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 hallowed West Texas grounds of Perini Ranch and the Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit
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By Guy Stout, CWE, MS
Out in the West Texas town of…… You were thinking El Paso, well it’s Abilene, actually, just south of there in Buffalo Gap.
It is home to Perini Ranch Steakhouse, the finest peppered tenderloin you [...]
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By Guy Stout, CWE, MS
“I Traveled to Las Vegas to participate in the Golden Nugget Wine and Jazz Weekend…”
This is the second year they have asked me to conduct tasting seminars during the festival. It starts with a poolside reception next to the Shark Tank on Friday evening. A variety of wines are [...]
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I wanted to say thank you to the servers and chef’s out there who cook and serve our meals, and the host that greets me, the busboy (serving assistant I have been informed now days), dishwashers and floor managers. Thank you.
This past weekend I was on my feet for 3 days and remembered what it [...]
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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Stout Vineyard, Blanco Texas
I was pulling a cork on a bottle of wine and the discussion came around to the wine industry in Texas. I am a huge supporter of the Texas wine industry, on a number of levels.
Our vineyard in Blanco is now in its 10th year, focusing on Syrah for the time being, [...]
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Guy Stout, master sommelier and tractor man
Texas has a relatively new wine trail that has started in south central Texas, the Bluebonnet Wine Trail
It stretches from Brenham and goes north to Bryan/College Station eastward to Montgomery and south to Waller on the northwest side of Houston. Check out the website for a really nice day [...]
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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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Anthony Garcia
Congratulations to Justin Vann, sommelier at Vic and Anthony’s Steakhouse in Houston and Scott Barber, sommelier at the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas.
From Scott Barber “Anthony Garcia of Fino in Austin also passed making Texas 3 for 3. He got his pin on the fourth try which shows some really impressive dedication.”
They were [...]
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