Author: Ron Saikowski

Texas Grape Harvest is Almost Over
Texas Grape Harvest Is Almost Over The Texas grape harvest is winding down for 2026. Although the quantity is greatly reduced due to last Spring’s late freezes across Texas, the [...]
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TEXAS GRAPE HARVEST AND LABOR DAY
Texas Grape Harvest and Labor Day This is my favorite time to be at a winery! The grapes are coming into the wineries with the winery smells overwhelmingly sweet with [...]
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TEXAS GRAPE HARVEST CONTINUES
Texas Grape Harvest Continues Texas grapes are being harvested with the grape quantity low, but the quality of the grapes is outstanding. Last Spring’s late freezes caused freeze damage to [...]
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TEXAS GRAPE HARVEST HAPPENINGS
Spring freezes across Texas had two impacts to the grape harvest currently happening. First, the bad news with the Spring freezes negatively impacting the quantity of grapes that actually were [...]
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TEXAS WINE INDUSTRY GAINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Texas Wine Industry Gains National Recognition Texas wine is a 24-billion-dollar business in the State of Texas and is one of the few bright spots in a downward spiraling wine [...]
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CELEBRATE THE TEXAS HARVEST
Celebrate the Texas Harvest Texas grapes are now coming into many Texas wineries and will continue over the next few weeks. The Gulf Coast Harvest of Blanc du Bois was [...]
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Texas Hill Country Gratitude and Celebrations
Texas Hill Country Gratitude and Celebrations The Texas Hill Country was deluged again by heavy rains in July. The wineries and vineyards received excessive rain which will delay the grape [...]
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Texas Vineyard Happenings
Texas Vineyard Happenings Many Texas vineyards had grapevines that were budding when a freeze in the 20’s damaged primary buds. However, grape vines have a secondary budding which is smaller [...]
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TEXAS HILL COUNTRY WINE CAMP
Texas Hill Country Wine Camp The Texas Hill Country Wineries will provide for those fortunate few an immersive venture into Texas wines in one of the most popular wine regions [...]
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Texas Wines for the Fourth
Texas Wines for the Fourth I remember our Bi-Centennial Celebrate in 1976 with the Judgment of Paris rocking the wine world. This blind wine tasting that was set up by [...]
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