http://www.winefesttexas.com Old Town Spring has a few festivals during the year and earlier this year they held their annual SpringFest, a Wine & Art Festival. This year they held their first Autumn Art & Texas Wine Festival on October 15th and 16th. Since we volunteered at SpringFest and also recently at another wine festival, weRead More
Old Town Spring Autumn Art & Texas Wine Festival Preview
http://www.winefesttexas.com Old Town Spring has held an annual SpringFest, a Wine & Art Festival. Since October is Texas Wine Month, this year they will be having their first Autumn Art & Texas Wine Festival on October 15th and 16th. The temperature should be perfect and with 10 Texas wineries and original art, it should beRead More
Houston Wine Fest
This post may not be that timely, but I have been trying to decide how I was going to write about the Houston Wine Fest which was held this past weekend, or if I should even write a post at all. In the end, since someone asked and I attended two other wine festivals inRead More
Chefs Under Fire – Houston Area Regional Competition
I attended the Houston Area Regional Competition of Chefs Under Fire at Rice University in Houston on September 25th. Russ Kane of VintageTexas.com won two tickets to the event but was unexpectedly called out of town, so he asked if I could attend in his place. Chefs Under Fire presented by Keeper Collection is aRead More
Tasting the Town and The Wine Walk
Tasting the Town presented by The Gold Exchange was held in the Humble Civic Center in Humble, TX on Thursday, September 22nd. The event brought the Lake Houston area’s local restaurateurs, chefs, caterers, musicians, wineries, breweries, and other vendors together to show off their wares. This was the third year of the event and everyRead More
Tasting the Town and The Wine Walk Preview
Tasting the Town presented by The Gold Exchange will be held in the Humble Civic Center in Humble, TX on Thursday, September 22nd. The event opens from 4-9pm for General Admission and a VIP After-Party until 10 pm will also include The Wine Walk sponsored by HEB. The event is Lake Houston Area’s premier annualRead More
Montgomery Wine and Music Festival
We attended the Montgomery Wine and Music Festival last year and had a great time tasting the Texas wine from the numerous wineries which were present. As a result of volunteering at this year’s Old Town Spring SpringFest, we decided to volunteer at Montgomery too. We received the information prior to the day, September 17,Read More
Fall Wine Festivals – Houston area and Where Else?
‘Tis the season. No, not for Winter and Christmas but time for most wine festivals to occur in Texas and time to drink some Texas wine. Not all wine festivals occur during the Fall season because earlier this year we volunteered at the Old Town Spring SpringFest. We arrived for the first shift on theRead More
TXwine Twitter Tuesday
The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) started doing Texas Twitter Tuesday on the first Tuesday of every month. A special winery guest would be invited and people could tweet during the 7:00-7:30 evening with that guest to discuss three Texas wines. Since the Texas wine marketing ended on August 31st, a community-led TXwine Twitter TuesdayRead 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