El Gaucho Winery is located in the Hill Country in Spicewood and is owned by Bennett and Eugenia Sewell Read More
Review of Septima Obra Malbec 2014
Jeremy reviews the Septima Obra Malbec 2014 from Mendoza, Argentina Read More
Let’s Get High, Altitude and Wine Grapes
What does altitude do to wine grapes? Read and find out! Read More
Nice Winery Video
We talk to Ryan Levy and Ian Eastveld from the Nice Winery in Houston during their trip to the Hill Country Read More
NICE Winery Tasting Room to Open Friday Nights with Us!
Update: Thanks to those who came out to visit us on Friday nights but the Friday night’s Nicer After Hours has now closed. Gloria and I have some exciting news which we have been eager to share. First, I want to apologize for my April Fool’s joke this year about us opening a winery. IRead More
Visiting Iguazú Falls
I had previously posted about our three day trip to Mendoza which was fantastic. On day 1, I also mentioned briefly about Buenos Aires where you have to fly into in order to get to Mendoza from the United States. After Mendoza on Friday, Gloria and I took a flight connecting via Buenos Aires toRead More
Mendoza – Day 3
We had already enjoyed two wonderful days in Mendoza with Day 1 giving us a great introduction to Mendoza and Day 2 letting us harvest and blend Nice Winery’s Malbec. Our final day of three days in Mendoza was to travel farther from Mendoza city to the Uco Valley which was about 90 minutes away. AlongRead More
Mendoza – Day 2
Our first day in Mendoza was full and our second day was no exception. Instead of visiting different wineries, we were going to spend the entire day at the Cecchin Family Vineyard where The NICE Winery makes their Malbec and Demi-Sec Sparkling wine. We were to do harvesting and blending to determine what would compriseRead More
Mendoza – Day 1
We recently had the opportunity to travel to Mendoza, Argentina along with one of our favorite Texas wineries, The NICE Winery located in Houston, Texas. If you are a frequent visitor to Texas wineries, you may not have heard of them yet unless perhaps you came across their wine in stores like HEB, a wineRead More
Heading to Mendoza!
There will be a short hiatus of blog posts while we take a vacation to Mendoza, Argentina. It’s time to explore far outside of Texas and enjoy some Argentine wine. Gloria and I both love Malbec wine and Mendoza is arguably the best place which grows and makes Malbec. We are wine club members atRead More
