Since Neil is writing a book on The History of Texas Wine we’ve been conducting some background research, so we went on a fact finding mission a couple of weeks ago.  We chose the Hill Country Wine Trail, frankly, because it is closest to our house out of all […]

I have been working on a book about the history of Texas wine for what seems like an eternity (even longer according to my publisher).  There were lots of reasons for the delay: I had a very large project at my day job; we had some family issues that […]

Recently, a friend of ours brought a nice little bottle of white wine over to the house and, lo and behold, it was from Texas.  Lucky for us, the winery was only 27 miles from our house, so we hopped in the truck and headed out there last Sunday.
The […]

The 2nd Annual Texas Wine and Song Festival will be held this Sunday at the Copper Tank on the corner of Fifth Street and Trinity. The Festival features presentations about Texas viticulture, wine making and wine pairing all to a background of live music. The party starts at 3 pm and the live […]

Neil has a new Texas winery review up for Flat Creek Estate Winery in the Texas Hill Country. His review is very favorable, and we just wanted to recommend Flat Creek Estate as a winery that is helping push the quality of Texas wines forward.
Flat Creek Estate is located on 20 acres in Marble […]

We just wanted to let you know that our writeup of the Austin Wine Festival is online over at the Wine in Austin blog.

(Go to Part 1.) Prohibition knocked the Texas wine industry out, but it did not kill it. The early 70s was the low point for the Texas wine industry. The Texas Department of Agriculture reported less than 90 acres under production in 1970, but American interest in wine was on the upswing […]

(Go to Part 2.) Some of the excitement of wine is all the layers of history and culture that go into every bottle. As you learn about wine, you begin to see the connections between culture, religion, government, weather, soil, the winemaker, and the liquid refreshment in your glass.
Texas wine is no […]

According to MSNBC.com, Texas is an emerging wine destination, and I intend to see what that tastes like at the 2nd annual Austin Wine Festival. The Festival will be held Memorial Day weekend, Saturday May 24th through Monday May 26th at the Domain in North Austin. The Austin Wine Festival sounds like a great chance […]

After deciding to develop Texas wine as a topic for WineEnabler.com, I waited for inspiration for the first post. I did not want to sound like a chamber of commerce brochure spouting statistics and talking about travel opportunities. And I certainly did not want to start with my short career as a vineyard worker. So, […]