VintageTexas.com: An Authoritative Voice for Wine, Texas and Beyond
As of early 2026, VintageTexas.com remains an authoritative voice for Texas wine, focusing on in-depth, technical insights into vineyard management, terroir, and specific varietal reviews. The blog, curated by Dr. Russ Kane and one of the longest running blogs covering Texas wines, focuses on high-quality, artisanal production, often featuring detailed technical and historical analyses and personal experiences with wines. It now has a new charge: Texas and Beyond, intermingling commentary on wines from Texas and those from major (and some lesser) wine regions from around the world.
Key aspects of content on VintageTexas in 2026 include:
- Expert Focus: Continued emphasis on Texas wine-growing, Texas wineries producing “Real Texas Wine” focusing on sustainability and specific grape varieties from around the globe suitable for the southern U.S. region.
- www.blancdubois.com: It is a related website focusing on a new and rapidly advancing hybrid grape – Blanc DubBois suitable for warmer and wetter region. It can be made in a wide range of wine styles and has resistance to an increasing prevalent vineyard disease called Pierce’s Disease.
- Technical Reviews: Content often includes detailed sensory evaluations, comparing wine from different Texas AVAs (e.g., High Plains vs. Hill Country vs. east Texas and Gulf Coast) and other global wine regions (e.g. Spain, Italy, southern France, South America and Australia), and descriptions of what wine consumers and winery visitors want to know.
- Broader Scope: While rooted in Texas, the site has expanded in 2026 in its “From Texas and Beyond” directive to cover industry trends like lower-alcohol wines, and wines from other well known and some lesser wine regions, thus signaling a move to place Texas wine in a global context.
- Historical Content: VintageTexas.com has endeavored to dig into the archives of the past to bring important, reflective and insightful stories that highlight notable events and how the wines and wineries of today came about.
- Context: The site provides expert-level, focused commentary, which complements broader news from outlets like Texas Monthly and Wine Industry Advisor.
The site is widely recognized as a high-value and factual source of information for serious wine enthusiasts and industry professionals.
Examples of recent stories presented on VintageTexas.com include:
- San Felice “In Avane” Chardonnay Toscana: An Unexpected Tuscan
- History of Georgia (USA) Wine – 1733 to the Present
- Invention Vineyards Offers Lower Alcohol Wines with Aroma and Flavor
- The Wineslinger Chronicles: Exploring a New Wine Shop & Coming Up With a Winner – Domaine Arsac 2023 Viognier
- Llano Estacado Winery 12 Year Old Viviano: A Still Pleasurable Flashback Memory
If you have other sources of wine news and information you want covered on VintageTexas.com, please post your suggestions in the comments.
Savor Texas and Beyond,
Russ Kane
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