Monday, August 24, 2009

Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News (Grape Stomp and More) - August 24, 2009

Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News (Grape Stomp and More) - August 24, 2009

Great Grape Stomp Off in New Braunfels, Texas and Win Free Tickets

Win Free Tickets to this event on VintageTexas.com - Send us a short description (up to 150 words) of your favorite vineyard/winery/home grape harvesting experience. The winners will be selected to receive a set of two tickets for the Great Grape Stomp Off event. That is a $50 value - each ticket is worth $25. Two winners will be chosen (two tickets for each winner) and they will receive a winners certificate by email and their tickets will be at 'will call' at the event. Post your best grape harvest experience in the comments section of this blog. Winners will be noftified by Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Email addresses will be held in confidence and will only be used to notify the winners.

More: Texas wine grape industry continues growth, Holy Sh*t! They can make wine in Texas!, Wines.com: Purchase Top Wines from Texas priced from $20, Real Texas Wine Tour
At: http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=1106

Tags: Texas, wine, grape, stomp, win, tickets, purchase, private label, California, comment

Friday, August 21, 2009

Ten things we learned at Drink Local Wine Conference & Twitter Taste-Off and Texas

Ten things we learned at Drink Local Wine Conference & Twitter Taste-Off and Texas
Sommelier Conference in Dallas Last Weekend

Twitter and Blogs ROCK! Search #DLW09, #Texsom and #TXwine

1. Tweets Say: Texas can be proud of its wines.
2. Organic wine in Texas?
3. What’s new in Texas wines?
4. What does “For for sale in Texas Only” on the bottle mean?
5. If not Cabernet or Chardonnay, then what?
6. Need more Texas grapes.
7. Need more Texas Farm to Table Menus with Texas Wine.
8. Still Lots of Surprises to be Had.
9. Sweet Wine can be a Serious Wine.
10. Who is Robert Parker Anyway?

Details, winning wines and more at: http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=1094

Tags: Texas, wine, twitter, blog, conference, local wine, taste-off, tasting, competition

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Comments on the Drink Local Wine Texas Twitter Taste-Off

Comments on the Drink Local Wine Texas Twitter Taste-Off

Texas Twitter Taste-Off: Taste, Tweet, Repeat – 200,000 times! And Winners (Gold & Silver Award Wines) http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=1083

GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Texas Twitter Taste-Off Winners; The byline for the blog today is “Syrah between my keys”…. http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=1076

Let the Tasting Begin at the Drink Local Wine Conference and Twitter Taste Off (#DLW09) - http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=1072

Dallas Morning News: Four winners at Texas Twitter Taste-Off – http://eatsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/08/four-winners-at-texas-twitter.html

Washington Post: Swirling, Sipping and Tweeting –http://voices.washingtonpost.com/all-we-can-eat/wine/swirling-sipping-and-tweeting.html

So much Fun is Contagious –http://www.drinklocalwine.com/drinklocalwinecom-conference-so-much-fun-its-contagious.html

Examiner Bio Wine tasting: Observe, Smell, Taste and Tweet -http://www.examiner.com/x-11860-Baltimore-Wine-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d18-Wine-tasting-observe-smell-taste-and-tweet

Tags: Texas, wine, tasting, competition, Twitter, blog, tweet, competition, winners

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Write-Off the Vine: Texas Wine News - Texas Twitter Taste-Off and More

Write-Off the Vine: Texas Wine News - Texas Twitter Taste-Off and More

DrinkLocalWine.com First-ever Conference Sold Out- Follow on Twitter (search #DLW09)

DrinkLocalWine.com focuses on North American wine that isn’t made in California and the Pacific Northwest. It will hold its first-ever conference and tasting on Aug. 15 in Dallas and its SOLD OUT! This year’s event the GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Conference will focus on Texas wine and feature some of the state’s best wines, top winemakers, and leading growers.
The conference will include three seminars, focusing on trends in Texas wine, the distinctive grapes that Texans are using to make those wines, and how consumers can work to get more regional wines in stores and restaurants. The final event of the day will be a Texas Twitter

Tasting, moderated by Russ Kane of VintageTexas (www.vintagetexas.com), where participants will be able to taste some of the state’s top wines and blog or Twitter at the same time. Check out the schedule at:http://www.winecurmudgeon.com/dlwtest/2009-dlw-conference-schedule.html

Can’t get in or not in Dallas, do your tasting virtually by monitoring the Twitter feed and blogs from attendees starting Friday evening at the media reception and on the Saturday. They will taste and launch their comments on the event and impressions of the wines. To findout what’s hot in Texas wines, follow this feed during or after the event on Twitter by searching on the hashtag #DLW09 at: http://search.twitter.com.

Based on tasting and voting by attendees, the Texas Twitter Taste-Off will award wines in four categories: Red wine - dry, red wine - sweet, White wine (Rose) - dry and White wine (Rose) - sweet.

More at: http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=1065

Tags: Texas, wine, Drinklocalwine, Twitter, VintageTexas, tasting, follow, virtual, taste-off