The Other 46

Established in January 2008, the state of Texas will hold their 2nd annual GO TEXAN Restaurant Round-Up event from September 28th through October 2nd.  The annual event promotes restaurant owners and chefs dedicated to serving fresh, local ingredients and pouring great Texas wines.  During the week long event, consumers around the state will be encouraged [...]

The Texas Department of Agriculture is launching a new online video series called the GO TEXAN WineCast available via YouTube.  The inaugural six episodes introduce the Texas wine industry and feature some of Texas’ distinctive grapes in three- to five-minute episodes.  In the WineCast, Tanji Patton, longtime Texas broadcast journalist and host of goodtastewithtanji.com, speaks [...]

DrinkLocalWine.com will hold its first-ever conference and tasting on Aug. 15 in Dallas. Called the GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Conference, the event will focus on Texas wine, featuring some of the state’s best wines, top winemakers, and leading growers. The conference follows the success of the Web site’s Regional Wine Week last fall, in which more [...]

Although I still have a long path to travel to taste and experience the other 46 states, I often wonder what state will move into the highly sought after 5th spot behind the big 4?  I continue to read more and more about the growing wine industries in Virginia, Arizona, and Ohio.  Perhaps Michigan, Texas, [...]