Pour Choices
February 17, 2015
Texas Wine of the Month: Spicewood Vineyards “The Good Guy” Red Wine Blend, 2012
A special field blend from the winery’s estate vineyard.
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Pour Choices
January 28, 2015
Texas Wine of the Month: Duchman Family Winery Trebbiano, 2012
Made from a grape that grows abundantly in the High Plains and produces a refreshing, crisp white wine you can enjoy all year long.
Pour Choices
January 21, 2015
Texas Monthly Introduces Their Wine Club
“Can you tell me which Texas wine to try? I have a hard time knowing what to look for at the store.” This is question I get all the time. After tasting hundreds of Texas wines throughout the year—and in my life—it’s become a sort of personal mission
Pour Choices
January 15, 2015
Wines, Whiskey, and Tequila Best Served Cold
Or at least when it’s cold outside.
Food & Drink
December 2, 2014
Best Texas Wines of 2014
A list of the best Texas wines released this year, including the top reds, whites, and rosés you should be tasting right now.
Eat My Words
November 21, 2014
Texas Grape Grower Opens His Own Winery
High Plains grape grower, Andy Timmons of Lost Draw Vineyards has fast become a leading force in the Texas wine industry, and now he’s opening his own winery. We talk grapes, technology, wine and how to take Texas to a new chapter in American winemaking.
Food & Drink
November 14, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: William Chris Vineyards Mary Ruth 2013
A white wine that pairs well with most Thanksgiving feasts.
Food & Drink
November 10, 2014
Top 5 Texas Tempranillos
Drink one (or all five, though maybe not on the same day) to celebrate International Tempranillo Day.
Eat My Words
October 27, 2014
Fall Creek Vineyards Comes to Driftwood
One of the state's oldest and most respected wineries embarks on a new beginning with a second Hill Country location.
Food & Drink
October 16, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: Flat Creek Estate Super Texan 2012
A big and bold Texas red.
Food & Drink
September 24, 2014
Brewers Share Their Picks For Their Favorite Fall Texas Beers
Austin Beerworks Einhorn, Real Ale Brewing Company’s 18th Anniversary Gose, and Live Oak Brewing Company's Hefeweissen, just to name a few.
Eat My Words
September 17, 2014
Uchi Austin to Participate in a Nationwide Dinner Broadcast
Food and wine fans from across the country will have a chance to share in a virtual community dinner in one of four cities on September 20 as part of a special event by Rodney Strong Vineyards. Benefitting the James Beard Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports culinary heritage
Food & Drink
September 13, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: Lewis Wines Swim Spot White Wine, 2013
A perfect send off to the hot summer days.
Food & Drink
September 2, 2014
The 2014 Texas Grape Harvest: Quality Over Quantity
Despite late spring freezes and lower yields, winemakers in Texas feel good about this year's vintage.
Libations
August 20, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: McPherson Cellars Les Copains Rosé, 2013
A dry rosé that can be enjoyed year-round.
Food & Drink
August 13, 2014
A Big Year for Texas and Austin’s Sommelier Communities
TEXSOM, the nation's largest wine education conference, celebrated its ten-year anniverary, and Joelle Cousins, who works at Austin's Red Room Lounge, was named the best Texas sommelier in 2014, the sixth time an Austinite has taken home the honor.
Food & Drink
July 20, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: Perissos Vineyard and Winery Aglianico, 2012
A big red grape from Southern Italy takes root in a Central Texas vineyard.
Food & Drink
June 2, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: Bending Branch Winery Texas Tannat, 2011
This month’s selection, a robust and bold red wine, is produced in the small town of Comfort, Texas, by the Bending Branch Winery. Their Texas Tannat combines a striking mélange of rich color, palate-pleasing tannin, and a balance of dark fruit and rustic earthiness, a well-rounded introduction to a wine
Food & Drink
June 2, 2014
8 Texas Beers, Wines, and Spirits Best Enjoyed During Summer
Go on. Pour yourself a cold drink on a hot day.
Food & Drink
May 26, 2014
Touring Texas Wine Country
How to best explore the area between Johnson City and Fredericksburg.
Food & Drink
May 16, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: Hilmy Cellars Saignée of Sangiovese 2013
This month’s pick is made from Sangiovese, a well known Italian red grape variety. But in the spirit of the season, this particular wine is a lighter version of red wine—a classic example of a rich rosé.
Food & Drink
April 28, 2014
Texas Two-Sipping at the Austin Food and Wine Festival
The festival was in high spirits.
Food & Drink
April 23, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: Hye Meadow Winery Junkyard Red 2012
This month, we celebrate a red wine blend, the result of something you can get when you put a few different grapes together when there’s not enough to make a single-varietal wine. Sometimes wineries give these wines melodic, artistic names. In the case of Hye Meadow Winery, one of
Eat My Words
April 17, 2014
A Frozen Week for Texas Vineyards
While many Texans were up late watching the Blood Moons, grape growers in the High Plains and the Hill Country spent their nights tending vines and hoping for the best. Both regions experienced below-freezing temperatures Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights, and late spring freezes like these are the sort of
Food & Drink
April 3, 2014
Texas Distillers Ride the Bourbon Boom
With the rising global demand for bourbon, large producers face a shortage—an opportunity Texas distilleries are keen to take advantage of.
Libations
March 27, 2014
11 Texas Wines Take Gold in 30th Annual Dallas Morning News/TEXSOM Wine Competition
"I don't know if it was the vintage, the vine age or the winemaking confidence, but that was a particularly motivating flight."
Food & Drink
March 18, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: Duchman Family Winery Vermentino 2012
A vibrant, crisp white wine, just in time for warm Texas weather.
Food & Drink
March 13, 2014
Can Texas Wine Break Into the National Scene?
A new marketing initiative led by some of the state's top wine producers has lofty ambitions of winning over an industry that has largely ignored Texas wines.
Food & Drink
February 18, 2014
The Wine Competition That Might Help Elevate Texas’s Standing Among Somms
The Dallas Morning News/TEXSOM Wine Competition introduces some of the world's best sommeliers to Texas wines.
Food & Drink
February 18, 2014
Transforming Mason Into a Wine Mecca
How Don Pullum of Sandstone Cellars is turning this sleepy little Hill Country town into a stronghold for Texas wines.
Food & Drink
February 14, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: Lewis Wines Red Blend, 2010
This bold red blend made from grapes typically grown in Portugal is from one of the Hill Country’s newest wineries and one of the region's youngest wine makers.
Food & Drink
February 14, 2014
Nectar of the Gods
Six great Texas wines.
Food & Drink
January 26, 2014
Remembering a Texas Wine Pioneer
The state's wine industry bids farewell to one of its great ambassadors, Clinton “Doc” McPherson, who passed away early Saturday morning.
Food & Drink
January 17, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: Spicewood Vineyards Estate Tempranillo 2012
The Wine: Spicewood Vineyards “Estate” Tempranillo 2012, Texas Hill Country Who Likes It: Bill Elsey, advanced sommelier and general manager of the Red Room Lounge in Austin. Elsey got his start in the wine industry eight years ago while working in the Tasting Room at Duchman Family Winery. The
Eat My Words
January 3, 2014
Texas Winemaker Wows Judges on First Round of ABC-TV’s “The Taste”
Texas fans of ABC’s The Taste, a cooking competition show, may have recognized a certain well-known Texas winemaker in the season’s first episode. Don Pullum of Mason, a small town west of Fredericksburg, wowed celebrity judges Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Marcus Samuelsson, and Ludo Lefebvre with his savvy culinary skills
Food & Drink
December 27, 2013
The Spirits of Treaty Oak
A Q&A with the owner of the Austin-based distillery, who talks about his passion for Texas spirits.
Food & Drink
December 19, 2013
Fall Creek Vineyards Celebrates 30 Years With a New Winemaker
What does a flagship Texas winery do to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary? In the case of Fall Creek Vineyards, it changes things up a bit.
Food & Drink
December 6, 2013
Best Texas Wines of 2013
A list of the best Texas wines released this year, including the top ten reds and whites you should be tasting right now.
Food & Drink
November 21, 2013
Port Wines That Work Well For the Holidays
A crash course on how to enjoy the rich, fortified wine, including some options for "port-style" Texas wines.
Food & Drink
November 12, 2013
Texas Wine of the Month: William Chris Vineyards Artist Blend, 2011
Bill Blackmon and Chris Brundrett of William Chris Vineyards in Hye, Texas, created the Artist Blend, an expression of Texas terroir.
Eat My Words
November 5, 2013
Texas Winery Up for Auction!
Going once! Going twice! One of Texas' oldest wineries is up for auction on Wednesday, November 6. Let the bidding begin!
Food & Drink
October 14, 2013
Five Ways To Celebrate Texas Wine Month
The common thread: drink wine.
Food & Drink
October 13, 2013
Texas Wine of the Month: Wedding Oak Winery Bridal Veil, 2012
This month’s pick comes from a relatively new winery located up in San Saba that’s proving this sleepy little ranching town is more than just “The Pecan Capital of the World.”
Food & Drink
September 30, 2013
For the Love of Beer
Last weekend’s Texas Craft Brewers Festival gave brewers and beer fans a lot to celebrate.
Food & Drink
September 25, 2013
Texas Wine of the Month: Haak Vineyards & Winery Madeira Blanc du Bois, 2010
This month's selection comes from vineyards near...Galveston? It's also a tantalizing spin on the Portuguese classic dessert wine.
Food & Drink
August 28, 2013
Texas’s Dismal 2013 Grape Harvest
Due to record-breaking late spring frosts, this year’s grape harvest will go down in history as one of the worst.
Food & Drink
August 21, 2013
Texas Wine of the Month: Tranquilo Cellars El Sueño 2010
A Tempranillo blend, El Sueño is a special wine that Kim McPherson, one of the state’s leading winemakers, created to run exclusively at Max’s Wine Dive.
Libations
August 13, 2013
And Texas’s Best Sommelier Is…
Following a rigorous competition at the ninth annual TEXSOM conference, Austin sommelier Scott Ota, of Arro restaurant, takes top honors in what has been called a game-changing year for the state's wine industry.
Food & Drink
July 29, 2013
A Smart Way to Drink Gin
Genius Gin, a new Texas spirit, arrives on the scene offering a beautiful blend of botanicals that will appeal to the delicately refined palate.
Food & Drink
July 21, 2013
A Certified Beer Expert’s Take on Texas Brews
Master Sommelier and Certified Cicerone Melissa Monosoff offeres a few tips on how to better appreciate beer and shares a few of her favorite Texas brews.