Sometimes a day just doesn’t go as expected and you just have to deal with it. That’s how our road trip to some Texas wineries in Driftwood went this past weekend. We attended a Texas Winery Passport reward for a private tasting for six people at Duchman Family Winery including Gloria’s brother and sister-in-law, andRead More
Archives for July 2011
Update on the Texas Winery Passport program – Winery Email
As I found out last week from Robert (Bobby) Champion Jr., State Coordinator for Wine Marketing at the Texas Department of Agriculture, the Texas Winery Passport program will continue in some capacity after August 31st. We were at a winery a few days after that. A couple was visiting the local wineries and the TexasRead More
Rosemary’s Vineyard and Winery
Rosemary’s Vineyard and Winery is located in La Grange and the making of their Texas wine takes place behind the owners’ house. Read More
For Now, the Texas Winery Passport Program will Continue
There have been reports recently that the Texas Winery Passport program will end on August 31st, 2011 because the Texas government cut the wine marketing budget. Even some Texas wineries we have visited recently have told us the same thing, and one even had a sign posted with that information. I decided to find outRead More
Harvesting Grapes at Messina Hof for Texas Wine
Gloria and I wanted to volunteer to help harvest grapes for a winery this year since we have never done it. Many wineries harvest their own grapes to make their Texas wine, but either they do not know exactly when they will be harvesting until close to the time, or they have a festival associatedRead More
Cross Timbers Winery
Cross Timbers Winery is located in Grapevine and is the most northern winery in Grapevine making Texas wine. Read More
Saddlehorn Winery
Saddlehorn Winery is located on a 360 acre ranch in Burton and is easy to find off Highway 290 between Houston and Austin for Texas wine. Read More
Paris Vineyards
Paris Vineyards is located in Paris, Texas, which is probably the most northeastern winery in Texas making Texas wine. Read More
Texas Wine Release Party and Private Texas Wine Tasting
One of the best things about Texas wines besides visiting Texas wineries is drinking the wine and especially enjoying the Texas wine with other people. This post is about two events we attended this past weekend which hold true to that principle. Texas Wine Release Party You may have read about our recent experience inRead More
Landon Winery
Landon Winery has two locations, the square in McKinney and in the city of Greenville. Their Texas wine will soon all be made in Greenville. Read More