Tag: Texas wine

• 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…

  Michelle Williams

  March 6, 2017

  Texas Wine, Wine, wine tasting

  2010 Inwood Estates Vineyards Meriana 100% Cabernet Sauvignon High Plains AVA, 2011 Joseph Phelps Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon, 2014 Fall Creek Vineyard Terroir Reflection Series Chardonnay Certenberg Vineyards Texas Hill Country, 2014 Fall Creek Vineyards Terroir Reflection Series GSM, 2014 Fall Creek Vineyards Terroir Reflection Series Tempranillo, 2014 Spicewood Vineyards Estate Tempranillo, 2015 Inwood Estates Vineyard City of Dallas Chardonnay, 2015 Spicewood Vineyards Estate Sauvignon Blanc, 2015 Stone House Vienyards Claros, 2016 Fall Creek Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc Escondido Valley, NV Stone House Vineyard Scheming Beagle Port, Texas Hill Country, Texas wine, wine, wine review, wine tasting

• Exploring the Idea of Local on #WinePW

  

  What does local mean to you? Local is defined as “pertaining to, characteristic of, or restricted to a particular place.” Are you particularly tied to your locale through culture, people, or cuisine? Do you make an attempt to remain true to your “local” when consuming food and drink? Today, our Wine Pairing Weekend group is…

  Michelle Williams

  November 12, 2016

  #WinePW, Food, Wine

  #WinePW, 2014 Wedding Oak Sangiovese Texas Hill Country USA, food, Food and Wine Pairing, music, Recipe, Sangiovese, Sting, Sting- I Can’t Stop Thinking About You, Texas wine, Wedding Oak Winery, wine, wine and food pairing, Wine Pairing Weekend, wine review

• Who’s Ready for International Tempranillo Day?

  

  I love the celebration of wine grapes! Why? First of all because I love wine, second because I love the communal spirit of everyone sharing and sipping the same grape on the same day, and third any reason to have a glass of wine works for me! So won’t you please join me tomorrow in…

  Michelle Williams

  November 9, 2016

  #TempranilloDay, International Tempranillo Day, Tempranillo, Wine

  #TempranilloDay, 2012 Bodegas Paso Robles Viva Yo Paso Robles USA, 2012 Vara Wines Tinto Especial Lot #012 New Mexico USA, 2013 Harney Lane Tempranillo Lodi USA, 2014 Becker Vineyards Texas Tempranillo Stonewall Texas USA, 2014 Cinder Wines Tempranillo Snake River Valley Idaho USA, 2014 Pedernales Cellars Texas Tempranillo Texas USA, International Tempranillo Day, Lodi, TAPAS, Tempranillo, Tempranillo Advocates Producers and Amigos Society, Texas wine, wine, wine review, wine-searcher

• You Should Be Drinking Texas Wine

  

  As you know from my previous article, October is Texas Wine Month. I wrote an article on the Texas wine industry for a local print publication called Plano Profile. Please take a moment to click the title below and read the online version to learn some cool facts and history about the Texas wine industry. You…

  Michelle Williams

  October 5, 2016

  #TxWineMonth, Plano Profile, Texas, Texas Wine Month, Wine

  #TexasWineMonth, #TXWine, October, Plano Profile, Texas, Texas wine, wine

• 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…

  Michelle Williams

  February 17, 2016

  Music, Texas, Texas Wine, Wine

  Bending Branch Winery, Brennan Vineyards, Duchman Family Winery, music, Pedernales Cellars, Spicewood Vineyards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas, Texas Fine Wine, Texas wine, wine

• 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…

  Michelle Williams

  September 16, 2015

  Food, Music, Texas Wine, Wedding Oak Winery, Wine

  food, Lyle Lovett, music, San Saba, Texas, Texas wine, Wedding Oak, Wedding Oak Winery, wine