As we identified in an earlier post, Robert “Bobby” Champion Jr., State Coordinator for Wine Marketing, would be taking a new position in the Texas Department of Agriculture on September 1st. Today, Bobby sent out an email discussing his new job and the growth of the Texas wine industry. Ten years of Texas Wine MarketingRead More
Archives for August 2011
Enter Your Texas Winery Passport Codes Today
As we learned before, the Texas Winery Passport program will be restructured in some way starting in September. If you have any Passport codes you have yet to enter into their website, I would recommend doing it today before the end of this month (August).
Crump Valley Vineyards
Crump Valley Vineyards is located in Sulphur Springs and is owned by Travis Crump and Susan Jones to make their Texas wine. Read More
Fuqua Winery
Fuqua Winery is located in Dallas and was opened in 2007. Lee Fuqua and Courtney Key are the winemakers making the Texas wine. Read More
Media & Technology Symposium day at TEXSOM
TEXSOM stands for the Texas Sommelier Conference which is in its seventh year and is being held at the Four Seasons Las Colinas in Dallas. It was founded by Drew Hendricks (@drewhendricksms) and James Tidwell (@winejames). It has always been a two day event with excellent wine education. This year a first day was addedRead More
Texas Winery Passport Rewards and Los Pinos Weekend
As we have mentioned before, the Texas Winery Passport program is definitely something you should be involved with if you are visiting Texas wineries. The rewards get better and better as you visit more wineries. Even though the Texas Winery Passport program will be changing in some way at the start of September, we stillRead More
Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards
Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards is located in Pittsburg and is owned by Jeff Sneed. This year they hope to make 100% Texas wine. Read More
Road Trip to Driftwood Texas Wineries – Part 2
We had previously visited Duchman Family Winery on our road trip to Driftwood Texas wineries and continued our journey to Driftwood Estate Winery. As we ascended the dirt road leading to Driftwood Estate Winery, our guests were wondering where we were going since they aren’t used to driving on too many dirt roads. Welcome toRead More