RECENT IMPACTS TO THE WINE INDUSTRY
Day 932 of captivity. Well, it just seems like it with the ongoing pandemic. However, Texas wines are still flowing at our home with grocery stores like HEB and Kroger’s [...]
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CELEBRATE WINE WITH WEST SANDY CREEK WINERY
Stan and Peggy McGinley fell in love with wines while doing business in Europe, particularly in Italy. After retiring, this world-traipsing couple made their dream of having a vineyard, and [...]
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WINERY TASTINGS GO VIRTUAL
With COVID-19 changing the reality of our world, the age of computers and the internet are becoming a daily response to social distancing. Schools, businesses, and Houses of Worship are [...]
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TEXAS VINEYARDS HAPPENINGS
Great wines always start in the vineyards. This axiom is true when the vineyards is in France, California, or Texas. Texas vineyards are pruned for the most part. Fall Creek [...]
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A FAMILY AFFAIR
Today (Friday the 13th) is your luck day to learn about a Texas wine family evolving into a legend. Roy “Doc” McPherson was a Texas Tech University Professor with a [...]
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WINE AND MUSIC
Texas wineries are finding that people enjoy wines even more when music is played. Background music is dubbed in at almost all of the Texas winery tasting rooms. Several wineries [...]
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WHO SAYS YOU CAN’T MAKE A TOP FOOTBALL PLAYER INTO A WINEMAKER
You probably hear of a high school football player from Houston Yates HS who made it to play on the renowned Grambling State Tigers team to the Oakland Raiders and [...]
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TIMING IS EVERYTHING
Vineyards are getting ready for spring. We have two classifications of vineyards being those vineyards along the Gul Coast and those inland vineyards. The vineyards along the Gulf Coast contain [...]
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VALENTINE IS FOR RESPONSIBLE LOVERS
Today is Valentine’s Day and a wonderful day for lovers around the world. This wine column could get into a variety of wines to pair for this wonderful day. However, [...]
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TEXAS BLUEBONNETT CHOCOLATE AND WINE TRAIL
During the first two Saturdays and Sundays in February, the Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail wineries will be hosting the Wine and Chocolate Trail. The Wine and Chocolate Trail is a [...]
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