Great Places & People
Kerrville Hills Winery Opens Second Tasting Room, The Hill at Hye
Kerrville Hills Winery has opened its second tasting room, “The Hill at Hye,” […]
Events
Rodeo Houston Uncorked Round-up 2022 Best Bites Competition Results
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ Combined Award-Winning Wines with Gourmet Dishes at the Rodeo Uncorked!® Roundup & Best Bites Competition Photo credit: Cassaro Wines Yesterday, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo hosted a destination for […]
Food and Wine
Another Houston Rodeo First for Messina Hof Winery
Tomorrow, February 20, 2022 is the kick off for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. While there, visit Messina Hof Winery at the 2022 Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup and Best Bites Competition at NRG Center. Sip […]
Fun Food and Wine
VINO VINYASA® ANNOUNCES FIRST WINE & YOGA RETREAT IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
They’ve put together an itenerary of exclusive experiences. They include yoga, unique wine tastings at some of their favorite wineries, and delicious meals. Join us for an intimate weekend retreat in Fredericksburg and share a unique experience – Yoga, wine, food, the Texas Hill Country, Springtime, and wildflowers! Vino Vinyasa® has announced its first […]
grape growing
The Self-Written Eulogy of Thomas Volney Munson, Texas’s Renaissance Man, with Words to Live By Still Today!
The photos above are T.V. Munson the younger and the older. It can be said that if Texas ever had a Renaissance Man in its population, it was most likely Thomas Volney (T.V.) Munson (September […]
Food and Wine
Wine Revival: The Sweet-Sour Smell of Fermentation Rises again in Gruene – Guadalupe Valley Winery…What Happened to It?
The problem with the restart to commercial wineries in Texas in the mid-1970s was the lack of wine-knowledgeablepeople here in Texas to accurately report on it. David Frink, staff writer for the Austin American-Statesman was […]
Culinary Delights
What a Culinary Celebration It Was at the Bayou Block Party at Houston’s La Colombe d’Or Hotel
For starters, all I can say is “Oh, what a night!” The Bayou Block Party at La Colombe d’Or, presented by Louisiana Culinary Trails + Texas Monthly, simply put, brought the culinary flavors of the […]
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“No Booze to Dry Points In Texas; Great ‘Drouth’ Sets In”… but Thankfully, it Didn’t Last – Modern Texas Winery Start-up List (1937-1983)
Quote from the headline in The Comanche Chief Newspaper of July 4, 1913… While most of the nation had to wait until 1919 to enjoy the “benefits” of alcohol prohibition, in 1913 many in Texas […]
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Know Your Texas Wines: Register for “Specialist of Texas Wine” Class by Russ Kane, the Man who Wrote the Book on Texas Wine!
Celebrate the start of the 2022 Texas Vintage by taking this class and becoming certified as a Specialist of Texas Wine! NOTE: Starting in March 2022, this is a new upcoming Specialist of Texas Wine […]
Local wine
Texas Hill Country Wineries: February is for Wine Lovers – Now with Digital Passport
The air in February may be cool to cold, but just think…. Love is in the air, wine is in your glass, and Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and coming fast. Bundle up […]