Category: Texas Wine
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Forbes Article: What’s The Deal with Carbonic Maceration In Wine
“I have always been a fan of carbonic maceration wines,” shares Tonya Pitts, sommelier and wine consultant. “This style of wine has its place in the world of wine. It is fresh, bright, easy drinking with the correct amount of fruit and tannin structure.” What is carbonic maceration and how can it make a grape such…
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Forbes Article: Around The World With Texas White Wine
“The diverse Texas terroir supports a dozen white grape varieties,” shares Cheramie ‘Cherms’ Law , co-founder of Salt and Pepper Wine, “meaning one can go on a wine trip around the world without ever leaving the state!”
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Forbes Article: Holiday Gift Guide 2019: The Top Texas Wines For All Wine Lovers
Three-hundred and fifty years after the first vineyards were planted, Texas wine is finally having a moment. Due to a string of successful vintages, word is spreading—it’s time to pay attention to the fifth largest wine producing state. Mediterranean grapes from Spain, southern France, and Italy thrive in Texas. If you are looking for the…
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Invitation To Join #WinePW Celebrate #TexasFineWine
When was the last time you had wine from Texas? Each year this emerging region is growing and improving in wine production. If its been a few years since you have tried wine from Texas, now is the time to try again, October is Texas Wine Month!
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Drink Texas Wine, Taste the Mediterranean
Crystal blue water, glistening golden sandy beaches, bronze bodies, and a kaleidoscope of flora and fauna. These are a few things that come to mind when I think of the Mediterranean. It is a tempered tropical region with some of the world’s best vacation destination. I live in Texas. Although I enjoy my great state…
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Sipping on Texas Wine
The Texas Wine Industry is working tirelessly to prove themselves on the global stage. In some respects it seems to be working. The wines are winning more and more international awards as the quality continues to rise. In most cases winemakers in Texas have figured out which grapes grow best in the state and thankfully…
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Texas Fine Wine: Pride & Joy
When was the last time you had wines from Texas? If it was five years ago or more than you have not had wines from Texas. Why? The Texas Wine Industry is heating up. Texas wineries have learned through diligent trial and error which grapes thrive in Texas and the rest of the world is…
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Relax, Sip & Savor Wedding Oak Wine
Hurry, hurry. Rush, rush. My life feels like it goes 100mph. As a freelance wine writer, wife, mother, daughter, and friend I am constantly on the move. My family keeps me crazy busy and even the blessing of writing about wine, food, travel, and music leads to a harried pace. Of course as a modern…
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Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with #WinePW
May’s #WinePW is focused on food and wine pairings for Cinco de Mayo. Did you celebrate Cinco de Mayo? What did you eat and drink? Cinco de Mayo is kinda a big deal in the Lone Star State and as Vinepair explains it’s for a good reason; however, most think Margarita or Corona with Cinco…
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