texas wine

The quality of Texas wine has improved dramatically since the modern industry started in the mid-1970s. Texas producers are making wine in a distinctly Texas style — first, by planting grapes that are better suited to the state's wine grape unfriendly climate, with its extreme heat, and second, by making wine from those grapes that doesn't taste like it came from California or France.

The best Texas winemakers and winery owners, like Kim McPherson at McPherson Cellars, Richard Becker at Becker Vineyards, Pat Brennan at Brennan Vineyards, focus on Spanish, Italian and southern French varietals like syrah, viognier, grenache, and tempranillo. These wines are more fruit forward than French wines, but not as alcoholic or as over the top as California wines. In this, Texas is part of the growing American regional wine movement, which focuses on local wines for local cuisines.

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• A Bit of the Loire Valley [Finally] Comes to Texas

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 413
  A Bit of the Loire Valley [Finally] Comes to TexasA Tasting of Becker Vineyards 2008 Fleur Sauvage Bogar VineyardFor years I have heard people in Texas talk of the Chenin Blanc grape as one of Texas’ best, but how come I just have not tasting one that I really liked, at least up until now.You [...]
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• A Morning in Houston with Drops of Golden Dew: Dotson-Cervantes Gotas de Oro

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 413
  A Morning in Houston with Drops of Golden Dew: Dotson-Cervantes Gotas de OroIt was 9:30 on a weekday morning when the door bell rang. I expected this as, the evening before, I received a call from Alphonse Dotson. He said that he and his wife Martha were  going to be in Houston visiting his Mother. [...]
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• Austin County wine fair

  
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• Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News - October 30, 2009

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 413
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• Up and Coming Local South Texas Wines and Winemakers Shine at the Austin County Fair Wine Show

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 413
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• What Wine Do You Serve with Chicken Fried Bacon? The State Fair of Texas Winning Fried Food

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 413
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• Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News - October 24, 2009

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 413
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• Texas Wine Month drawing to a close

  
  Texas Tech Today — Authority: 445
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• East Texas Celebration to Festive Fungi and Our Favorite Fermented Fruit

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 413
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• A TOAST ON THE HIGH PLAINS… THE “GIANT SIP” OF TEXAS

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 413
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• Kim McPherson on the 2009 Texas Wine Grape Harvest

  
  Dallas Food and Wine Blog, Restaurant News, Foodie News, Dallas Chefs, Wine and Spirits SideDish Blog D Magazine — Authority: 437
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• Winecast 13: Bruce Anderson, Sunset Winery

  
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• Texas wine: Whats right, whats wrong, and what still needs to be done

  
  The Wine Curmudgeon — Authority: 124
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• A Tip of My Hat: Calling All Texas Wines

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 413
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• Wine of the week: Red Caboose Tempranillo-Syrah 2007

  
  The Wine Curmudgeon — Authority: 124
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• Regional Wine Week - half way point

  
  Dave McIntyre's WineLine — Authority: 405
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• Texas State, Wine Cellar present short operas

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 518
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• If I Was Appointed the Texas Wine Czar

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 413
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• Restaurant News: Bites and Bites

  
  Dallas Food and Wine Blog, Restaurant News, Foodie News, Dallas Chefs, Wine and Spirits SideDish Blog D Magazine — Authority: 437
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• Winecast 12: Russ Kane, Vintage Texas

  
  The Wine Curmudgeon — Authority: 124
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