Jim interviews Stephanie Trotter Zacharia of Trotter 1/16 Winery in Napa Valley Read More
Decant Urban Winery
Decant Urban Winery is located in the heart of Houston and opened February 2019 Read More
C.L. Butaud Red and Rosé Wine Reviews
Shelly reviews two current wines from C.L. Butaud Read More
Dan Gatlin on Texas Wines and Climate, Part II of II
[Reproduced with permission] Previously Welcome to Part II of the series on hot-climate wine production. Part I stated that 70%+ of the issues with heat can be mitigated by humans. Unfortunately, these actions are expensive and laborious, resulting in only a small number of producers willing to undertake them. Those producers have been rewarded withRead More
Dan Gatlin on Texas Wines and Climate, Part I of II
[Reproduced with permission] Texas Wine: the Conundrum for Media and Sommeliers Introduction After growing grapes for 34 years (in 8 vineyards with 43 varieties), one of the things I find most difficult to accept as I become a cranky old man is reading wine blogs that propagate blatantly non-factual information. One can say about me,Read More