What an incredible time of year to experience a wine tasting dinner. Imagine the setting just about sunset at the beautiful Palmer Course Clubhouse. The Westin La Cantera resort is hosting a wine pairing dinner with wine maker and owner Jim Johnson with Alamosa Vineyards. The cost is $55 per person. For more information call […]
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Wine Geeks & Foodies This One's for You
We did it. We popped the cork on a 50 year old bottle of wine to begin a weeklong celebration of my birthday. (At this age why not!) It ‘was’ a 1959 Chateau Lynch-Bages from the Pauillac appellation in the Bordeaux region of France. This AVA region, by the way, produces three of Bordeaux’s five […]
Discovery Junction
The Westin La Cantera Resort has it all – a beautiful getaway nestled in the Texas Hill Country. Nearby the exclusive Shops at La Cantera, Fiesta Texas, Sea World, the Texas Hill Country wineries.
Size Matters
Size and shape both make a difference in the way a wine tastes. I took a seminar put on by Georg Riedel (the Riedel Glass family) where he had us take an inexpensive white wine and pour it into five glasses of different shapes and sizes.