The 2013 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo International Wine Competition Results were announced and I posted a filtered list of the Texas wineries from the results. Now it’s time for a little analysis of the results for the Texas medal wines. First, it is a little confusing because this is the 2013 wine competition butRead More
“It Takes a Lot of Good Beer to Make Great Wine”
You may have heard the saying before: “It takes a lot of good beer to make great wine.” There are other variations to that statement like, “It takes a lot of beer to make good wine,” but I prefer the first one. After hearing this statement recently, I decided to find out if it wasRead More
“Texas Wineries: A Guide” book review
The updated Texas winery guide called “Texas Wineries: A Guide” by Barry Shlachter and Amy Culbertson was recently printed in its 12th printing. The guide is designed to be a pocket guide sizing in at a small 5½ inches by 4¼ inches. The book starts out with a statement I definitely agree with: “What couldRead More
2,4-D: What is it and Why Should You Care?
There is a danger out there but not everybody has heard of it and what it can do. I had not heard of it until we visited the High Plains of Texas and visited vineyards. It is simply called 2,4-D and sounds innocent but can cause a lot of damage. What is it and whyRead More
2012 TX Wine Lover Awards
Last year’s TX Wine Lover Awards was a fun hit with consumers and wineries alike, so we had to do another set of awards for this year. Hence, the 2012 TX Wine Lover Awards. We hope you enjoy our list of award categories from last year in addition to some new categories for this year.Read More
Wine Bloggers – Are We in a Competition?
This subject was actually asked of me last year. I got thinking more about it with last week’s fantastic Watermelon Thump & Chef Throwdown event at William-Chris Vineyards where media including bloggers and writers were invited. Now that I am being invited to some media events or attending conferences which bloggers and writers can attend,Read More
Texas Custom Wine Works
Texas Custom Wine Works will provide custom crushing and Texas wine winemaking in their soon to be built production facility. Read More
2012 Lone Star International Wine Competition Results
In the 29th Annual Lone Star International Wine Competition, there were 514 total entries from all over the world. The panel of judges awarded 11 Grand Star Awards, 36 Gold medals (15 Double Gold), 171 Silver medals, and 203 Bronze medals. Texas wineries had a total of 359 Texas wine entries. Those were awarded 7Read More
Nomacorc
I’ll admit I had not heard of Nomacorc until I was reading my Twitter feed and saw Paul Bonarrigo from Messina Hof had answered a question from somebody asking about cork taint. He said he was not concerned with cork taint because he was now using Nomacorc closures at Messina Hof. After I decided toRead More
Texas Wineries and Vineyards on Twitter
The list of Texas Wineries and Vineyards on Twitter has been moved to another page. Please click here to go to the page.