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Wine Growing Regions of Texas 

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Texas Wine Grape Varieties and Clones

The basic principle to apply when selecting wine grape varieties with which to start a vineyard is to match the varieties to the climate. Texas vineyards are located in all parts of the state, which encompasses a wide variety of climatic conditions requiring varying considerations. Temperature is the most important climatic factor and one of the concerns in Texas is hot temperatures during the fruit-ripening portion of the season. In many regions of the state, there are additional concerns over potentially damaging cold temperatures in the dormant season and Spring frost damage to young shoots. Read More

Texas Wine Vineyards

The new Texas wine industry has prospered well since its rebirth in the early 1970's. Growers in all areas of the state have planted vineyards with great success. Charm, challenge, and fun have overpowered many viticultural necessities every grower must learn and accomplish. Start small; wine growing is the ultimate test for wanting and knowing what to do versus being able to do it. Read More

 Texas Vineyards Growing in Numbers and Respect 

The Wine Club, a congenial, long-established group, recently devoted its monthly get-together to Texas wines. Jerrie Jackson, who put on the event with her husband, Tom, wasn't certain what the response would be. Read More

The American Wine Society, Houston Chapter, has grown from 8 original members in 1999 to about 50 today! Their mission is to encourage residents in the local Gulf region to explore, enjoy, and learn more about wine. 

The Wine Society of Texas  is dedicated to enhancing the appreciation of wine, especially Texas wines, educating the experienced as well as the beginning wine taster, and promoting the wine makers, and grape growers.

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Wine With Altitude -- Summer Wine Sipping in Colorado 

"Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talking about a little place called Aspen." Dumb and Dumber  (1994).  Houstonians have, for years, flocked to Colorado to escape the heat of summer.  Houston Wine offers the following wine tips for Houstonians who travel to the Rockies Read More

Coming Soon - Houston Wine tours the Napa Valley

That's right.  We're going to the Napa Valley in mid-September.  If you have a favorite vineyard or restaurant you'd like us to review, drop us an email.

Vintners suffer hangover from too much wine

Good stuff is flooding the market and dragging down prices worldwide. [details]

The Pinot Noir Chronicles, Part 13

Your window into the life of a specialty Pinot Noir grower
in Napa Valley. [details]

Rodney Strong Vineyard Becomes Sonoma County's First Carbon Neutral Winery

Leading Advocate of Solar Energy and Sustainable Farming is Now Carbon Neutral [details]

Wine Study Shows Price Influences Perception

A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but slap on a hefty price tag, and our opinion of it might go through the roof. At least that's the case with the taste of wine, say scientists from the California Institute of Technology and Stanford University. Read More

Dry Creek Vineyard Continues Partnership with U.S. Sailing

Six-year relationship places the winery as the "Official Wine for Sailors" Read More

September is Wine Month in California 

California is a patchwork of culinary influences from immigrants who established the agricultural and viticulture practices of their homelands in the fertile valleys of the Golden State. Read More     

Supreme Court Lifts Ban on Interstate Wine Sales 

The New York wine fan who saw the movie Sideways and has been dying to order a case of that California pinot noir direct from Foxen Vineyards moved a step closer to the opportunity, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More

Rodney Strong  2006 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Rich garnet color, nice legs, good body, sandalwood nose, blackberry, cherry, nice balanced tannins, some oak, hint of nutmeg, some butterscotch. 92% Cabernet, 6% merlot, 2% Petit Verdot.

Houston Wine Rating 92