dolcetto, DrinkLocal, French American hybrid, hybrid, Italy, Lenoir, local wine, Malbec, Merlot, Muscat Canelli, non-vinifera, Pavlov's Dog, Pinot, Pinot Noir, Portugal, Primativo, Rhone Valley, Roussanne, Spani, Syrah, tannat, Tempranillo, Texas wine, Touriga Nacional, Uruguay, Vermentino, vinifera, Viognier, Zinfandel

Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey To some wine consumers,

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2011 Top Ten Texas Wines from VintageTexas – The Honorable Mentions

December 29, 2011December 29, 201110 years ago admin 356 Views 3 Comments Alamosa Wine Cellars, Alice Feiring, Austin County Vineyard, Beaujolais, Black Spanish, Blanc Du Bois, Cabernet Sauvignon, Caldwell Vineyards, CapRock Winery, carbonic maceration, drink local, Du Petit Lait, Eaglefire, fun wine, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Jerry Watson, La Cruz de Comal, Lenoir, local wine, Lone Oak Winery, Messina Hof, MIdnight Nymph, Muscat Blanc, Palette, Ramos Private Reserve, red wine and sushi, Rose, San Martino Winery, Sophia Marie, sushi, Sweet Tempranillo, Tempranillo, terroir, Texas Hills Vineyard, Texas wine, Torre di Pietra, Touriga Nacional, vertical tasting, WBC11, Wine Aging, Wine bloggers conference, wine competition, wines of southern France

2011 Top Ten Texas Wines from VintageTexas – The Honorable Mentions As with any top ten wine list, there are many wines

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It’s “Septempranillo Day” – A Tempranillo Tasting with Pedro Garcia, Chef, Sommelier, Proprietor at El Meson Restaurant

September 1, 2011September 2, 201110 years ago admin 496 Views 3 Comments #TempranilloDay, Amador County, Anna in the Tropics, Calaveras County, California wine, Coral Mustang, Country Playhouse, El Meson Restaurant, Garnacha, Graciano, Haak Vineyards, Heredad Ugarte, Houston, Iberian grapes, Iberian wine, Irwine Family Vineyards, Lodi, Marques de Cáseras, new world wines, old world wines, Paso Robles, Pedernales Cellars, Pedro Angel Garcia, Pedro Garcia, Ribera del Duero, Rice Village, Rioja, Sandstone Cellars, Septempranillo, SeptempranilloDay, Sierra Foothills, Spanish wine, Table Blend, TapaSociety, Tempranillo, Tempranillo Advocates Producers and Amigos Society, Tempranillo-based wines, Texas wine, Touriga Nacional, Twisted Oak, Yorba Wines

It’s “Septempranillo Day”–  A Tempranillo Tasting with Pedro Garcia, Chef, Sommelier, Proprietor at El Meson Restaurant Unless you’ve seen one

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From Tannat to Souzão: Sunday Morning Tasting at Bending Branch Vineyards

August 27, 2011August 27, 201110 years ago admin 302 Views 0 Comments Bending Branch Vineyards, Big red wines, cold soak, Comfort Texas, extended maceration, Fermentation, Grand Star Award, Guadalupe River, Iberian varietals, John Rivenburgh, local wine, Lodi, Lone Star International Wine Competition, Mourvedre, Neal Newsom, Newsom Vineyards, Petite Sirah, Picpoul Blanc, Portugal, Psao Robles, Pyrenees mountains, Red Zinfandel, Reddy Vineyards, Rhone Valley, Robert Young, Rose, Roussanne, Sierra Foothills, south France, Souzão, spain, tannat, Tempranillo, Texas High Plains, Texas Hill Country, Texas wine, Touriga Nacional, Vermentino, Vijay Reddy

  From Tannat to Souzão: Sunday Morning Tasting at Bending Branch Vineyards As I drove from my personal piece of

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2010 Top Ten Texas Wines from VintageTexas: Installment #2

December 17, 2010February 1, 201111 years ago VintageTexas 269 Views 5 Comments Barbera, Becker Vineyards, Calais, La Cuvee Du Manoir, Llano Estacado, Mason County, Messina Hof, Riesling, Sandstone Cellars, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas High Plains, Texas Hill Country, Texas wine, Touriga Nacional, VII, Viviana, wine

2010 Top Ten Texas Wines from VintageTexas: Installment #2 Llano Estacado, Viviana, 2009 I tasted this wine at a Texas

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Texas Wine Czar Says, “The Best Texas Wines Will Be in the Style and Tradition of Europe”

December 16, 2010February 1, 201111 years ago VintageTexas 172 Views 2 Comments Aglianico, alcoholic bomb, alcoholic wine, Cabernet, chardonnay, Dao, Dolcetto, European style and tradition, European wine, fruit bomb, fun wines, Grenache, Houston, Jancis Robinson, Merlot, Nero d'Avola, Pinot Noir, Portugal, Quinta Das Maias, Rainbow Lodge, Roussanne, Sandstone Cellars, square peg round hole, Syrah, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas wine, Touriga Nacional, Trebbiano and Muscat, Vermentino, VII, Viognier, wine

Texas Wine Czar Says, “The Best Texas Wines Will Be in the Style and Tradition of Europe” My wife and

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Sandstone Cellars: Seventh Heaven

November 7, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 195 Views 2 Comments Beira, Beira Alta, blended wine, chili grits, Dao, Dao Region, Dao wine, Domaine Santa Duc, Don Pullum, fusion winemaking, IX, kid goat, kitchen sink, L'Evier, malolactic fermentation, Mason, Mason County, Mason Texas, Paul and Nancy Buist, Portugal, Red Blend, red blended wines, Robert Clay Vineyard, Sandstone Cellars, Streeter Texas, tacos, Texas, Texas wine, Touriga, Touriga Nacional, VII, wine, Wine Aging, Wine Tasting, Yves Gras

Sandstone Cellars: Seventh Heaven Alone on a Saturday evening, my reaction to Sandstone Cellars VII 2009, a dark red-black wine

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Texas in the Vineyard: Perissos Vineyard, Abundant Beyond Expectations

September 8, 201011 years ago VintageTexas 186 Views 5 Comments Aglianico, aromatic, Bonny Doon, Burnet, Central Texas, Colorado River, Dry Rose, estate vineyard, family winery, France, Greece to Italy, Hill Country, Lake Buchanan, Llano, Malbec, Mediterranean, Mourvedre, Muscat, Perissos, Perissos Vineyard and Winery, Petite Sirah, Racker's Blend, Red Blend, Roussanne, Seth Martin, spain, Syrah, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas Hill Country, Touriga Nacional, vineyard, Viogner, Viognier, Whack-a-Mole, white blend, wine, wine dog, winery

Texas in the Vineyard: Perissos Vineyard, Abundant Beyond Expectations In the hot heavy August heat, the 2010 Texas grape harvest

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VintageTexas 2009 – Texas' Best Wines

December 30, 200912 years ago VintageTexas 452 Views 7 Comments 2009, Barbera, Becker, Blanc Du Bois, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, dessert wine, Flat Creek, Fleur Sauvage, Gewürztraminer, Grape Creek, Grenache, Haak, Inwood, Landon, Llano Estacado, Madeira, Mandola, McPherson Cellars, Messina Hof, Mourvedre, Muscat Canelli, Pinot Blanc, Port, Primitivo, red wine, Riesling, Sandstone Cellars, Syrah, Tawny, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas Best, Times Ten Cellars, Touriga Nacional, Vermentino, VintageTexas, Viognier, Viviana, white wine, wine, winery, Zinfandel

VintageTexas 2009 Texas Best Wines During the past year, I had the chance to taste a number of Texas wines.

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From the Mediterranean Shores to Mason County Texas: Act II – Seeing, Tasting and Praying for Terroir

March 12, 200913 years ago VintageTexas 251 Views 0 Comments Bandol, basin, Christova, Domaine Santa Duc, Domaine Sorin, Don Pullum, erosion, Gigondas, Hickory sand, Hill Country, Hoodoo War, kitchen sink, La Suffrene, Limestone, Llano, Low Country, Lucia Holmes, Manny Silerio, Mason, Menudo, Mount Carmel Hermitage, Mourvedre, Mulligatawny, Sandstone Cellars, Scott Haupert, Syrah, Texas, Touriga Nacional, uplift, vineyard, wine, winemaking, winery

From the Mediterranean Shores to Mason County Texas: Act II – Seeing, Tasting and Praying for Terroir About 4 pm

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Texas Hill Country Holiday Wine Trail – Day 1

December 6, 200813 years ago VintageTexas 271 Views 10 Comments Becker Vineyards, cretaceous period, Dolcetto, Driftwood, Gary Elliot, Granache, Hill Country, I-10, I-35, Luling, Mandola, Montepulciano, Pinot Grigio, Rousanne, Stonewall, Syrah, Tempranillo, Texas, Texas Hills, time machine, Torre di Pietra, Touriga Nacional, trail, Vermentino, Viognier, wine, Woodrose

Texas Hill Country Holiday Wine Trail – Day 1 I left Houston this morning to tour the Texas Hill Country

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