We happened to have some free time this past week while in the Dallas area and decided to pop into Landon Winery in McKinney, Texas. I had read about them and had seen many comments on how great the wines were, but I needed to find out for myself. Since it was also Drink LocalRead More
2013 Fall Wine Festivals
Even though it’s just starting to get hot in Texas, it isn’t too soon to start planning on what Texas wine festivals you may want to attend this year. Here is a listing of the 2013 Fall Wine Festivals coming up later this year. See you at a festival! Note: It is too early forRead More
Why Buying Local is Worth Every Cent
Buying Local makes an impact on local economy. This is similar to what we’ve been saying for years: Drink Local Wine “Why Buying Local is Worth Every Cent” infographic by CustomMade
Texas Wine Lover’s New Year’s Resolutions
Everybody makes New Year’s Resolutions so I thought I would come up with mine, the Texas Wine Lover’s New Year’s Resolutions for 2013. Undoubtedly the most common resolution is to lose weight so I’ll make that my first resolution. I need to lose a little weight and get back in shape. It’s funny I mentionedRead More
Texas 2012 Autumn Wine Festivals
It’s that time of year again to start thinking about cooler weather (yes, sometime soon in Texas) but most of all Wine Festivals which occur in the Fall or if you prefer Autumn. Here is a listing of 2012 Wine Festivals coming up this year. Please let me know if I missed any and I’llRead More
Wine Bloggers – Are We in a Competition?
This subject was actually asked of me last year. I got thinking more about it with last week’s fantastic Watermelon Thump & Chef Throwdown event at William-Chris Vineyards where media including bloggers and writers were invited. Now that I am being invited to some media events or attending conferences which bloggers and writers can attend,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
Nomacorc
I’ll admit I had not heard of Nomacorc until I was reading my Twitter feed and saw Paul Bonarrigo from Messina Hof had answered a question from somebody asking about cork taint. He said he was not concerned with cork taint because he was now using Nomacorc closures at Messina Hof. After I decided toRead 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 2012 Early Plans
The DrinkLocalWine 2012 conference is coming up quickly on Saturday and I am looking forward to it. A full day of seminars and fun is planned for the conference on April 28 at Metro State College in Denver with seminars starting at 9am. Tickets are almost gone so if you were sitting on the fence,Read More
