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Texas Hill Country Wineries invite you to “Drink it All in” at the 2022 Wine and Wildflower Journey. Right now, through April 22nd, this self-guided tour is your passport to exploring over forty wineries in Texas Hill Country. As a passport holder, you can visit up to four wineries per day over twenty-three days, plus receive exclusive discounts on bottle purchases!

Buy your digital passport at www.texaswinetrail.com and head for the hills, now through April 22nd.

I’m excited to announce the launch of Sommly, a direct-to-consumer marketplace for artisan Texas wine! If you’re a Texas winery, claim your free winery page today. Soon you’ll be able to list all of your wines and club memberships for wine lovers to purchase on Sommly.com. If you’re a wine consumer like me, search for your favorite local wineries on Sommly and give them a great review. Please join me in spreading the word, and helping folks discover the Texas wine industry! And follow @sommly.wine on Instagram for the latest updates.

1. Resources for fire relief:
   Texas Farm Bureau
   Big Country Relief Fund
2. . Southern Living’s Article on College Station
3. Video on Esperanza Winery
4. San Antonio Express News: It’s always wine o’clock: Texas Hill Country winery industry sees 625% growth in decade
5. Vinepair: If You Love the Wines of Bordeaux, It’s Time to Give Texas Hill Country a Try
6. Jean Hoefliger Joins Texas Wine Collective
7. Jean Hoefliger Talks Texas Wine in Recent Interview (video)
8. Andrew Chalk’s Review of Wines Presented by Wedding Oak, Fall Creek Vineyards and Spicewood Vineyards
9. Waco’s Rootstock: A Texas Wine Festival
10. Visit San Antonio and the James Beard Foundation: Tasting Texas Wine + Food Festival
11. Join me at Wine & Food Foundation’s Toast of Texas on June 5! Watch my social media for discount code. VIP event is only for members of WFF. More information HERE
12. Event for Cactus Christmas author Heather Renee May DETAILS

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Interview with Tiffany Farrell and Kyle Johnston of Haak Winery

Haak Winery

Demerits and Gold Stars

Demerit: City of Plano for not including Texas wine in the Texas Forever Fest. Texas beer and spirits were included. Why not Texas wine?  
Gold Star: Bending Branch 2014 Tannat - Newsom Vineyard was poured at the Wine Museum of Paris. O la la! Read more about it HERE

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Original story in TexasMonthly.com The Texas Wine Industry Is Just Getting Started. Grape Farmers Say the End Is Near.

Michael Hardy’s contact information can be found HERE

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Sommly is an online marketplace where wine enthusiasts can explore wineries, join wine clubs, read reviews and buy or give the gift of Texas wine. Similar to Etsy, Sommly enables artisan wineries to sell their wine direct-to-consumer and cut out the middleman.

Sommly’s marketplace will be launching in Texas early this year. To learn more visit www.sommly.com or follow @sommly.wine on Instagram.

1. Texas Monthly: “The Texas Wine Industry Is Just Getting Started. Grape Farmers Say the End Is Near.”
2. Mesa Vineyards Files for Bankruptcy Protection
3. 50 Cent Buys Wine that Costs ‘more than a Rolls Royce’ at Houston’s Rodeo Uncorked
4. Jason Moore Named New Winemaker at Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards
5. Granbury’s Wine & Vineyard Information Center - Coming soon!

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Interview with Dr. Justin Scheiner of Texas A&M

Texas A&M University Department of Viticulture & Enology

Demerits and Gold Stars

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none!

Gold Star:
 

Texas Hill Country Monopoly Board Game!

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Sommly is an online marketplace where wine enthusiasts can explore wineries, join wine clubs, read reviews and buy or give the gift of Texas wine. Similar to Etsy, Sommly enables artisan wineries to sell their wine direct-to-consumer and cut out the middleman.

Sommly’s marketplace will be launching in Texas early this year. To learn more visit www.sommly.com or follow @sommly.wine on Instagram.

1. Yoga and Texas Wine Retreat by VinoVinyasa
2. Buena Suerte Vineyard For Sale
3. Wine Enthusiast: These Five Wineries Are ‘Paving The Way’ for Future Winemakers
4. Texas Monthly: What to Drink Now: The Best New Texas Beers, Wines, and Spirits
5. Tasting Room for Nobleman Wines
6. Want my list of the nerdiest wine experiences in the Texas Hill Country? Sign up for the Newsletter and then DM me or email me at [email protected].

Thanks to the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Texas Wine Marketing Assistance Program for sponsoring this podcast! Learn more at www.uncorktexaswines.com.

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Interview with Chris Hornbaker of Eden Hill Winery

Eden Hill Winery

Demerits and Gold Stars

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Gold Star:
 

Texas wine is aging well according to Andrew Chalk!

Find descriptions of each of the wines he’s sampled HERE

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Thanks to Texas Wine Lover for promotional help! For the latest information on Texas wineries and vineyards, visit Texas Wine Lover

Wine & Food Foundation

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Sommly is an online marketplace where wine enthusiasts can explore wineries, join wine clubs, read reviews and buy or give the gift of Texas wine. Similar to Etsy, Sommly enables artisan wineries to sell their wine direct-to-consumer and cut out the middleman. Sommly’s marketplace will be launching in Texas early this year. To learn more visit www.sommly.com or follow @sommly.wine on Instagram.

1. Texas Wine Auction April 9 in Fredericksburg!
2. Silver Spur Winery’s 2019 Aglianico Wins Best in Class at American Fine Wine Competition
3. Texas Wineries For Sale
4. Bénédicte Rhyne’s Seminar Journey to the Center of the Terriors
5. Specialist of Texas Wine Course with Dr. Russ Kane
6. Forbes.com mentions La Valentiá Carignan by Rae Wilson
7. Travel & Leisure: This Epic Texas Road Trip Visits Underrated Vineyards and Rolling Hills Blanketed in Bluebonnets

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On the Wine Road with Daniel Kelada

Vinovium Winery

Demerits and Gold Stars

Demerit:
Texas wine articles that must be written by bots! I’m not linking to the article I mentioned because they don’t deserve your clicks!

Gold Star:
Cassaro Winery’s True Crime & Wine Nights
Find info on Instagram @cassarowines

Shelly’s Wine Education Website: www.toastwinetalk.com

Thanks to Texas Wine Lover for promotional help! For the latest information on Texas wineries and vineyards, visit Texas Wine Lover

Wine & Food Foundation

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Sommly is an online marketplace where wine enthusiasts can explore wineries, join wine clubs, read reviews and buy or give the gift of Texas wine. Similar to Etsy, Sommly enables artisan wineries to sell their wine direct-to-consumer and cut out the middleman. Sommly’s marketplace will be launching in Texas early this year. To learn more visit www.sommly.com or follow @sommly.wine on Instagram.

1. Texas Grape Growers’ Lawsuit Stays in Texas Court
2. Growth in Gillespie County Wineries
3. H-E-B’s TexFest is February 16 - March 8!
4. Results from San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
5. Dr. Russ Kane on Texas Roussanne The “Roussanne Advantage”: The White Grape for Texas
6. Texas Hill Country Wineries Symposium

Thanks to the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Texas Wine Marketing Assistance Program for sponsoring this podcast! Learn more at www.uncorktexaswines.com.

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Interview: 20 Years of Texas Wine with Bénédicte Rhyne

Bénédicte Rhyne Website

Bénédicte’s 4-Day Winemaking Course

Demerits and Gold Stars

Demerit:
Bummer that two Austin wine bars closed recently. Don’t forget to support bars and restaurants that serve Texas wine!

Gold Star:
New Sign for Texas Hill Country. (fingers crossed)

John Rivenburgh and Phillip Hawkins for leadership in Texas Hill Country Wineries association.

Shelly’s Wine Education Website: www.toastwinetalk.com

Thanks to Texas Wine Lover for promotional help! For the latest information on Texas wineries and vineyards, visit Texas Wine Lover

Wine & Food Foundation

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1. Wine Enthusiast: Five Incubators Creating the Next Generation of Winemakers
2. Los Nopales Vineyards featured in Midland Reporter Telegram: West Texas’ newest winery to open its first tasting room
3. Casaro Winery Coming to Downtown Corsicana
4. Homestead Winery Opens in Plano
5. Jessica Dupuy for Texas Monthly: 10 Texas wines to toast the holidays
6. Shelly Wilfong for State Fair of Texas: 5 Texas wines to give as holiday gifts
7. Reggie Solomon’s Wine Casual Blog: I’m Impressed with Texas Wine, and Why You Might Be Too

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Interview: Jason Centanni of Llano Estacado Winery

Llano Estacado Winery

Demerits and Gold Stars

Demerit:
none

Gold Star:

Clever marketing by US Natural Wines.
Texas Sucks Box

Shelly’s Wine Education Website: www.toastwinetalk.com

Thanks to Texas Wine Lover for promotional help! For the latest information on Texas wineries and vineyards, visit Texas Wine Lover

Wine & Food Foundation

I’m so happy to be part of the community of wine and food lovers at The Wine & Food Foundation! Get more information about upcoming events, the IMBIBE: The WFF Education Series, and find membership options here.

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Learn more about Sommly.com, a new way to discover, shop and interact with Texas wineries.

Sommly is an online marketplace where wine enthusiasts can explore wineries, join wine clubs, read reviews and buy - or give - the gift of Texas wine.

Similar to Etsy, Sommly enables artisan wineries to sell their wine direct-to-consumer and cut out the middleman.

Sommly’s marketplace will be launching in Texas early in 2022.
 

Visit Sommly.com to subscribe for exciting updates!

Top Texas Wine Stories of 2021

1. Weather challenges
2. Texas wine labeling compromise
3. Herbicide lawsuit
4. Growth in number of Texas wineries
5. Supply chain challenges
6. Winery openings and new hires
7. 20 new episodes of This Is Texas Wine podcast!
8. More Texas wine media
   1. Texas Winemakers series
   2. Uncorked
   3. Cactus Christmas book by Heather Renee May

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Texas is Mad for Mourvèdre

Texas Wine Lover Battle of Texas Mourvèdre (2017)

William Chris Vineyards Mourvèdre Tasting Video with Grower Interviews

Tablas Creek information about Mourvèdre

Edible Austin article

Hewitson - Home to the World’s Oldest Mourvèdre Vines (Australia)

Hardy Wallace’s Extradimensional Wine Company Yeah

Cline Cellars - Top Mourvèdre Grower in the US

Demerits and Gold Stars

Demerit:
 

Blasting tasting rooms for service problems rather than contacting owner/manager privately. eeekkkk!!!

Gold Star:

Dorothy & John’s article on Grape Collective: Here Are the Names and Words You Will be Hearing in 2022

Shelly’s Wine Education Website:

www.toastwinetalk.com

Thanks to Texas Wine Lover for promotional help! For the latest information on Texas wineries and vineyards, visit Texas Wine Lover

Wine & Food Foundation

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Learn more about Sommly.com, a new way to discover, shop and interact with Texas wineries.

Sommly is an online marketplace where wine enthusiasts can explore wineries, join wine clubs, read reviews and buy - or give - the gift of Texas wine.

Similar to Etsy, Sommly enables artisan wineries to sell their wine direct-to-consumer and cut out the middleman.

Sommly’s marketplace will be launching in Texas early in 2022.
Visit Sommly.com to subscribe for exciting updates!

Texas Wine In the News

VinePair: The States with the Most Wineries 2021

VinePair Names CL Butaud’s 2019 Desert Willow Vineyard Mourvèdre one of the Top 50 wines of 2021

Pedernales Cellars and Spicewood Vineyards win Jefferson Cup

Texas Results from Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

Winners from Granbury Wine Competition that was sponsored by GoTexan and the Cross Timbers Wine Trail
* Lucky Vines Lucky Lass Peach
* Cattlebaron Bortex Newsom Vineyards 2019 by Casual Friday Wines  
 * Silver Spur 2019 Tannat Gatewood Estate Vineyard

Robin Clark for Texas Wine Lover: Slate Theory Winery Review

Thanksgiving Selections by Emma Balter of Houston Chronicle / possible paywall

Thanksgiving Selections by Eric Asimov of The New York Times / possible paywall

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Interview: Lawrence Francis of Interpreting Wine Podcast

Interpreting Wine subscribe page

FREE Podcast kit guide

Example of wine audio

Demerits and Gold Stars

Demerit:
none

Gold Star:

Avanti Restaurant’s Virginie Naigeon-Malek: Gender Equal Wine List and Texas Wine Enabler

Wine Education Segment

Bordeaux-style wines and Bordeaux-blends -
Red wines are made of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot and sometimes Carmenere. White wines are made of primarily Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.

Shelly’s Wine Education Website: www.toastwinetalk.com

Thanks to Texas Wine Lover for promotional help! For the latest information on Texas wineries and vineyards, visit Texas Wine Lover

Wine & Food Foundation

I’m so happy to be part of the community of wine and food lovers at The Wine & Food Foundation! Get more information about upcoming events, the IMBIBE: The WFF Education Series, and find membership options here.

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Learn more about Sommly.com, a new way to discover, shop and interact with Texas wineries.

Sommly is an online marketplace where wine enthusiasts can explore wineries, read reviews, and buy locally. Wineries will love the site because it will help them find new customers and grow their most profitable channel, direct to consumer, similar to how Etsy has helped artisans sell their goods.

Founded by an Austin, Texas wine-loving husband and wife team, Sommly is coming soon!

Visit Sommly.com to subscribe for exciting updates!

Texas Wine In the News

Wine Business Monthly names Leah Derton and James Tidwell Wine Business Leaders of 2021

NEW! Uncorked YouTube Series About Texas Wine

Texas Winemakers YouTube Series About Texas Wine

Wild World Festivals / Celebration of all things that are fermented

Decanter List of 10 Texas Wines to Try
 

* William Chris Vineyards Roussanne, La Pradera Vineyard (highest score of 92)

* Duchman Family Winery Trebbiano, Bingham Family Vineyards

* Slate Mill Winery Viognier, Reddy Vineyards

* CL Butaud Cease & Desist (Tempranillo/Mourvedre blend)

* Wedding Oak’s Aglianico, Hye Top Vineyards

* Pedernales Cellars Texas High Plains Tempranillo

* Fall Creek Vineyards GSM, Salt Lick Vineyards

* Becker Vineyards Texas Hill Country Reserve Petit Sirah

* Texas Heritage Vineyards, Paka Vineyards Souzao

* Bingham Family Vineyards Texas High Plains Dugout (Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignan, and Petit Verdot blend)

Lana Bortolot for Forbes.com: White Wines You’ll Fall For 

Granbury's Winter Wine Walk - Nov 19-20

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Interview: Patrick Whitehead of Blue Ostrich Winery

Blue Ostrich Winery’s Website

Demerits and Gold Stars

Demerit:
 

none

Gold Star:
 

Uncork Texas Wine’s 3D relief map of Texas wine growing regions.
 

BUY MAP HERE

Shelly’s Wine Education Website:

www.toastwinetalk.com

Thanks to Texas Wine Lover for promotional help! For the latest information on Texas wineries and vineyards, visit Texas Wine Lover

Wine & Food Foundation

I’m so happy to be part of the community of wine and food lovers at The Wine & Food Foundation! Get more information about upcoming events, the IMBIBE: The WFF Education Series, and find membership options here.