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2014 Houston Rodeo Wine Auction Brings Record Bids

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The 2014 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Uncorked! Champion Wine Auction was held Sunday night, March 2nd. Everyone had a great time with award-winning wines, great food, and high bids for large format wine bottles. Gloria and I did not get a chance to go the Rodeo’s Best Bites Competition so when we were askedRead More

Battle of the Texas Roussannes

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Following last year’s Battle of the Texas wine Orange Muscats, we decided with the help of some friends to do another blind tasting, the Battle of the Texas Roussannes. Summer heat called for a chilled wine and the decision was to focus on Roussannes from Texas fruit. Coincidentally the month before we made this decision,Read More

Texas Hill Country Wineries Wine Trail Grows

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Texas Hill Country – Last week the current 32 member wineries of the Texas Hill Country Wineries association voted to add 3 new winery members and a 2nd location tasting room for an existing member. This brings the total of association members to 36. Hye Meadow Winery, located in Hye, Texas right on Highway 290,Read More

 

San Saba Wine Cellars is now Wedding Oak Winery

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Update: We visited Wedding Oak Winery again and the famous Wedding Oak tree after they opened. Please be sure to read the latest here. We previously visited San Saba Wine Cellars during their construction. Before opening in early June, the name of the winery has been changed to Wedding Oak Winery. Even though some wineRead More

Way Out Wineries Road Trip – Day 1

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We finally had the chance to make the journey northwest to the Way Out Wineries wine trail for the weekend. Our first visit of the day was to Pillar Bluff. We had visited Pillar Bluff before but that was before the ideas of this blog came up. Owner Gill Bledsoe was in the tasting roomRead More