2nd Annual Texas Wine and Song Festival
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 music kicks off at 4:30 with Suzanna Choffel followed by Carolyn Wonderland and the evening will finish with The Gourds.
Texas wines will be provided by Llano Estacado, Fall Creek, Peregrine Hill Vineyards, Sister Creek, Messina Hof Winery, Becker Vineyards, Cap*Rock, Spicewood Vineyards, and Virtuoso Selections.
The food that goes with all this wine will be provided by Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse, Roaring Fork, Zax Restaurant, The Screaming Goat, Sugar Mama’s Bake Shop, The Woodland, Fogo de Chao and Tiff’s Treats.
Admission to the festival is $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Admission includes 10 food and wine samplings. Proceeds will go to the SIMs foundation providing access to mental health and addiction recovery services for area musicians and the Texas Wine & Song Foundation, which offers scholarships and grants to further Texas enology and viticulture.
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Flat Creek Estate makes great Texas wines
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 Falls, and it is owned by Madelyn and Rick Naber. When Neil went, Flat Creek was pouring nine wines, and of the six wines that were made with all Texas grown grapes, he reviewed these:
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What happened at the Austin Wine Festival?
We just wanted to let you know that our writeup of the Austin Wine Festival is online over at the Wine in Austin blog.
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History of Texas Wine - Part 2
(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 and the world was in for a surprise. In the 1970s, California was well on its way to establishing a powerful wine industry, but it was considered second class when compared to European wine.
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History of Texas Wine - Part 1
(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 different. A glass of wine from one of Texas’ new wineries reflects the long struggle to produce quality grapes in an environment that has posed both agrarian and political roadblocks to wine making. Texas has come a long way in its search for a good glass of home grown, and it is story that is just beginning.
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Austin Wine Festival - Jump starting my knowledge of Texas wine
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 to taste wine from about 40 Texas wineries without leaving the city limits. While I am tasting wine, if I find a wine I like, I can buy some to take home! The “try and buy” feature is a great bonus because many Texas wines are only sold at the winery.
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Introducing Texas Vines and Wines
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, I was counting on the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival for inspiration, but my attendance this year was prevented by a “small” surgical procedure, leaving me without inspiration.
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