We met up with some wine friends to visit a few Bluebonnet Wine Trail wineries during a day trip. It all started with Gloria and me deciding to go to Messina Hof for New Year’s Eve. Laurie and Shelly Ware from Cleburne decided to do the same. Dave and Kelli Potter from Frisco were goingRead More
Fredericksburg Road Trip and Wine Festival
This has been a wine festival autumn for us. We have attended two wine festivals and volunteered to pour wine at two other wine festivals and that is a record for us. We did not have any intention of driving to Fredericksburg for another wine festival until two party friends of the family, Rick andRead More
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles…and Some Wine
I took a very quick trip to New York City to watch the NFL season opener between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys. I may live in Texas but I was raised in upstate New York so I have always been a die-hard Giants fan. The purpose of this quick post is not aboutRead More
High Plains Vineyards Tour
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