[ August 25, 2010; 12:00 am to 7:00 pm. ]
Come and enjoy a tasting of summer whites with Master Sommelier, Guy Stout, at the beautiful Hyatt Lost Pines Resort in Bastrop, TX on Wednesday, Aug 25th at 5pm. For reservations please call 512 308 3882, only $20 per person.
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Gary P. Nunn and Jerry Jeff Walker still want to go home with the Armadillo, and it is hotter than blazes in Texas and America at large in August. Dallas journalist Jeff Siegel features an Italian white -Arancio Grillo 2009 as his Wine of the Week on his popular Wine Curmudgeon blog. Jeff has been [...]
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What is the single largest challenge to grape growing in the Texas Hill Country?
I was recently asked that question by a local restaurant director who is writing an article on Texas wine and grape growing.
It is hard to identify any one single greatest challenge, it’s a string of events that culminate with what you hope [...]
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The best wine tasting to meet the greatest winemakers, winery owners and the real wine movers and shakers on the planet.
Master Sommelier Guy Stout, Clarendon Hills winemaker Roman Bratasiuk and the communications director for Gallo Estate Wines, Carmen Castorina
VinExpo and VinItaly are huge shows that attract thousands of people. There are grand venues for [...]
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The Stout Report
Blanco, Texas
Sept 13th
This is a year of strange vibes in the Texas grape growing community. The late freeze and the hail that followed a month later set the tone for a challenging year.
It is a year of record days of consecutive 100 degree day and lack of rain that followed the rough spring [...]
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Well, the results are in. The two new Masters, both from the Louisville area, are Brett Davis and Scott Harper. None of the Texas candidates passed the exam. Different parts were passed by different candidates. An official press release will be put out by the Court of Master Sommeliers.
Hearty congratulations to two new Masters, Brett [...]
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It’s been a busy week on the road promoting Pizza and Pinot with the Central Market’s group around Texas. What is Pizza and Pinot? And why Pizza and Pinot? There is a story behind the naming of this event.
I was talking with Alfonso Cevola -Italian wine guy- several years ago about food and wine pairing. [...]
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Jay Youmans MW, standing in the Chablis Les Clos vineyard
The size of the Macon area is impressive. Jean Pierre Renard explains the geology of the region very well. I have always believed that the difference between Chablis and the wines of the Macon, including Pouilly Fuisse, was that Chabis is just a cooler climate. After [...]
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Photo by Guy Stout on a Blackberry (very impressed by the sharpness and clarity)
The flowering is just beginning.
There are 5 months from flowering until harvest.
We are being lead Jean Pierre Renard with the University of Dijon – Burgundy Bureau .
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This just in from Guy Stout. Guy is Glazer’s Corporate Product Training Manager for Wine, so he is usually on a train or plane going somewhere to keep the world safe for fine wine. The Blend just got this picture, Guy was leaving Alsace and heading to Burgundy. Nice work, Guy, keep the images coming [...]
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