I have never written about a wine bar before but I am making an exception in this case since The Empty Glass wine bar serves approximately 60% Texas wines. http://www.theemptyglass.com The Empty Glass is located in Tomball and opened in September 2012 with a Grand Opening on October 6. Dana Kelly is the owner andRead More
Archives for October 2012
Fredericksburg Road Trip and Wine Festival
This has been a wine festival autumn for us. We have attended two wine festivals and volunteered to pour wine at two other wine festivals and that is a record for us. We did not have any intention of driving to Fredericksburg for another wine festival until two party friends of the family, Rick andRead More
Grape Creek Vineyards
Grape Creek Vineyards is located in Fredericksburg and is owned by Brian and Jennifer Heath. Read More
Dionisio Winery
Dionisio Winery is located in Houston and opened January 2012. The winery is owned by Jimmy and Clarice Aranda. Read More
Su Vino Winery
Su Vino Winery is located in Grapevine and is owned by David and Chari Scott. Read More
La Buena Vida Vineyards – Grapevine and La Bodega Winery
La Buena Vida Vineyards is in Grapevine and is owned by Gina Puente. La Bodega Winery is located in the DFW airport but will be closing. Read More
A Tale of Two Cities (and Wine Festivals)
This weekend there were at least five wine festivals taking place in the state of Texas. Like last year we volunteered to help pour for a winery at the Old Town Spring Autumn Art & Texas Wine Festival. When we arrived at the festival, we discovered we were both pouring for Messina Hof. Coincidentally orRead More
Becker Vineyards
Becker Vineyards is in Stonewall and is owned by Dr. Richard Becker and Bunny Becker. Bret Perreoud is the general manager and Jon Leahy is the winemaker. Read More
Bell Mountain Vineyards
Bell Mountain Vineyards is located in Fredericksburg. They planted their vineyard in 1976 and the winery opened in 1983. Read More
2012 Autumn Art & Texas Wine Festival Preview
http://winefesttexas.com The 2012 Autumn Art & Texas Wine Festival will be held once again in Old Town Spring and will be on October 13 and 14. This is the 2nd annual festival and will have at least 10 Texas wineries in addition to local art and artisans. Besides Texas wineries, Saint Arnold Brewing Company willRead More