Category: Wine Industry

Texas Wines Sell for Record Prices at Houston Rodeo Uncorked

TEXAS WINES SELL FOR RECORD PRICES AT HOUSTON RODEO UNCORKED Two Texas wines sold for record prices at Houston Rodeo Uncorked Charity Wine Dinner. The 2022 Reserve Grand Champion Best [...]

Local Wine Information at your Finger Tips

LOCAL WINE INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGER TIPS Our normal social ways are coming together after two years of “distance socializing” and mask wearing. Wine has always been a social thing [...]

Supply Chain Issues Hit Texas Wineries

SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES HIT TEXAS WINERIES Approximately 35% of wine bottles used in American wineries comes from China with some coming from Mexico and the rest made in the USA. [...]

Resurrection of a Wine Region

RESURRECTION OF A WINE REGION Prior to 1976, the Wine World believed that the only great wines came from France and its many wine regions. Wine was a mystery then. [...]

Texas Wineries Continue their Winning Ways

TEXAS WINERIES CONTINUE THEIR WINNING WAYS Texas wineries are gaining National and International recognition as Texas wines made from Texas grapes keep earning medals. There are over 600 Texas wineries [...]

Celebrating the Legacy of Texas Wine

CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF TEXAS WINE DURING TEXAS WINE MONTH Texas was colonized by the Spaniards with Catholic Priests bringing religion to the “New World.” Along with the Catholic Priests [...]

Celebrating Texas Wine Month

The Texas Department of Agriculture has declared October as Texas Wine Month. The grapes have been harvested and the wines are fermenting. This is a very busy month for Texas [...]

Celebrating Texas Wine Month During a Pandemic

The Texas Department of Agriculture has designated the entire month of October as TEXAS WINE MONTH. October, 2021, just like October, 2020, will be unlike any other prior month of [...]

Texas Grape Harvest

The hours are long, but the passion runs with this year’s grape harvest. The grape harvest is in a frenzy in the Texas Hill Country and Texas High Plains. Those [...]

AUGUST 13, 2021 ENJOYING TEXAS ROSES’ AND BLUSHES DURING TEXAS SUMMERS

I love a cook, crisp, dry, fruit-forward salmon-colored wine in the hot Texas Summers. I am speaking of Roses’ and Blushes with its pinkish almost shrimp-color. Texas makes some exceptional [...]