I have previously posted about the NICE Winery located in Houston and owned by Ryan Levy and Ian Eastveld. We enjoyed visiting the winery the first time so much that we joined their wine club. NICE Winery makes their Malbec in Mendoza, Argentina and has three vintages available: 2007, 2008, and 2009. The 2009 wasRead More
Cap*Rock Winery
Cap*Rock Winery is located in Lubbock where they make their Texas wine and is owned by Catherine Bodenstedt. Read More
DrinkLocalWine Conference 2012 from the Day After
I had the pleasure of attending the DrinkLocalWine conference 2012 held in Colorado. This was my first DrinkLocalWine conference and hopefully it will not be my last. I was interested in the conference when I saw the schedule and then have the chance to meet some of the people in person who I follow onRead More
Colorado Wineries
When I decided to go to DrinkLocalWine.com’s conference DLW 2012 in Denver, I quickly made airline reservations. Later I learned some of the other attendees were going to take a full day tour on Sunday of various local wineries around Denver and Boulder. Unfortunately my return flight was already scheduled for Sunday morning so IRead More
DrinkLocalWine DLW 2012: Colorado
I have certainly enjoyed tasting and drinking Texas wine, my local wine, no matter where it may be made within Texas. When I get a chance to visit other states, I try to find nearby wineries to visit and sample the local wine from that state. Now I am getting the chance to taste someRead More
One Year Anniversary of TX Wine Lover Blog
I can’t believe March 20th will be the first anniversary since the creation of this blog. I started the blog with some goals in mind and they haven’t changed since: Help consumers discover wineries they may not know about and they should visit Help wineries with marketing Help wine related events with marketing Gloria andRead More
Battle of the Texas wine Orange Muscats – Results
In the first part of the Battle of the Texas wine Orange Muscats blind taste test, I described how we held our blind taste test and the wines which were included. Now it’s time for the results! As a reminder, we had eight Texas wine Orange Muscats and as a test, we included a CaliforniaRead More
Battle of the Texas wine Orange Muscats
One wine made in Texas is an Orange Muscat which is a sweet dessert wine. It is made from the white Orange Muscat grape, a variety of the Muscat grapes such as Muscat Canelli which is also found among Texas wines, and not surprisingly has an orange aroma. We have always enjoyed Duchman Family Winery‘sRead More