Rebecca made homemade pasta for her Christmas day lasagna and paired it with Sloan & Williams Sangiovese Read More
Post-Thanksgiving Pairing Analysis
Rebecca tells how the wines she chose for Thanksgiving paired well with her Thanksgiving meal Read More
Thoughts and Tips for Thanksgiving Wine Pairings
As the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays approach, folks start dreaming of a perfectly roasted turkey with all the trimmings. Everyone has his or her favorite side dishes—dressing or stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, or maybe even mac-n-cheese. Then, of course, comes the pumpkin, pecan, or apple pie! Things are the same atRead More
The Texas Wine Lover – Peru Connection
I can connect Texas Wine Lover to Peru in 5 easy steps, moving from the closest link to the most remote: Our team member Gloria is Peruvian. One of my dearest friends just spent 15 days traveling in Peru, uploading amazing photographs to social media along the way. Back in March of this year, JeffRead More
Texas Sangiovese and Pasta Pairing
Any cook and wine lover can tell you that pairing wine and vegetables can be a bit of a challenge. But if you’re a vegetarian, or you have vegetarian friends or family members, you’ll eventually have to find some good combinations. In our case, we have both vegetarian friends and family members, so I’ve gotRead More
eculent: Fine Dining at Clear Creek Winery
eculent is a fine dining restaurant which will be opening soon at Clear Creek Winery located in Kemah. Chefs David Skinner and Michael Calvino will bring an evening of a multi-course meal which will not soon be forgotten. The restaurant is having test dinners right now so the evening is perfected by the time theyRead More
Wine Ice Cream! Available at Sloan & Williams Winery!
Wine and ice cream—throw in a little shoe shopping and a bubble bath, and you’ve pretty much got my idea of a fine Friday night. But what if there were wine ice cream? That would really be something to wrap your taste buds around! Good news—yes, Virginia, there IS wine ice cream! I went over toRead More
Hye Market and Hye End Tasting Room
http://www.hyemarket.com While driving down Wine Road 290 rushing to get to Fredericksburg, you have to slow down for a tiny bit through the small town of Hye. And you probably always wonder why you have to do that when there are only a couple buildings there. Depending on when you first drove through Hye, youRead More
Cripple Creek Wine and Gifts
http://www.facebook.com/cripplecreektx Update September 4, 2015: Ownership has changed hands but the store is still open as Cripple Creek Wine and Gifts The Cripple Creek and Company store is located in Bastrop and has a large selection of Texas wines from different wineries available for sale. DeeDee Peddy is the owner and the store opened inRead More
The Rancher’s Daughter
http://www.facebook.com/RanchersDaughter The Rancher’s Daughter store and wine bar is located in Montgomery and is owned by Harry and Rendy Kerr. They opened the store/wine bar in 2009. In the times we have been visiting The Rancher’s Daughter, they have moved from one location across the street to a new and bigger location. The wine barRead More