Category: Wine Industry

Winery Activities You Don’t Know About We all love the sights and smells of those harvested grapes coming into the wineries. Perhaps you are one of those lucky people who [...]

TEXAS GRAPE HARVEST

Texas Grape Harvest Texas is harvesting a colossal crop of grapes. The hybrid grapes along the Texas Gulf Coast have been harvested with the classic vitis vinifera grapes coming in [...]

MESSINA HOF AND SAGRANTINO

Messina Hof and Sagrantino It’s 48 years and more love is on the way. When a New Jersey physical therapist by the name of Paul Bonarrigo met Merrill from Bryan, [...]

WHY TEXAS GRAPE VARIETALS DIFFER FROM CALIFORNIA

WHY TEXAS GRAPE VARIETALS DIFFER FROM CALIFORNIA California seems to be setting the standards in the wine industry for Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlots, Chardonnays, and Zinfandels. Texas is not producing a [...]

Thoughts on Texas Wines

Thoughts on Texas Wines While sipping on a splendid glass of McPherson Red Blend, I thought to myself, “this is an outstanding wines so why share it with others?” I [...]

THE JUDGMENT OF SAN FRANCISCO

The Judgement of San Francisco California wines were an unknown until The Judgment of Paris in 1976 when unknown California wines were judged against the BEST French wines by a [...]

Houston Rodeo Uncorked BEST BITES attracts thousands.

LET’S RODEO WITH TEXAS WINES!

Let’s Rodeo with Texas Wines It is only a matter of a few weeks before the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo starts. The days leading up to this mega-fest have [...]

ON A TEXAS WINE MISSION

On A Texas Wine Mission I need your help to achieve one of my New Year’s Resolutions. I resolve to get more Texas Wines into the hands of Texans and [...]

GIVING THANKS FOR A GREAT TEXAS WINE HARVEST

Giving Thanks for a Great Texas Grape Harvest The Texas wine industry has seen another great harvest of grapes with outstanding quality and good yields. Winemakers throughout Texas report grape [...]

WHAT ARE WINE CLUBS?

What are Wine Clubs? Wine Clubs are a relationship between wine consumers and wineries providing benefits to both wineries and customers. Wineries have learned that Wine Clubs provide opportunities to [...]