Dusty Timmons, former viticulture advisor for the past two years for the West Texas region including the High Plains, had offered to give us a tour of the High Plain vineyards whenever we went to the Lubbock area. Since he had to travel to the various vineyards and help with any problems they may haveRead More
High Plains Trip – Day 4 – Newsom Vineyards
This day we were flying back to Houston. Since we needed to taste Nolan Newsom’s cooking, the day started early with Neal and Nolan arriving at the bed and breakfast to prepare for breakfast. Indeed Nolan’s breakfast was very good as we all enjoyed scrambled eggs, bacon, and biscuits and gravy. It was time toRead More
High Plains Trip – Day 3 – Wineries
We visited the High Plains of Texas for the first time. This is what happened during day three of our trip where we visited the wineries. Read More
High Plains Trip – Day 2 – Vineyards
Our second day arrived and we enjoyed delicious blueberry muffins which Janice Newsom had made. This day we would be mostly visiting vineyards. Earlier in the year when I was creating the blog post about wineries and vineyards on Twitter, I came across Dusty Timmons on Twitter and knew he had a vineyard, but wasn’tRead More
High Plains Trip – Day 1
We finally got vacation days approved and our first trip to the High Plains and Lubbock area began. We had the choice of driving nine hours or flying for one hour and in the interest of time, we chose the latter. We enjoyed the United Club room at the Houston airport while waiting for ourRead More
Heading to the High Plains
Most likely there will be a little break between blog posts as Thursday we make our first trip to the High Plains. Since it is at the other end of the state (Texas is a HUGE state!) we have a full schedule planned during the days as we do not know when we will beRead More
Way Out Wineries Road Trip – Day 2
Day two of our Way Out Wineries road trip came and we were excited to start the day. We would be meeting Facebook friends Laurie Ware and her husband Shelly, along with Dave and Kelli Potter and their beautiful daughter Annali. I had met Dave in person before but it would be the first timeRead More
Way Out Wineries Road Trip – Day 1
We finally had the chance to make the journey northwest to the Way Out Wineries wine trail for the weekend. Our first visit of the day was to Pillar Bluff. We had visited Pillar Bluff before but that was before the ideas of this blog came up. Owner Gill Bledsoe was in the tasting roomRead More
Day 4 – Hill Country and Fredericksburg Road Trip
Our final day in the Hill Country arrived and we woke up to pouring rain and cold weather. The initial plan was to visit Garrison Brothers Distillery, the first and oldest legal distillery in Texas, on the way back home, but since we started taking photos of owners and winemakers in addition to getting autographsRead More
Day 3 – Hill Country and Fredericksburg Road Trip
Saturday came and it was one of the days I was looking forward to. We were going to take a break from visiting wineries and go to a reenactment of World War II Marines combating in the Pacific. If you have any interest in military history, the National Museum of the Pacific War in FredericksburgRead More
