After searching the wine list (a very modern display on a iPad-like device where my selection went automatically to my order), my eyes locked on a Merlot that got my interest. It was a Chateau Lassségue Les Cadrans Grand Cru 2022 from the Côte de Saint-Émilion where the property is run as a partnership between the longtime owners, the Seillan family, and since 2003 American Jackson Family Wines. […]
Texas wine appreciation is encouraging individuality, embrace uncertainty, and seek growth and discovery of something that can be both different and unexpectedly good. […]
We found out that it is an understatement to say that Craig Kritzer at Frogtown Cellars is an outspoken leader in promoting Dahlonega Plateau AVA’s fine wine growing and winemaking. […]
Never fear Cotes de Bordeaux are here! Geez, it’s hot outside, but inside Chef Pedro Angel Garcia‘s El Mason Restaurant, coolness and pleasure prevailed as we enjoyed bites of unique Spanish/Latin American preparations along with […]
A couple weeks ago, I was driving through Comfort, Texas, and to my left I saw an old friend. It was a friend that I first met in 2008 at the Newsom family’s Rock’n-N B&B […]
Last Tuesday evening Texas Fine Wine, a consortium of four Texas fine wineries, provided a Zoom “Talk and Taste” session organized by Denise Clarke that featured wines from: Pedernales Cellars Duchman Family Winery Spicewood Vineyards […]
Still to this day, the RUMOR PERSISTS that Texas wineries are not making “REAL TEXAS” wines, choosing instead to simply relabel wines or use grapes from west coast winegrowing regions. There is a SECOND RUMOR […]
WHAT? Save the date for the 2024 Pair It With Claret Chili Cook-Off at Spicewood Vineyards! This year marks the 16th installment of the world-famous chili cook-off, happening Saturday,February 24, 2024, from 1:00pm-5:00pm. Each ticket […]
For starters, Hawk’s Shadow Winery is located near Dripping Springs in the Texas Hill Country, and yet is just 30 miles from downtown Austin. This is where owners Doug Reed, Tom Reed, and Chip Conklin […]
You may have heard of the play Waiting for Godot. It was written by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. In this play, Beckett features two characters engage in seemingly unending hours in discussions and encounters while […]