Events
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! […]
Wine Tasting
Chardonnay
The Hickory Sands is more than just a sandy outcrop in Texas: It brings a whole other kind of Texas winemaking: Robert Clay Vineyards Chardonnay
Around these granitic domes, you find acidic sandy soils, versus the high pH limestone-infused soils elsewhere in Texas. This brings something different to the table in terms of wine growing. […]
Food and Wine
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 Messina Hof’s new Harvest Green Winery and Kitchen. As I mentioned in my previous blog […]
Uncategorized
#TXwine Twitter Tuesday – Features Texas’s Sparkling Wines: May 12th 7-8p CT
#TXwine Twitter Tuesday – Features Texas’s Sparkling Wines: May 12th 7-8p Central Time Join us on May 12th 7-8p CT for another installment of #TXwine Twitter Tuesday. This week we are featuring your Texas sparkling […]
Uncategorized
#TXwine Twitter Tuesday – Texas’s Mother’s Day Wines: May 5th 7-8p CT
Join Us for #TXwine Twitter Tuesday – Texas’s Mother’s Day Wines: May 5th 7-8p Central Time It’s the time of year when we all make that special effort to acknowledge our mothers. This year, show […]
#TweetThoughts
#TXWine Twitter Tuesday Rosé – 4/7/20 7-8 pm CT Supporting Texas Wineries / Restaurants
Original photo credit: txwinelover.com #TXWine Twitter Tuesday Rosé – 4/7/20 7-8 pm CT Supporting Texas Wineries / Restaurants Howdy Texas wine friends, again! We’re still Tweeting in support of Texas wineries and, now restaurants, too. […]
Local wine
Vintner’s Hideaway: This Should be Your Next Stop in Fredericksburg, Texas Wine Country
Vintner’s Hideaway: This Should be Your Next Stop in Fredericksburg, Texas Wine Country Recently, I was trying to link back up with Texas winemaker and consultant John Rivenburgh when I asked him where could I […]
Events
Texas Wine Specialist Certification Class – Learn from the Man that Wrote the Book on Texas Wine Specialist of Texas Wine Class: Level 1 — Three nights, Thursdays, February 1, 8, 15 at 6:30 to […]
Local wine
Houston, Grab Yourself a Taste of Texas… Texas Fine Wine That Is!
Houston, Grab Yourself a Taste of Texas… Texas Fine Wine That Is! It’s Texas Wine Month and time to celebrate by grabbing a glass of Texas red, white or rosé. I know just the place. […]
Events
Texas Wine Talk & Tasting:Texas vs. The World Roadshow
Texas Wine Talk & Tasting:Texas vs. The World Roadshow: WHEN: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (CDT) – Add to Calendar WHERE: Whole Foods Market (Voss) – 1407 S Voss Rd, Houston, […]
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 […]
grape growing
Texsom 2014: Sommeliers Get Beyond the Big Three
Texsom 2014: Sommeliers Get Beyond the Big Three The @ItalianWineGuy, Alfonso Cevola moderated an interesting tasting panel this morning at Texsom 2014. It had to be one of the most diverse sessions by far […]
Events
Cat Spring Grape Field Day 2014: So You Want to Grow Grapes, Texas Gulf Coast Edition
Cat Spring Grape Field Day 2014: So You Want to Grow Grapes, Texas Gulf Coast Edition The Cat Spring Grape Field Day is February 7 this year, and it is shaping up to be another […]
Events
Come on Down for the Edible Escape in Marble Falls on September 29th!
Come on Down for the Edible Escape in Marble Falls on September 29th! Edible Austin and Marble Falls Chamber of Commerce/CVB Present Edible Escape…”A Texas-style Artisanal Picnic” On Sunday, September 29, Edible Austin and the […]
Events
1/4/13 Update: TXwine Twitter Tuesday: Join Us Jan. 8th for Texas Wine Bar Tweet-Ups
1/4/13 Update: TXwine Twitter Tuesday: Join Us Jan. 8th for Texas Wine Bar Tweet-Ups Austin’s Denise Clarke (@DeniseClarkeTX), Houston’s Russ Kane (@VintageTexas), and Jeff Cope (@TXWineLover) invite you to join the next TXwine Twitter Tuesday […]