There are a lot of wine festivals in the spring and summer and they are growing all the time as people enjoy getting together and enjoying wine together. One of the newest wine festivals is the 2013 inaugural Pittsburg Art and Wine Festival located in the Historic District of downtown Pittsburg will be held onRead More
Archives for March 2013
2013 Newsom Grape Day and High Plains Vineyard Tour
Are you ready to learn more about growing grapes or better appreciate the effort Texas grape growers put in to help Texas wineries make quality wine? If so, then April 26-27 near Lubbock is where you want to be. On Friday, April 26 is the annual Newsom Grape Day held at Neal Newsom’s barnery. OnRead More
Lewis Wines
Lewis Wines is located in Johnson City and is owned by Doug Lewis and Duncan McNabb. Read More
April 2013 #TXwine Twitter Tuesday
Spring is in the air! Or at least it is supposed to be with the exception of some recent frosts in Texas. But for the April #TXwine Twitter Tuesday on April 9 from 7-8 p.m. CST, we will celebrate spring wines. We have selected three wines that are light and refreshing, perfect for sipping onRead More
Mendoza – Day 3
We had already enjoyed two wonderful days in Mendoza with Day 1 giving us a great introduction to Mendoza and Day 2 letting us harvest and blend Nice Winery’s Malbec. Our final day of three days in Mendoza was to travel farther from Mendoza city to the Uco Valley which was about 90 minutes away. AlongRead More
Mendoza – Day 2
Our first day in Mendoza was full and our second day was no exception. Instead of visiting different wineries, we were going to spend the entire day at the Cecchin Family Vineyard where The NICE Winery makes their Malbec and Demi-Sec Sparkling wine. We were to do harvesting and blending to determine what would compriseRead More
Mendoza – Day 1
We recently had the opportunity to travel to Mendoza, Argentina along with one of our favorite Texas wineries, The NICE Winery located in Houston, Texas. If you are a frequent visitor to Texas wineries, you may not have heard of them yet unless perhaps you came across their wine in stores like HEB, a wineRead More
2013 Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair
The 2013 Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair will be held from April 24 – 28. This year marks the 10th year of the festival and is expected to attract more than 7,000 attendees over the five day event. Proceeds support a permanent scholarship endowment at the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College ofRead More
Wichita Falls Vineyards and Winery
Wichita Falls Winery is located in Wichita Falls and is owned by Alton and Lana Gates. The winery opened for business in November 2003. Read More
Heading to Mendoza!
There will be a short hiatus of blog posts while we take a vacation to Mendoza, Argentina. It’s time to explore far outside of Texas and enjoy some Argentine wine. Gloria and I both love Malbec wine and Mendoza is arguably the best place which grows and makes Malbec. We are wine club members atRead More