Welcome to the Texas Restaurant Association’s 2024 Trade Show! It was held in my home base of San Antonio so I was super excited to have gotten an invite to attend. Special Thanks to the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce for securing me free passes to
Rather than a recap like everyone does at the end of the year, I’ll give you my tentative plans for 2025. Nothing crazy in the works, just trying to juggle a few things. Links for the show: Texas Hill Country Wineries – Texas Hill
It’s time for my New Year’s Eve Special! In this episode I bought two sparklers and one was a free sample. First is the NV Tapiz Sparkling Torrontés. Next is a free sample, the NV Fiol Prosecco Extra Dry. Finally we have one of the
It’s time for my Christmas Day Special! In this episode I bought four wines from the Sancerre region of France. Three are from the iconic Domaine Hippolyte Reverdy, their 2022 white, 2023 rosé, and 2020 red. Then another non-vintage rosé from Comte de la Chevalière,
It’s time for my Thanksgiving Day Special! In this episode I bought three wines from California producer Turley Wine Cellars. I have a fun selection of three wines. Their 2023 Turley Zinfandel Rosé aka White Zin, the 2022 Turley “Bechtold Vineyard” Cinsault, and finally the
Mwhahahaha! It’s time for Monster Chiller Thriller Wine XV! Time for a bit of a different take on my selection for this year. All the wines come from the same winery. A first! They are named after either an Archangel or Fallen Angel. The classic
This is the 3rd part of a 3-part mini-series on wines from the Gonzalez Byass portfolio. All wines are free samples and I have free reign to review them how I wish. Today’s wine is the 2019 Dominio Fournier. Links for the show: Dominio Fournier
This is the 2nd part of a 3-part mini-series on wines from the Gonzalez Byass portfolio. All wines are free samples and I have free reign to review them how I wish. Today’s wine is the 2020 Beronia Graciano. Links for the show: Bodegas Beronia
This is the 1st part of a 3-part mini-series on wines from the Gonzalez Byass portfolio. All wines are free samples and I have free reign to review them how I wish. Today’s wine is the 2019 Primus The Blend. Links for the show: Viña
This is the sixth and final part of a 6-part series on Chilean Carménère. All wines are free samples and I have free reign to review them how I wish. Today’s wine is the 2020 Viña Montes Wings Carmenère. Links for the show: Viña Montes
