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La Fuente Winery
http://www.lafuentewinery.com La Fuente Winery is located in Houston and is owned by Rogelio de la Fuente, also known as the “Wine Doctor.” Don de la Fuente was born in Florence, Italy to an Italian mother and a Mexican father. His family moved to Spain and then to Mexico. He came to the United States at age 16, later joined the Marines and served in the Korean War. Today don de la Fuente is 82 years young. We were not aware {Read More}
2013 TEXSOM Registrations Are Open
The 9th annual TEXSOM conference will be held August 10th through August 12th at the Four Seasons Resort and Club at Las Colinas. This has always been a fantastic conference and you will want to register before they are sold out which happened last year. TEXSOM’s mission is “To promote professional wine service standards, outline paths for further wine education and certification, and raise public awareness with respect to the professional standards and certifications for sommeliers and other beverage professionals.” {Read More}
High Plains Winegrowers Wine & Music Festival Preview
The inaugural High Plains Winegrowers Wine & Music Festival will be held June 14-15, 2013 at the Mallet Event Center & Arena in Levelland, Texas. The two day event will feature: Music: Mark McKinney and Charlie Robison – June 14th Music: Micky & The Motorcars and William Clark Green – June 15th Vendor show Sanctioned BBQ cook off Prospective grape grower meeting Wine appreciation and education class The trade show and food court will offer items such as: Go Texan {Read More}
Legislative Call to Action HB 2537 – Please call today!
HB 2537 passed out of the Senate Business and Commerce Committee on Tuesday, May 14 as substituted by Senator John Carona. As suspected, the substitute included language requiring wineries to produce or bottle 51% of the wine they ship. It also requires wineries to maintain complete records of each sale and delivery of wine shipped for at least five years from the date of the sale. As previously reported, the TWGGA Board of Directors has visited and revisited the language {Read More}
2013 Lost Pines Wine Fest
The inaugural 2013 Lost Pines Wine Fest was held on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at the Bastrop Brewhouse in Bastrop. Since there were going to be a number of wineries present and friends Dave and Kelli Potter were going, we decided to make the two hour trip to both support the festival and meet friends. We arrived at the Bastrop Brewhouse before noon in plenty of time for the opening and I believe we were the first ones through the gate {Read More}
Wineries
La Fuente Winery
http://www.lafuentewinery.com La Fuente Winery is located in Houston and is owned by Rogelio de la Fuente, also known as the "Wine Doctor." Don de la Fuente was born in Florence, Italy to an Italian mother and a Mexican father. His family moved to Spain and then to Mexico. He came to the United States at age 16, later joined the Marines and served in the Korean War. Today don de la Fuente is 82 … [Read More...]
Festivals
High Plains Winegrowers Wine & Music Festival Preview
The inaugural High Plains Winegrowers Wine & Music Festival will be held June 14-15, 2013 at the Mallet Event Center & Arena in Levelland, Texas. The two day event will feature: Music: Mark McKinney and Charlie Robison - June 14th Music: Micky & The Motorcars and William Clark Green - June 15th Vendor show Sanctioned BBQ cook off Prospective grape grower meeting Wine … [Read More...]
Events
2013 Keels and Wheels Concours d’Elegance
The 2013 Keels and Wheels Concours d’Elegance show was held at Lakewood Yacht Club on May 4-5. The event featured classic car and vintage wooden boats and benefited Boys & Girls Harbor. We attended the show on Sunday and upon entering the gate we were introduced to many styles of cars. The majority of the cars were classic cars but there were also some new cars from dealers including beauties such as Mercedes-Benz, Bentley, Cadillac, Ferrari, and we drooled over the Aston {Read More}
Information
Food and Wine Pairings Essentials
This guest post was written by a content editor for Personal Wine. To learn more about Personal Wine, check out their site (www.personalwine.com) People have been drinking wine with their meals for so long that it’s become an art form. Classic pairings have formed, such as red Burgundy and roast beef, champagne and caviar, red Bordeaux and lamb. Why do we pair wine with food? Two reasons. First, think about eating a piece of steak. The first bite is delicious, {Read More}
