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Messina Hof – Creating A Name for Texas in the 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Messina Hof Winery and Resort, one of the fastest growing and award-winning wineries in Texas, recently announced its winning wines for the 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition was held on January 3rd-5th in San … Continue reading
Sean Beck: Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s Mixologist of the Month
Wine Enthusiast has selected Houston’s own Sean Beck as its mixologist of the month. Sean is the beverage director of Backstreet Cafe, Hugo’s, and Trevisio Restaurants. Learn more about Sean here.
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Tagged Drink, Food, Houston, Sean Beck, United States, Wine, Wine Enthusiast Magazine
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A New Year’s Guide to Champagne and Sparkling Wine
by Emma Summers That time of year is now upon us. The holiday season is coming to an end, but certainly not without one last celebration. This weekend, many will gather throughout the country and world to celebrate the end … Continue reading
Posted in Wine Education
Tagged champagne, Houston, New Year, Sparkling wine, United States
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Do more expensive wines taste better? Evidence from a large sample of blind tastings.
Robin Goldstein, Johan Almenberg, Anna Dreber, Alexis Herschkowitsch, and Jacob Katz studied this question and published their findings in a working paper published by the American Association of Wine Economists. Read their results here…
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Tagged California, Drink, expensive, Jacob Katz, Robin Goldstein, taste, United States, Wine, Wine tasting
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Texas Wine Imports – Recent Legal Rulings
This article was contributed by Sterling Minor, a Houston attorney and independent fine wine consultant. In 2005, the United States Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional laws of Michigan and New York that restricted out-of-state wineries from directly shipping their … Continue reading
