Author: gusclemens

Spring is here. What wines are especially suited for the warming days and the return of plants from dormancy? There are many happy choices. Continue reading →

Medium gold-straw color; citrus, lemon-lime, apple, orange peel, white peach, melon, almond, minerality-saline on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep garnet-tawny color; dried fruit, dried cherry, orange peel, apricot, caramel, nuts, spice, tobacco, chocolate, oak on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Medium straw color; white grapefruit, honeydew melon, kiwi, lemon-lime, citrus, green bell pepper, mowed grass, flowers on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; cherry, wild red berries, elderberry, licorice, vanilla, oak spice, earth, violets on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Dow’s 20 Year Tawny Porto: Deep, polished mahogany, amber rim color; orange marmalade, citrus peel, dried apricot, cherry, blueberry, dark chocolate, burnt caramel, butterscotch, hazelnut, ginger, clove, violets, honeysuckle on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Sixty years ago, Texas wine was a curious microdot in the wine world. Two Texas Tech professors piddled around with a few grapevines, originally intending to make grape jelly to supplement their income. Continue reading →

Pale-plus salmon color; strawberry, watermelon Jolly Rancher, cherry, orange zest, citrus blossom, magnolia flower, violets on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; cherry, blackcurrant, plum, blackberry, chocolate, tobacco, coffee, pepper, oak, violets, minerality on the nose and palate. Continue reading →

Deep purple-red color; black cherry, cranberry, black plum, blackberry, cedar, coffee, thyme, tobacco on the nose and palate. Continue reading →