Austin’s not growing the grapes , west Texas ( Lubbock area terry county ) is . You need to come to the Lubbock area and check out our wineries and vineyards... God bless West Texas
Thanks! We had a great time and really appreciate you taking the time to orient us. Hope we can figure out a way to get back to Texas at some point, and if you're in Seattle some time, we'd love to give you the big Washington wine tour. Thanks again and cheers!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge on Texas Wine! I just returned from a visit to West Texas and was impressed by the wines I sampled from the Lubbock area. The Syrah and Tempranillo stood out. I was even blown away by a Sauvignon Blanc from Llano Estacado.
When I was in Austin I tried to sample wines from throughout the state, knowing that I would only get a chance to visit wineries from the Hill Country. I was impressed, too. Would really love to dive into wines from around Lubbock. I'll keep you and everyone else posted on anything I happen to be fortunate enough to taste. Cheers!
Because TX wine industry is so young it is dominated mostly by small producers. This means that when one of them happens to get a large contract with a big-box store or distributor, they have to scrounge up (lower quality) grapes where they can. As a result the TX wines you find in most retailers are very spotty. But the upside is that creativity is high. Also production costs are low, and so value is also high. I've been able to visit a few dozen TX wineries in the last several years and found almost all to be extremely friendly... just be ready to get your tires (and shoes) dirty! (PS: I agree with your recommendation for temperanillo and viogner. Also look for GSM and IGT-style blends, rousanne, and dry muscat)
They're doing some really great things out there. I hope more people get an opportunity to try Texas wines, but the reality is that it's hard to do unless you're in Texas, and even then it's challenging. You'd be surprised how few restaurants and even wine bars had even one Texas wine on their menu. Thanks for watching, as always, and cheers!
Hello Mr Unknown Winecaster I am writing from Iceland and hope that you will understand my English writing. First of all I what’s to thank you for this great cast on every thing about wine, it have help me and also encourage to learn more about wine. Best of all I am alway drinking good wines and also enjoying better. But also drinking it responsible. One thing I am always thinking about in wine that is the best temperature for different grapes because it is only few things that you can control of the quality of the wine when you drink it. Specially with Pino Noir. It will be great if you can do cast on temperature on different grapes. I have one golden rules when I drink wine, No wine taste better than the good people that is enjoying it with you. Tanks again for this cast.
Thank you for watching the casts and for taking the time to write in. Serving temperature and wine could be an interesting topic, especially if combined with general information on serving wine. I'll add it to the queue. Thanks again. Cheers!
I live in Texas and it's still very hard to find Texas wines unless you ask for them specifically from a store. Still waiting on that cast about stemware lol
Hello! I keep looking into the stemware issue and keep finding no good, controlled studies (and thus evidence) that different types of stemware make much of a difference in the tasting experience. I know there are tons of folks, including wine professionals, that claim they do, but there are also tons of folks, including wine professionals, that claim they can taste the difference between wood and grape tannins, but that has yet to be demonstrated under controlled conditions either, to take but one example. There is one study by Japanese researchers that's popular to cite claiming that a wine glass delivers different aromatic properties than a martini glass or a tumbler, which is fair enough, but that's a far cry from Riedel's claim that you need (or at least would benefit from) a different glass for Champagne vs. vintage Champagne, say. If you know of anything I've missed, please pass it on to me or point me in the direction of the evidence, and I'll happily cast on it. Cheers!
I don't find it difficult at all to find Texas wine at retailers..what part of the state are you in? Look for these names: Llano, Lewis, Pedernales, Becker, McPherson. Many grocery stores now have a "Texas Wine" or "Local wine" section, such as Whole Foods and Central Market.
Currently working on a Texas wine Documentary, would like to talk. I will be shooting mainly this spring (now) and early summer. Get with me if you can, thanks
A Texas wine insider would have a better perspective on that than I would, but my understanding from my research and conversations is that currently the High Plains AVA is growing the greatest variety of grapes and has the most going for it in terms of things that promote quality grape growing and wine production like good diurnal swings, for example. It's still a very young industry, though, and growers and producers there are still in the early stages of sorting out what these different areas have to offer to viticulture, so, in many ways, it's still anybody's game, so to speak. Cheers!
I think that it depends on what you're looking for. The High Plains AVA has some great earthy wines coming out of it, but the Texas Hillcountry AVA has some great flirty wines that are more Italian style varietals. You also get Lenoir which has been made into some nice dessert wines and red tables wines.
Yes, the Texas High Plains AVA is where the production is. Not much to see out there really for a tourist tho. Recommend visiting Fredericksburg, the main town on the Texas Highway 290 Wine Road. The Wine Road goes from Johnson City to Fredericksburg, and offers many interesting winery stops. I really like what's going on with the tempranillo grape. Winemakers here are still at an experimental stage, with work and research still deciding what the dominant marketable grapes will be. The 75% number as mentioned in the video is very controversial here. There's currently a Texas House bill that would require 100% Texas grapes in Texas wine.
Austin’s not growing the grapes , west Texas ( Lubbock area terry county ) is . You need to come to the Lubbock area and check out our wineries and vineyards... God bless West Texas
It was a pleasure to meet you the other day. I hope you had fun and got a chance to learn more about Texas wine. Also, thanks for the shout out!
Thanks! We had a great time and really appreciate you taking the time to orient us. Hope we can figure out a way to get back to Texas at some point, and if you're in Seattle some time, we'd love to give you the big Washington wine tour. Thanks again and cheers!
It is amazing how much is changing in just 4 years in Texas!
Indeed
Thanks for sharing your knowledge on Texas Wine! I just returned from a visit to West Texas and was impressed by the wines I sampled from the Lubbock area. The Syrah and Tempranillo stood out. I was even blown away by a Sauvignon Blanc from Llano Estacado.
When I was in Austin I tried to sample wines from throughout the state, knowing that I would only get a chance to visit wineries from the Hill Country. I was impressed, too. Would really love to dive into wines from around Lubbock. I'll keep you and everyone else posted on anything I happen to be fortunate enough to taste. Cheers!
Because TX wine industry is so young it is dominated mostly by small producers. This means that when one of them happens to get a large contract with a big-box store or distributor, they have to scrounge up (lower quality) grapes where they can. As a result the TX wines you find in most retailers are very spotty. But the upside is that creativity is high. Also production costs are low, and so value is also high. I've been able to visit a few dozen TX wineries in the last several years and found almost all to be extremely friendly... just be ready to get your tires (and shoes) dirty! (PS: I agree with your recommendation for temperanillo and viogner. Also look for GSM and IGT-style blends, rousanne, and dry muscat)
Interesting learning about the Texas wine Country.
They're doing some really great things out there. I hope more people get an opportunity to try Texas wines, but the reality is that it's hard to do unless you're in Texas, and even then it's challenging. You'd be surprised how few restaurants and even wine bars had even one Texas wine on their menu. Thanks for watching, as always, and cheers!
Hello Mr Unknown Winecaster
I am writing from Iceland and hope that you will understand my English writing.
First of all I what’s to thank you for this great cast on every thing about wine, it have help me and also encourage to learn more about wine.
Best of all I am alway drinking good wines and also enjoying better. But also drinking it responsible.
One thing I am always thinking about in wine that is the best temperature for different grapes because it is only few things that you can control of the quality of the wine when you drink it. Specially with Pino Noir.
It will be great if you can do cast on temperature on different grapes.
I have one golden rules when I drink wine, No wine taste better than the good people that is enjoying it with you.
Tanks again for this cast.
Thank you for watching the casts and for taking the time to write in. Serving temperature and wine could be an interesting topic, especially if combined with general information on serving wine. I'll add it to the queue. Thanks again. Cheers!
I live in Texas and it's still very hard to find Texas wines unless you ask for them specifically from a store. Still waiting on that cast about stemware lol
Hello! I keep looking into the stemware issue and keep finding no good, controlled studies (and thus evidence) that different types of stemware make much of a difference in the tasting experience. I know there are tons of folks, including wine professionals, that claim they do, but there are also tons of folks, including wine professionals, that claim they can taste the difference between wood and grape tannins, but that has yet to be demonstrated under controlled conditions either, to take but one example. There is one study by Japanese researchers that's popular to cite claiming that a wine glass delivers different aromatic properties than a martini glass or a tumbler, which is fair enough, but that's a far cry from Riedel's claim that you need (or at least would benefit from) a different glass for Champagne vs. vintage Champagne, say. If you know of anything I've missed, please pass it on to me or point me in the direction of the evidence, and I'll happily cast on it. Cheers!
I don't find it difficult at all to find Texas wine at retailers..what part of the state are you in? Look for these names: Llano, Lewis, Pedernales, Becker, McPherson. Many grocery stores now have a "Texas Wine" or "Local wine" section, such as Whole Foods and Central Market.
Currently working on a Texas wine Documentary, would like to talk. I will be shooting mainly this spring (now) and early summer. Get with me if you can, thanks
Thanks for the message. What's the best way to contact you?
@@TheUnknownWinecaster 210-848-4866, or email at burksfilms@gmail.com
Very interesting. In your opinion, what is the most promising area/Ava in Texas?
A Texas wine insider would have a better perspective on that than I would, but my understanding from my research and conversations is that currently the High Plains AVA is growing the greatest variety of grapes and has the most going for it in terms of things that promote quality grape growing and wine production like good diurnal swings, for example. It's still a very young industry, though, and growers and producers there are still in the early stages of sorting out what these different areas have to offer to viticulture, so, in many ways, it's still anybody's game, so to speak. Cheers!
The Unknown Winecaster Thanks for the amazing amount of information. By the way, I follow you at Instagram as @frankdrinkswine. See you there. Cheers!
Oh, hello Frank! You have a great feed on Instagram. I'm enjoying following you there. Thanks for following me. Cheers!
I think that it depends on what you're looking for. The High Plains AVA has some great earthy wines coming out of it, but the Texas Hillcountry AVA has some great flirty wines that are more Italian style varietals. You also get Lenoir which has been made into some nice dessert wines and red tables wines.
Yes, the Texas High Plains AVA is where the production is. Not much to see out there really for a tourist tho. Recommend visiting Fredericksburg, the main town on the Texas Highway 290 Wine Road. The Wine Road goes from Johnson City to Fredericksburg, and offers many interesting winery stops. I really like what's going on with the tempranillo grape. Winemakers here are still at an experimental stage, with work and research still deciding what the dominant marketable grapes will be. The 75% number as mentioned in the video is very controversial here. There's currently a Texas House bill that would require 100% Texas grapes in Texas wine.