Texas wine was presented at the 2012 TEXSOM (Texas Sommelier Conference) and the reaction from those in attendance seemed very positive. As mentioned in my previous post on Day 2 of the TEXSOM conference, we first had a tasting break which included Pedernales Cellars offering tastings of their 2010 Viognier and 2010 “GSM”. The next seminar was called Texas Terroir and was presented by Guy Stout MS (Master Sommelier) and Christy Canterbury MW (Master of Wine). They gave a great {Read More}

The last day of the 2012 TEXSOM Conference started with apparently some people having had imbibed in too much wine in the past couple days. The first panel was perfect then which was about the State of the Industry. James Tidwell MS was the moderator and the panel members were Drew Hendricks MS, Paul Wagner, Rick Bakas, John Ragan MS, Laura DePasquale MS, and Rajat Parr. James Tidwell’s first question to the panel was since most people in attendance don’t {Read More}

Day 2 of the 2012 TEXSOM (Texas Sommelier Conference) conference was the first day where there were just one set of sessions for everybody to attend and every session was about wine and tasting wine, except for the final session which was about beer. The first session was on Bordeaux and was presented by Wayne Belding MS (Master Sommelier) and Brett Zimmerman MS. They explained about the history of the Bordeaux region in France starting from the 1100′s on up {Read More}