I blogged just a little about our Sunday trip to William Chris Vineyards for the Malbec release party and Planting show-and-tell. We really went for the “plantlings” that we were going to get since we”re not pleased with the selection … Continue reading
In my post about Haak Winery, I mentioned picking up some wine for Jim Johnson (@AlamosaWineGuy) at Alamosa Cellars (@alamosawine). Wanderlust was getting the better of me this week, so I messaged Jim and Karen to see if they were … Continue reading
We were TIRED this morning and got a slow start. Perhaps staying up to watch some Jean Claude van Damme movie (and then falling asleep to it) didn’t help any, but oh well. At least we were up in time … Continue reading
We got a late start this morning – too late to catch breakfast at the hotel – so we headed to Llano after consuming potent concoctions of various stimulants purchased from a local chemist. Not really. I had my Quad … Continue reading
WOW. We had the incredible privilege to visit Cap*Rock winery today with a one-of-a-kind tour guide @seanbuckley (Twitter handle). He may not think this is a compliment, but he”s definitely “one of us”. Cap*Rock was designed at its inception to … Continue reading
It was my first business trip in over five years, but at least I’d get to reconnect with a former co-worker in Tulsa. Other than that, the main attraction for the trip was the promise that we would dine at … Continue reading
As I mentioned yesterday, Julie and I headed out for another winery-seeking road trip. We had done a bit of research – I put every vineyard and winery in the Northern Texas region onto Google Maps to make sure we … Continue reading
We were very excited to be able to attend the first bi-monthly Tuscan Winemaker’s Dinner at Duchman Winery. We hadn’t been there in a couple of months, so we enjoyed catching up with the people we’ve befriended there, and were … Continue reading