Month: June 2025

Vintage and location are keys to understanding wine in Texas, which now produces the fifth most wine in the United States. Continue reading →

Deep purple color; ripe plum, dark cherry, blackberry jam, warm spice, clay, earth, minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Pale gold color; yellow apple, lemon, peach, apricot, citrus, vanilla, toffee, white flowers, saline-minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; raspberry, plum, dark cherry, blueberry, black fruits, spice, lavender, lilac on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep garnet-purple color (showing its seven years of aging); black plum, black raspberry, blueberry, dark cherry, blackberry, cranberry, pepper, spice, vanilla, violets on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. In June of 2025, such a time has come for my wine writing adventure. Continue reading →

Pale straw color; Meyer lemon, lime, peach, nectarine, honeydew melon, minerality, white flowers, light sprinkling of freshly-cut grass on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; black cherry, redcurrant, plum, cedar, baking spice, coconut, vanilla, leather, flowers on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Medium straw-gold color; Meyer lemon, lime, orange zest, pear, white peach, white flowers, minerality-sea spray on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Medium ruby-garnet color; raspberry, cherry, blueberry, red plum, strawberry, cranberry, black tea, chocolate, sage, saline on the nose and palate. Continue reading →