VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: The Wine Grape Called Picpoul Pronounced “peek-pool” (also spelled Piquepoul), this variety of white wine grape is cultivated in the Southern Rhone and Languedoc regions of France (http://www.terroir-france.com/wine/regions.htm). It is known […]
Video: Winemaker Tastes True Vin de Terroir – If I could put dirt in the bottle… Terroir comes from the word terre “land”. It was originally a French term in wine, coffee and tea used […]
Messina Hof Moonlight Harvest Dinner: Everybody Sing – “Pick, Pick, Pick Your Grapes, Going Down the Row…” This time our Houston-based picking crew departed the I-610 West Loop embarkation point with the destination set for […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – August 6, 2010 — — — — — Texas Wine Round-up: Mandola winery changes owners and name; state revamps online grape registry; More by David Furer Texas’ […]
News Release: San Antonio Texas Entrepreneurs Purchase CapRock Winery: Jim & Cathy Bodenstedt will Lead Revitalization of One of Texas’ Premier Wineries Under new ownership, Lubbock based CapRock Winery will expand distribution of its award […]
Jim Bodenstedt Submits Winning Bid for CapRock Winery in Second Round Auction Its been a long time in coming and I hope that we don’t have to go through another round of bidding. 2:14 pm – […]
Will the Fat Lady Finally Sing? CapRock Bids Are In – Judges Hearing at 2:30 Today (What’s the Scuttlebutt? How about the Rangers?) The much anticipated announcement that will tell us the winner in the […]
Get Back on the CapRock Winery Roller Coaster: New Bids Due, Judge Hearing Set Since early last week, things have been quiet on the Texas high plains wine front following the news that Gruet Winery […]
VintageTexas ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Muscat Canelli, First Wine to Show True Texas Terroir Muscat Canelli with its floral, heady aromas is often called a “seductive” white grape. Muscat Canelli is known under a variety of […]
From the Top: Talk from the Top 100 Wine Blogs with a Texas Perspective – July 31, 2010 — — — — — THE POUR – 12 Reasons to Look Beyond the Usual Wine Selections […]