We can’t believe that our wine camp journey is already celebrating one year on Facebook! It’s been a crazy fun year filled with new discoveries, wonderful new friends, and amazing wines. Here are a few highlights from the past year: … Continue reading
Doing Business the Old Fashioned Way What takes 60,000 cows each day to do? It is the number of cows needed to produce the cream for one day’s production at Blue Bell Creamery located right here in Texas. We were … Continue reading
The hydrometer is another tool that a wine maker can use to determine the degrees Brix of the grape juice. In this article, you will learn how this instrument works and why it is such an important tool in the … Continue reading
Down the Long (and dusty) Winding Road . . . Located outside of Lubbock, down a dusty, winding road (not to take away from Paul McCartney’s song), you will find the fourth oldest winery in the State of Texas. They … Continue reading
“Good oil, like good wine, is a gift from the gods. The grape and the olive are among the priceless benefactions of the soil, and were destined, each in its way, to promote the welfare of man.” George Ellwanger Olive … Continue reading
There comes a point when feeling the grape and tasting the grape isn’t enough to determine the desired time to harvest a vintage. A ripe grape has a thinner skin than when it was green and explodes when pressed with … Continue reading
