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Texas Center for Wine and Culinary Arts

The Texas wine and food community hopes to open the Texas Center for Wine and Culinary Arts in October 2014. The location will be in the center of Fredericksburg, which is becoming well known for its wine tourism development.

Save the Date September 21 – 22 for The Maryland Wine Festival

The Maryland Wine Festival at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster, Maryland is celebrating its 30th anniversary on September 21 and 22.

Is Your State Wine Friendly or Not?

Discover how friendly your state is for wine consumers. The American Wine Consumer Coalition located in Washington DC has issued a report about the state of the wine industry in terms of how friendly it is for consumers to purchase wine. The states are graded from A+ to F.

New Wine Movie, August 16th

Some fathers and sons have had conflicts; they may not always see eye-to-eye. The conflict between Paul and his son Martin may appear to be from the Bible. However the setting for You Will Be My Son is in St. Émilion, France in the world-famous Bordeaux wine region. Paul has serious doubts about his son’s […]

Wine Trail Traveler Summer Quarterly

For several years Wine Trail Traveler has written articles and put travel photos into a format readers would enjoy. Below are the contents of Wine Trail Traveler Summer Quarterly. The recent summer quarterly is available at http://winetrailtraveler.com/newsletter/magsummer13.pdf.

Losing to the Aggies

It is always nice not to get too serious about wine and vineyards. We had a great time a week ago, harvesting Lenoir grapes at Messina Hof Winery in Bryan, Texas. To make harvest more interesting, it was already fun, pickers could choose a cluster of grapes to enter into the Big Kahuna contest. I […]

Harvesting Grapes at Messina Hof Winery

About 150 people showed up for the harvest at Messina Hof Winery in Bryan, Texas today. A testament of how much this winery is appreciated in the Lone Star State. Paul Mitchell Bonarrigo, son of founders Paul and Merrill Bonarrigo, gave a brief family history, history of the vineyard and instructions for harvesting grapes. The […]

“A Wine Tourist’s Guide: Visiting Tasting Rooms”

For years we have monitored our website traffic. One article, month after month, year after year, has consistently had the most views. That article is Tasting Room Etiquette. In the spring of 2013, we decided that since that is the most viewed article over a seven year period of time, we should expand the content […]

Wines of Portugal Sweepstakes in the U.S.

Whether you are intimately familiar with wines from Portugal or want to learn about them, you will want to participate in the 2013 Wines of Portugal U.S. Facebook sweepstakes.

6th Annual New York City Wine & Food Festival

Will you be in New York City for the annual Wine & Food Festival scheduled for October 17 through October 20?


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