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1. Texas A&M AgriLife Report: Crush Report and Vineyard Production Survey
2. Wine America Study
3. Meet Decanter’s US Team
4. Wine for the People is moving to central Austin
5. Jenblossom Cellars, from the owners of Heath Sparkling Wine and Grape Creek
6. Seth Urbanek promoted to GM at Wedding Oak Winery
7. Texas Fine Wine Talk & Tastes Oct 13 and Dec 8
8. Another podcast meetup opportunity at the State Fair of Texas (Texas Wine Garden): October 18 at 5 PM
9. Code to save $10 on Texas Harvest Wine Tasting at Dallas Farmers Market on Oct 28 is TXWinePodcast10 LINK to tickets

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Don Pullum

ABC’s The Taste - Don Pullum  

Culinaria and James Beard Foundation present Tasting Texas Food + Wine Festival in San Antonio

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Silver Award Winners:  

Llano Estacado Winery’s 2018 Syrah and 2019 “La Violette” Syrah  

Cheramie Wine’s 2019 Riesling

Andrew Chalk’s article about the competition

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Texas Wine In the News

1. Texas Winemakers Docuseries! WATCH HERE
2. Amy Beth Wright for Wine Enthusiast:We Are Not Constrained by Tradition: The Budding Wine Scene in Fredericksburg, Texas
3. Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle: List of Recent Articles
4. Wine Spectator Grand Award Winners
5. William Chris Wine Company Purchases Hoover Valley Vineyard: PRESS RELEASE
6. Walker County vineyards rebound after losing crop after historic winter storm

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Interview: Ron Yates of Spicewood Vineyards and Ron Yates Wines

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Demerits and Gold Stars

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Dave and Ethan interview Mike Nelson, the former host of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and co-founder of RiffTrax about his incredible career and riffing Jurassic Park with Weird Al!

Mike Nelson, Assistant Executive Director for Professional Learning at the Washington Association of School Administrators, knows how difficult 2020 was for educators, especially superintendents. When the pandemic hit in March, Nelson was superintendent of Enumclaw School District, the district he grew up in. 

With the start of the new year, Nelson and WASA launched a campaign to bring hope to educators across the state after the toughest year they have ever faced. 

Every day in January, Nelson and other Washington school leaders shared short videos of hope with their colleagues on WASA’s social media. 

In this episode, Nelson shares how he launched “A New Beginning...2021: 31 Days of Hope” to show other administrators and superintendents that despite the challenges of 2020, the work all educators do brings hope to us all.

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1. Travel & Leisure magazine: The 50 Top Places to Travel in 2021
2. Wine Industry Advisor: Rania Zayyat is one of 2021’s Most Inspiring
3. Lift Collective (formerly Wonder Women of Wine) announces Virtual Conference
4. Messina Hof Unveils Augmented Reality Wine Labels
5. Michelle Williams for WineBusinss.com: Off-Target Herbicide Drift Threatens Vineyards Across U.S.
6. Time to submit wines to TEXSOM International Wine Awards
7. Register now for TWGGA Virtual Forum
8. New Wine Bottle Sizes
9. Alcohol to Go may be here to stay
10. Texas Hill Country Wineries: Tickets on sale now for February’s Wine Lover’s Celebration

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All About Tannat
13 Facts about Tannat:

1. Tannat is one of the most tannic, robust and deeply colored wines. It has the highest polyphenols (antioxidants) of all red wines. That sounds to me like Tannat is the healthiest red wine you can drink.
2. Tannat is native to Southwest France. There’s also a bit grown in Italy. Tannat is widely grown in Uruguay. In fact, it’s the signature grape of Uruguay. Tannat from Uruguay is often more lush, with more elegant tannins than those from France.
3. In the USA, you can also find Tannat in California (especially Lodi and Paso Robles), in Virginia and several other states.
4. Tannat was recognized in the US as a wine grape for varietal bottling for the first time in 2002. Tablas Creek winery petitioned the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to recognize tannat as an approved wine grape. Tablas Creek uses it as both a blending grape and as a single varietal bottling.
5. In the vineyard, Tannat is said to be one of the easiest varieties to grow. The berries have thick skins which makes it somewhat disease resistant. The biggest challenge is that the stems are thick and cling to the berries tightly which makes de-stemming difficult.
6. In Uruguay, Tannat is commonly paired with their popular local asados, wood fired BBQs using high quality beef. Other high fat dishes are also good matches.
7. Common flavors in tannat are various black fruits like black currant and black cherry, chocolate, espresso, and smoke.
8. Tannat can benefit from age, so don’t be afraid to lay it down for awhile. Wine Folly says the drinking window is from 5–25 years.
9. Texas producers that have recently won medals for Tannat include Ab Astris, Augusta Vin, Rustic Spur, Bending Branch, Cicada Cellars, Longhorn Cellars, and of course Kerrville Hills Winery.
10. In addition to making dry red wines, Tannat can be used to produce rosé and even sparkling rose. One of my favorites is a sparkling rose of Tannat by Bending Branch.
11. Tannat can even be part of a blend. Cicada Cellars has won awards with its blend of 50% Tannat and 50% Cabernet Sauvignon blend. This is common in France. Cabernet Sauvignon is often blended with Tannat to open it up some and make it more approachable.
12. In Texas, Tannat grows in the Texas High Plains and in the Texas Hill Country. Texas Wine Lover website lists 37 different vineyards that include Tannat plantings. If you’ve stood in the William Chris Vineyards tasting room, you’ve probably seen Tannat from their Hye Estate growing right in front of you.
13. The last report on Texas vineyards (2019) reported that Tannat is the #10 red grape in terms of planted acreage. There are about 120 bearing acres of Tannat across the state, and production off those acres was about 350 tons. Tannat is showing significant growth in the state. Between 2015 and 2019, about 92 acres of new Tannat started bearing fruit.

Sources: Wine Folly Magnum Edition, Karen MacNeil’s The Wine Bible, Tablas Creek Website, winery websites, 2019 USDA Texas Wine Grape Varieties.

Interview with John Rivenburgh

John is owner and winemaker at Kerrville Hills Winery and president of Texas Hill Country Wineries.

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