I’m All Ears about your Texas Wine Experience and I am Giving Away Prizes

I’m All Ears about your Texas Wine Experience and I am Giving Away Prizes

NOTE: The deadline to comment to this blog is August 2, 2009. Don’t delay.

You can win a free private tour and tasting for up to 25 people at Haak Vineyards (www.haakwine.com) or other prizes by telling me what your experience has been with Texas wines. To comment, simply click on the icon in the upper right side of this blog or go to http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=1022 and comment in the space provided at the bottom of the page.

Why We Get Excited about Texas Wine?

Texas is the fifth largest wine producing state and it has a long history on wine production going back to the Spanish settlers and missionaries in 17th centuries. While only one Texas winery, Val Verde Winery in Del Rio, Texas, successfully made it through the period of prohibition. It is now one of the oldest continuously operating wineries in North America.

Since the mid-1970’s the number of Texas wineries has grown substantially and now numbers over 170 wineries across the state. We have our big volume producer in St. Genevieve, some are medium to large size premium wineries with Llano Estacado, Fall Creek Vineyards, Becker Vineyards, and Messina Hof Winery and Resort. Yet, most are small boutique wineries with some being literally ma and pa operations. Many have said that the wine experience in Texas today is like it was in the 1960s in California.

Let me know what you think and become eligible to win prizes.

Examples of comments I am looking for are:
What has been your experience with Texas wines? The good or bad?Have you walked in a Texas vineyard, tasted ripe grapes right off the vine, or helped harvest?What do you think about the up and coming Texas wine experience?Can you find the Texas wines you like at your favorite wine shop?Have you tried to direct ship from a Texas winery to your home?How do you think Texas wines compare with those from other wine regions?

Tell me what you like or what you don’t.

As I said above, I am all ears! So, give me your comments and be eligible to win free prizes. Let’um rip!

Comment and prize (including a private winery tour and tasting for up to 25 people), info at:
http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=1022

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