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
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HoustonWine.com is growing!!!
Hits at our website for each month in 2001 totaled: January -- 1,427,
February -- 2,347, March -- 4,594, &
April -- 4,888. The largest number of hits come on weekdays between 5 & 6 p.m.
FREE WINE!!!! The HOUSTON
WINE MERCHANT (2055 Westheimer) offers a free "open house"
wine tasting every Friday night from 5 to 7 p.m. For a description of the
wines they'll be pouring this Friday, check the Houston
Wine Calendar
Three time a week, Christopher Massie
leads his
Weekly Wine Seminars at CHRISTOPHER'S
WINE WAREHOUSE (located in Rice Village). Each seminar will focus on 8 wines,
allowing participants to compare and critique some of the finest wines of the
world. Massie is especially keen on blind tastings and comparing and contrasting
wines from different countries and regions. For a schedule of upcoming seminars,
see the Houston Wine Calendar
Now that the malos are
done, and the wines are maturing
in barrel and tank, it's time for the 2000
Harvest Update from Glen Ellen Winery.
It's bud break time in the Napa
Valley
Planning a wedding or social
event and don't know how much wine to order? Try the Kendall - Jackson Online
Wedding Planner
Did you know that some
experts believe that wine helps ward off not only heart disease but also
cancer? Read why
wine may be good for you. Sure, you now know that red wine
is good for your health. But which red wine is the healthiest? The
Healthiest Red
Ever wonder how a wine critic
judges a wine? Bennet and Sheila Boddenstein tell us in How
We Judge Wines
Here comes another fad from
the world of wine. Read about it in The
Newest Fad -- White Merlot!
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Vintners suffer hangover from
too much wine
Good stuff is flooding the
market and dragging down prices worldwide. [details]
Ever wanted to tour the French
wine country? Scott Spencer, owner of the Houston Wine
Merchant, recently returned from Burgundy. Scott shares with us his
experiences and his opinion of the recent vintages in A
View of Burgundy.
"A happening California winery" says Anthony Dias Blue in
describing Merryvale Vineyards
The ancient Bordeaux grape
Carmenere has re-emerged in Chile where it's finding new popularity.
Want to buy a fine & rare
wine? Like the excitement of an auction? Combine the two at AuctionWineOnline.com
High Honors from French
Government Awarded to Vérité Winemaker [details]
California
Supreme Court: "Napa" Really Means Napa
[details]
Paul Dolan Leaving Fetzer
Vineyard [details]
Pepi Moves to Screw Caps [details]
Kendall-Jackson Celebrates
20 Years With A Tribute Wine
20th Harvest Limited Release Chardonnay Crafted From Estate Vineyards
[details]
South
African Wine Safaris organized by Houston Firm
[details]
Celebrated
Chef Takes Charge at Kendall-Jackson
[details]
Hartford
Family Wines Opens New Tasting Room--Visitors Welcomed in Mecca of
Single-Vineyard Wines [details]
Kendall-Jackson
Tops In California Wine Winners 2002
Survey Covers Top Nine California Wine Competitions [details]
Clos Du Bois
Unveils Dry Creek Valley Reserve Zinfandel [details]
GUILTY AS
ZIN --Austin author pens mystery novel set in Napa [details]
Napa harvest three weeks early [details]
World
winemakers head to California vineyards for training [details]
Kendall-Jackson
wins golden winery award at California State Fair [details]
Looking for a job in the wine industry? Check out WineCountryJobs.com.
Houston's
Saragossa Wine Group acquires Cap Rock Winery. [details]
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The Pinot Noir Chronicles
Your window into the life of a specialty Pinot Noir grower
in Napa Valley. [details]
Camelot Adds
Syrah and Sauvignon Blanc to its line.
Sometimes you don't need a
"great" bottle of wine. Sometimes you
just want a cheap bottle and it wouldn't bother you at all if it were to
taste really good. Spec's is in the same boat. They're always looking for
wine that tastes like it costs more than it does, preferably wine priced
under
$12.00. So here are twelve of Spec's favorites, all
priced under $12.00.
Pepi Winery just got a new winemaker. Read about Chris
Johnson's new job at the helm of Pepi
Villa Arceno Makes Its
American Debut
Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates' Collection Offers Wines From Tuscany
Wineries and Consumers Gain New Federal
Direct Shipment Rights [details]
Texas ban on wine imports still in effect.
[details]
Is it legal to ship wine to Texas? Check out the
Current
Wine Laws throughout the United States.
On February 11, 2000, U.S. Federal Judge Melinda Harmon decided, in a
43-page opinion, that Texas cannot prohibit consumers from buying and
receiving wine from out-of-state wineries. Read the full
text of her opinion.
A recent opinion poll
shows that Texans are split on whether they should be permitted to order
wine over the internet.
The Texas legislature recently rejected a proposal to legalize internet
wine sales in Texas. Read about the battle between wine distributors
and a group of Texas and California winery owners. [details]
Santé Magazine Awards The
Vintage House at Messina Hof [details]
The Wine Society of Texas
Announces Scholarship Grant Program [details]
The Wine Society of Texas
announces 2004 Top Wine Award for its Texas' Best
Wine Competition [details]
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