Cyclopedia of Wine
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: Do you know Graciano like I know Graciano?
Graciano brings with it a smoky perfume of fine sweet Cavendish pipe tobacco. […]
Cyclopedia of Wine
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: Mourvèdre Finds a New Home in Texas
In Texas, Mourvèdre is a rapidly rising star with plantings in both the centrally located Texas Hill Country AVA and in the more northern Texas High Plains. […]
Cyclopedia of Wine
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: What is Rioja?
Let’s start with this easy questions and give an obvious easy answer. Rioja is definitely not a variety of wine grape. But, it is a word that is very much associated with Spanish wine. From […]
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VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: Cinsault… Is it More of What We Need for Texas Wine?
Not too long ago, I quoted Randy Hester, owner and winemaker at Austin’s C.L. Butaud Wines, in a blog. He said, ”For me, Cinsault is a lot like Grenache. In Texas, it shows much better […]
Cyclopedia of Wine
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine is Back: What in the World is Teroldego?
Some of you may recall a reoccurring segment on VintageTexas from several years ago called Cyclopedia of Wine that ran for a few years after I started the blog. Well, get ready, we are going […]
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VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Clairette, Clairet, Claret & Clarete
VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Clairette, Clairet, Claret & Clarete One of the things that often makes wine a field high on the geek-a-tude index is its plethora of wine terms and especially those that […]
grape growing
VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Botrytis Cinerea – Could a rot by any other name, be so sweet?
VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Botrytis Cinerea Could a rot by any other name, be so sweet? Only if it known by its other names: Pourriture Noble (in France) or Edelfaule (in Germany). In any […]
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VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Acidity
VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Acidity Think of acidity and fruit, and your mind immediately goes to the tart and titillation of lemon juice. But, what would wine be without acidity? It would be a […]
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VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Canadian Ice Wine
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Canadian Ice Wine My wife and I are up in the western Canadian high country on a little business and pleasure in Lake Louise (in Baniff National Park). I bet […]
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VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Trebbiano of Texas
VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Trebbiano of Texas The Trebbiano is a widely known wine grape varietal, but tends to be over-cropped and make rather neutral wines. However, it has the distinction of accounting for […]