27th Annual Gruene Music & Wine Festival – October 10-13, 2013 You’re Invited…Share with a Friend! 4 Days. 4 Distinct Events. Mark your calendars and raise your glasses, the 27th Annual Gruene Music & Wine Festival […]
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 […]
Texas Tech University Plant and Soil Science Department Adds Maureen Qualia as Enology Instructor The Texas wine industry welcomes one of it’s own back to Texas in a vital role! An experienced winemaker and production […]
Doc Russ, Texas Wineslinger at Pedernales Cellars – Saturday, September 21st It’s time for the old Texas Wineslinger, Russ Kane from VintageTexas, to dust off his Stetson and get the ink flowing in his trusty […]
TWGGA Holds First Legislative Forum: “For Sale in Texas Only Makes” the Initial Cut The first in a series of Legislative Forums was held on Wednesday, August 14 in Austin. The Legislative Forums came out […]
The New Texas Wine Business Model: Response to “The Bacchus Rewrite” Blog My question is directed at Andy Chalk at CraveDFW who recently wrote a creative and penetrating blog titled, “The TWGGA President’s Speech Replacement”. Click […]
At Texsom: Muscat beyond Moscato is where Texas is at! It’s only the first day of the Texsom 2013 Texas Sommelier Conference at the Four Seasons Las Colinas and I’ve already found that Texas wines […]
Support is Building for the Texas Winemakers/Winery Owners Pledge If you read my previous blog, you know that with the help of several people from the Texas wine industry, I’ve drafted a Texas Winemakers/Winery Owners […]
The Texas Winemakers/Winery Owners Pledge (and Good for Other Local Wine States, Too) Some of you have seen the blog and reader comments over the past few days on CraveDFW (click here) on “For-Sale-in-Texas-Only” wine. […]
Dear Whole Foods Market, Please Remove Non-Texas Wine From Your Texas Wine Display [Redux] or, “Where are you Grover Norquist when you need a winery to sign a pledge?” Those of you that have read […]