Calling All Bloggers – Write Something about a Local Wine During Regional Wine Week

Calling All Bloggers – Write Something about a Local Wine During Regional Wine Week

CALLING ALL BLOGGERS: This year, we’re shooting to get as many regional bloggers and writers as possible from around the United States and Canada (who aren’t in California or the Pacific Northwest) to write about wines from right here (i.e. wine from their own backyards) – wherever “here” might be.

You can write about any wine you want, and you don’t have to be some of sort of wine geek. Just go to your local winery, wine shop or supermarket and get a bottle that suits your tastes – Cabernet, Syrah, Viognier, Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese, Catawba, Niagara, Norton, or a good white or red blend….your choice. It can even be the simple homemade stuff as long as it was made with local (or in my case Texas) grapes.

For more info on what to do, go to:

http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=1181

Tags: Blog, Blogger, Local, Wine, Regional, Cabernet, Syrah, Viognier, Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese, Catawba, Niagara, Norton, etc.

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

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

VintageTexas Surpasses 10,000 Readers

VintageTexas State of the Texas Wine Blog Report - by Russ Kane
As many of you know, back in July 2008 I started my VintageTexas Blog Project at(http://VintageTexas.com/blog).

I originally viewed this as a writing exercise in preparation for a book project. With my sights now firmly set on the book and my detailed chapter outline in hand, I am starting the book that will contain my interpretation of the “Sense of Place” that IS the Texas wine experience.

When I started the VintageTexas Blog, I really did not know what it was going to be. I assumed that it would help me get back my writing “chops”. I also guessed that it would help me to document and organize my thoughts and experiences as I re-established old relationships and worked to understand the changes in the Texas wine industry that had occurred during my almost three year sabbatical. However, after a mere six months, I can definitely say that the Blog has taken on a life of its own, having connected with a readership that wants to share the Texas wine experience with me.

More at: http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=448