What I Want to See in the Future of Texas’s Tex-Med Wines… High quality and good value just like these wines even if I can’t remember the names of all the grapes! Yesterday evening, Jeremy Parzen (www.dobianchi.com) came to my H-town’s Montrose neighborhood to do a guided tasting of wines from Italy and Sardinia at [...]
Ten striking wines from four days of tasting.
More from the Salon.
A massive update to my profile of this leading domaine, following my most recent tastings of the wines with Claude Papin this year.
My profile of Vincent and his domaine updated, with particular detail on his En Chenin, Clos le Grand Beaupréau, Côte de la Houssaye and Bonnes Blanches cuvées.
I reassess this barrel-fermented Chenin Blanc.
Mature, biodynamic sparkling rosé from Philippe Gourdon.
A review of recent releases from this Umbrian estate.
A quick rundown of the weekend's work.
A return to tasting and drinking.
A single vineyard Sárga Muskotály from a top domaine.
The final day: Montlouis and more.
Lovely fizz here; the last of my three bottles.
I taste the latest releases from Vincent Ogereau, including his new En Chenin and Harmonie des Bonnes Blanches cuvées.
I taste the latest vintages from Sue & Peter Close.
The 2008 and 2009 vintages.
Eight left-bankers tasted, with a St Julien focus, including Ducru, Gruaud, Léoville-Barton and more.
Nineteen wines from a great vintage tasted.
Lots of new notes on Florent's latest releases - and one or two older wines.
I meet Yves Guégniard, of Domaine de la Bergerie, and discover a broad range of high quality wines as I do so.
DrinkLocalWine.com 2011: Missouri Wineries Twitter Taste-Off Twenty of Missouri’s top wineries will participate in the DLW 2011: Missouri Twitter Taste-off at 1 p.m. on April 2 at the Doubletree Westport in St. Louis. You want big Names? We have them. The complete list is here. Each winery will pour two wines, and Twitter Taste-off participants [...]
, Because another wine food and travel blog was way too long . another wine blog The First Duty of wine is to be Red the second is to be a Burgundy Harry Waugh Home Links About About AWB About Amy About Joe Contact Contact AWB Contact Amy Contact Joe Industry Contact Information Services Web Blog Design Wineries help raise 300k for Scholarships , Education POSTED Mar , 2011 27 Amy Corron Power T he Houston CPA Society raised 300,000 in funds for accounting scholarships and CPAs Helping in Schools programs at their 2011 Scholarship Extravaganza held this year at the Junior League of . Houston Co-chaired this year by Mark Lee and Susan Sample , Houston tax attorneys and friends of Another Wine Blog this sellout event introduced over 400 attendees to wines from some of our favorite wineries .
It’s Back…I can finally taste wine again, and high time, too! Duchman Spino Montepulciano is here. Finally, I can say my taste buds are back and in shape again. It’s be a long hard month or more. It all started on February 13th, Valentine’s Day eve. I knew the feeling in the back of my [...]
Looks like tomorrow is the big day. After years of “almost theres” and “maybe soons”, the full Maryland House of Delegates and Senate are set to vote on a piece of legislation that would allow direct shipments of wine to consumers on Friday, March 25. Some wines, that is. The house and senate bills cleared [...]
For A Bottle of West Texas Wine For all of you who are married, were married, wish you were married or wish you were not married, this is something to smile about the next time you see a bottle of Texas wine: While driving home from a business trip in West Texas [on the edge [...]
To BYOB, or not to BYOB? That is one of the questions diners face when considering wine etiquette.
Wine is often credited for having a civilizing influence on the people who drink it. Like many civilizing influences, it has spawned a hoard of customs and protocols. Some are useful, like red wine with meat; some sentimental, [...]
Stay Up to Date on Texas Wines: Online Articles, Columns and Blogs Never before has it been so easy to stay up to date on happenings in the Texas wine industry. So much of the information now is online coming to you from magazine articles, newspaper columns and blog postings. Here is a short summary [...]
What Women Want (in Texas Wine) Remember the storyline from the Mel Gibson movie of the same name: “Nick, a somewhat chauvinistic advertising exec hot shot, has his life turned haywire when a fluke accident enables him to hear what women think.” See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTtO1KNdAY Well, forget that story line for the moment. What I’m talking about [...]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Bud Break in Texas Wine Country As of today, it’s now officially Spring 2011. But, in Texas, the grapevines don’t necessarily wait patiently for the official start of spring. A few weeks back, I was at the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association (TWGGA) meeting in San Marcos, Texas. Between sessions, [...]