From Nuances in Arboreal Green to the Nuances of Wine My trip was from Houston to the Dallas – Fort Worth area and my destination was more specifically Grapevine where I will be sitting with others […]
Reflections on Drinking Local Wines If you think, we in Texas are alone in the battle to gain visibility and respectability for our local wines, check out these sites across America that highlight […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – June 3, 2009 Your Passport to Prizes If you’re traveling across Texas these days, you might want to first grab your passport – your Texas Winery Passport, […]
Video: Black Spanish – The Mysterious Red Wine of Texas This video features a tasting of Black Spanish red wine with Franklin Howser owner of Dry Comal Creek Vineyards. Several months ago, I blogged about […]
All Texas Wines…All the Time The Third Annual Austin Wine Festival By Guest Blogger, Jane A. Nickles This past weekend – Memorial Day Monday and all – was three days of bliss for me and […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – May 28, 2009 The Wine Society of Texas (www.winesocietyoftexas.org) Announces Scholarship Grant Program Awards totaling $4,000 for assistance in education and promotion of the Texas Wine Industry. […]
Video: Tempranillo – The Wine of the Sun and the Good Texas Earth This next installment of the Texas wine video series features Jim Johnson, owner and winemaker at Alamosa Cellars in Bend, Texas on […]
Texan had “Wine-Powered” Flight before the Wright Brothers Born in Germany in 1821, Jacob Brodbeck taught school there before starting a new life on the Texas frontier. He reached Fredericksburg in 1847 and became a […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – May 21, 2009 Austin Wine Festival – Memorial Day Weekend A uniquely Austin 3-day Texas wine celebration – RAIN OR SHINE! Wineries from Lampasas to New Braunfels […]
Video: Texas Sangiovese, the Warm Climate Pinot Noir Sangiovese is universally acknowledged as one of the great grapes of Italy and is the principal grape used in producing Chianti in Tuscany. The grape normally produces […]