Are you Hungary for Wine? The Tasting…. The Faust Wine Cellar was the remarkable setting for my candle lit tasting of a collection of Hungarian wines described below: Budai Sauvignon Blanc (London Wine Magazine, Gold […]
Are you Hungary for Wine? Have you ever thought about Hungary as a major wine producing region? Well don’t feel bad if you haven’t as you are in the vast majority. But, as surprising as […]
On a visit this past week to the Haak winery, my wife Delia and I had the occation to tour their expanding winery and facilities for concerts, weddings complete with an on-site kitchen and chef. […]
“Texas Bays are a magnificent resource, shallow and brackish and marshy-bordered and rich with life …. The flat land runs to the flat bays, and beyond the flat sandy islands is the blue flat […]
The Wine in Spain Comes Mainly with the Cuisine – 2 Thus far, I have focused on only the food of Spain but, Spain is a wine drinking country and the food sets a wonderful stage for […]
The Wine in Spain Comes Mainly with the Cuisine News Flash [Update 9-9-10] If You Love Spanish-style wines, Its Time to Join Us for Texas TAPAS: Tempranillo Advocates Producers and Amigos Society Starting a Chapter […]
The Judgment of Houston – 3 In early May, a post competition taste-off of the top ten scoring Texas wines was held at the Grand Wine & Food Affair in Fort Bend County Texas. This […]
The major conclusion of the “Judgment of Houston” was readily evident in the rankings of the top scoring wines and how the top Texas wines placed with respect to the non-Texas ringers. The judges did […]
The Judgment of Houston – 1 Rewind about thirty wine years to the mid-1970’s……France was king of wine and California was clamoring for credit. Then, on May 24, 1976, Harpers Wine and Spirit Weekly Magazine […]
After spending a day in Chateauneuf de Pape and a tasting at Chateau le Nerthe, we drove on to Gigondas farther up the road. The wines from this area are some of my favorites, a […]