Visiting the Great Texas Wineries and Enjoying Wine
Even though it’s just starting to get hot in Texas, it isn’t too soon to start planning on what Texas wine festivals you may want to attend this year. Here is a listing of the 2013 Fall Wine Festivals coming up later this year. See you at a festival! Note: It is too early for some planning committees so the dates are not yet set for some festivals. We will update the dates as we know them. If you know {Read More}
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}
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}
