Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Rosé Wines Rosé is simply the French word for “pink” which through the years has been assimilated into our English (and finally American wine) lexicon. True French-style Vin Rosé is not […]
When is Merlot a Serious Grape? At Blackbird Vineyards I received a late invite to a wine tasting scheduled for yesterday evening, I believe, at least in part because an accolade I received recently on Jeremy […]
When is an Award-Winning Wine Like a Breeze on a Hot Texas Day? At Pilot Knob Vineyard Even though it’s barely summer, it’s been hot, hot, hot and dry, dry, dry in most parts of […]
What’s in Wine Competition Results? More Texas Winners in 2011 Lone Star Competition There has been a lot of banter on the Internet (Blogs and Twitter) on the validity of wine competitions. I’ve judged in […]
What I’m Drinking Tonight: CapRock Winery 2010 Sauvignon Blanc Martin’s Vineyard It was a 100+ F today, but dry as a bone in the hill country outside Fredericksburg, Texas. When we arrived yesterday evening, we […]
Summer 2011 Brings New Chapters and Scorched Pages in the Texas Winegrowers Handbook Earlier this year the news from Texas was dominated by one word….Wildfire! Firefighters battled out-of-control wildfires that scorched hundreds of square miles […]
Write Off the Vine, Texas Wine News is Back: 2011 Harvest Trail, GO TEXAN Go Thirsty, More Texas Wine Competition Results Texas Hill Country Wineries Harvest Wine Trail, August 5-7 and 12-14, 2011 The harvest […]
Texas Wine Country? Vineyard Tour and Wine Tasting 2011 in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley In cooperation with Texas Department of Agriculture,Texas AgriLife Extension, USDA-ARS Where: Rio Farms, Inc. in Monte Alto, TX […]
“More Gold Medals than Ever Before”: 2011 Lone Star Wine Competitions At the end of the first day of judging, I saw Michael Zerbach, Co-Chair of the Lone Star International Wine Competition held in Grapevine, […]
Texas Locavore Meets Locapour: Chef David Garrido Wins the First Edible Texas Wine Food Match After many months of planning since the idea for this first-ever wine-food pairing competition was hatched in my telephone conversation […]