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Safari Winery

October 1, 2019 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Safari Winery outside

Safari Winery is located in Fredericksburg and is owned by Clayton Itz Read More

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Argentina, Chile, Fredericksburg, Safari Winery, South Africa, Texas Wineries

El Gaucho Winery

June 14, 2016 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

El Gaucho Winery - sign

El Gaucho Winery is located in the Hill Country in Spicewood and is owned by Bennett and Eugenia Sewell Read More

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Argentina, El Gaucho Winery, Mendoza, spicewood, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries

Review of Septima Obra Malbec 2014

May 26, 2016 by Jeremy Wilson Leave a Comment

Septima Obra vineyard - Photo by: Peary Photography

Jeremy reviews the Septima Obra Malbec 2014 from Mendoza, Argentina Read More

Filed Under: Beyond Texas, Reviews Tagged With: Argentina, Malbec, Mendoza, Septima, wine review

Let’s Get High, Altitude and Wine Grapes

March 17, 2016 by Jeremy Wilson 2 Comments

Newsom Vineyard in the High Plains

What does altitude do to wine grapes? Read and find out! Read More

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Argentina, Elevation, Texas Wine, Vineyard

Nice Winery Video

September 4, 2015 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Ryan Levy and Ian Eastveld

We talk to Ryan Levy and Ian Eastveld from the Nice Winery in Houston during their trip to the Hill Country Read More

Filed Under: Videos, Vlog Tagged With: Argentina, California, Hill Country, Houston, Nice Winery, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Video, Video blogs

NICE Winery Tasting Room to Open Friday Nights with Us!

August 6, 2013 by Jeff Cope 8 Comments

Nice Winery - outside

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

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Argentina, Nice Winery, tasting room, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, wine bar

Visiting Iguazú Falls

April 9, 2013 by Jeff Cope 2 Comments

Iguazu 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

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Argentina, Brazil, Iguazu, Iguazú Falls, Niagara Falls, Puerto Iguazú, Waterfalls

Mendoza – Day 3

March 26, 2013 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Mussel on top of seaweed millefuille

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

Filed Under: Beyond Texas, Popular, Travel Tagged With: Argentina, Fine Dining, Malbec, Mendoza, Nice Winery, Salentein, San Polo, Vineyard

Mendoza – Day 2

March 24, 2013 by Jeff Cope 8 Comments

Dancing after entertainment

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

Filed Under: Beyond Texas, Popular, Travel Tagged With: Argentina, blending, Cecchin Family Vineyard, Malbec, Mendoza, Nice Winery, Vineyard, Wine club

Mendoza – Day 1

March 22, 2013 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Ruca Malén vineyard

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

Filed Under: Beyond Texas, Popular, Travel Tagged With: Alta Vista, Argentina, Malbec, Mendoza, Nice Winery, Otero Ramos Winery, Ruca Malén, Torrontes, Vineyard, Wine club

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