We are super excited for this new release from Duchman Family Winery! Viognier is a great transition wine as we head into fall – and it’s a terrific pairing wine for the wide variety of dishes on the Thanksgiving table. The 2023 Duchman Family Winery Viognier, made...
How many of you have attended Spicewood Vineyards’ Pair It with Claret’ event? For the past 17 years, this super popular event brings out chili connoisseurs to compete for the best chili recipe that pairs with the Claret. With live music, dancing and chili, this is an...
How many of you know the grape Souzão? Bending Branch Winery in Comfort was the first to plant Souzão in Texas, a grape that hails from Portugal and is used to make Port and still wines. Souzão, one of the few teinturier grapes with red-black pulp, produces wines with...
It may be September, but summer is still holding on! We are enjoying this 2022 Lyla from Pedernales Cellars to help transition into fall. Named after the winemaker’s late dog Lyla, this wine shares the same beautiful, unfailing and complex traits. A medium-bodied...
Happy Wine Wednesday! We are featuring Duchman Family Winery’s 2023 Sangiovese, a lighter red with soft tannins and notes of ripe red berry, black cherry and dusty earth. One of Italy’s most well-known red grapes, Sangiovese is a great food wine and will pair well...
Always a crowd favorite, the Pedernales Cellars Over the Moon Rosé is smooth and easy drinking with notes of red apple, apricot and stone. A blend of Cinsault, Grenache and Mourvèdre, it is the perfect pairing for our Sunset Cruise on Friday, September 6! This...
“Come On Over Y’all” and Celebrate Texas Wine Month with Community, Conversation and Texas Wine August 20, 2024 – Given Texas’ reputation for warm, big-sized hospitality, the Texas wine industry says “Come On Over Y’all” and invites Texans to celebrate not only Texas...
For our August Wine Wednesdays, we are featuring wines that we will pour on our Sunset Cruise on Friday, September 6. Spicewood Vineyards will pour its 2019 Blend 2 (that just won Gold at the 2024 Lone Star International Wine Competition) with its fanciful label that...
We are celebrating one of the wines we will pour during our Sunset Cruise on Friday, Sept. 6 on Lake Austin: the Bending Branch Winery 2023 Tannat Frizzante. This fruity, fanciful and remarkably refreshing pink sparkling is always a hit with its white peach,...
As a long-time sponsor, Texas Fine Wine will once again feature its wines at TEXSOM. This nationally recognized wine conference offers educational seminars and fantastic tastings of wines from some of the most prestigious as well as up-and-coming wine regions. Texas...
Join us Thursday, August 29 for a special four-course, paired dinner at Vista Brewing’s Driftwood ranch, featuring the wines of Texas Fine Wine. Vista’s culinary team under Chef Kyle Barker has created a farm-to-table menu featuring locally sourced produce and...
It’s that time of year again – our annual Texas Fine Wine Sunset Cruise and Dinner! Mark your calendars for Friday, September 6 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for this popular and often sold-out wine cruise along Lake Austin. This special cruise features two wines each from...
One of Bending Branch Winery’s signature grape varieties is Picpoul Blanc and this Wine Wednesday features its new release. Bending Branch planted this white grape, originally from southwest France, in 2009 because of its versatility and naturally high acidity....
Harvest 2024 is looking quite promising, according to the wineries of Texas Fine Wine. Early bud break, the spring rains and not-too-hot summer temperatures have harvest sneaking up a bit early this year – with first fruit coming in sometime next week. And the fruit...
For Wine Wednesday, we are featuring a fabulous summer sipper that’s a great pairing with the pool, porch or picnic! Duchman Family Winery’s new Grape Growers BBQ White is already winning over hearts and palates – it was named the Grand Star White at the 2024 Lone...
