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March 15, 2012
Against the Grain
Pardon the pun, but month-old Montrose craft-beer pub The Hay Merchant is already hopping.
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February 7, 2012
Wine of the Week: A Red That Lasts for Days
After what's your favorite wine?, the question that I get asked the most at wine tastings and seminars is how do you make wine last after you've opened the bottle? My initial answer is drink good wine: Wine with high acidity will last longer once opened; acidity is one of the key elements that give ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Upcoming Events: Kick It With Kombucha and Go Greek
If you don't like kombucha, I promise that it's only because you haven't tried Kickin Kombucha. I've turned many a hater into a convert with the brew, which just so happens to be made right here in Houston at the Kitchen Incubator downtown. I mention this because Kickin Kombucha is launching a new ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Why We Love to Hate the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
Image via Westerville Public Libary (Westerville, Ohio).To understand our state's peculiar relationship with alcohol, we need to look back to the early post-Prohibition era when the TABC was founded (1935).In the wake of a recent post on the absurdity of wine shipping regulation in Texas, a c ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Odd Pair: What Wine to Pair with Hospital Food?
Photos by Jeremy Parzen.When you're admitted to the hospital to have a baby, you're taken off solid foods. As soon as the baby is born, they bring you a meal to regain your strength. In our case, it was hospital cafeteria meatloaf.Color me pink! Tracie P and I had a baby on Monday: Georgia P ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Top 5 Champagnes Under $60 for the Holidays
Photos by Jeremy Parzen.Remember: Champagne doesn't have to be white. Rosé Champagne is often considered the more "muscular" expression of the appellation. Look for Bollinger Rosé, Ruinart Rosé, and our favorite, Billecart Salmon Rosé.Okay, folks. There's good news and there's bad news. ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Buffalo Bayou Brewery: A Preview
Photo by Mai PhamCrostini by Ryan Pera If you haven't heard about the Buffalo Bayou Brewery, one of the new local craft beer makers in Houston, it's probably because they haven't officially opened yet. But to get the buzz going and to let people know what's coming down the line, they held a ... More >>
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December 6, 2011
Me and the TABC (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)
Image via the Texas Restaurant Association.TABC To Go is an excellent online TABC certification program for Texas restaurant and bar workers. Although not required by the state, many Texas employers require certification to ensure proper service of alcohol.The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commiss ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Messina Hof Has the Best Wine in Texas, According to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
This year, more than 2,500 wines were entered into the annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo's International Wine Competition. Of those entries, 736 were from Texas wineries. And of those Texas wineries, Messina Hof swept up 20 medals and the coveted title of Top Texas Wine for its 2004 Solara, whic ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
Wine of the Week: The Aegean Sea in a Glass
The first time I tasted Thalassitis by the Gaia winery (Santorini, Greece), it was poured for me by the "best sommelier in the world 2008," Aldo Sohm, at Le Bernardin in New York City in 2010. Aldo paired the wine with raw sea urchin: The "saltiness" and intense acidity of this wine, he noted, was ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Wine of the Week: An "Old Vine" Zinfandel from California (Where Else?)
Photo by Jeremy Parzen.The "Old Vine" Zinfandel by Bogle showed judicious restraint in its alcohol content and concentration.What does the designation "old vine" mean, anyway? And how did it come to be a "brand name" for California wines in the 2000s? Vine age is a key element in the qualit ... More >>
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November 7, 2011
Wine of the Week: A "No Sulfites Added" Texas Wine
Photos by Jeremy Parzen.Houstonian winemaker Lewis Dickson produces wines with no added sulfites on his estate, La Cruz de Comal, in the Texas Hill Country.There's good news and there's bad news. First, the bad news. In the wake of last Friday's "myth-debunking" post on sulfites in wine, I ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Odd Pair: Wine and Legs (or Tears That Rhyme with Ears)
Photos by Jeremy Parzen.The legs of 2005 Langhe Nebbiolo Sperss by Gaja (Piedmont, Italy), tasted this week in Houston.How many times have you been at a dinner party and heard some blowhard say something like the following (uttered with a fake British accent): Observe carefully: After swirli ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Wine of the Week: Biodynamic Lees-Aged Grüner Veltliner
Although Nicolas Joly is widely hailed as the father of biodynamic grape-growing and winemaking in Europe today; the Nikolaihof estate in the Wachau region of Austria is generally considered to be the first biodynamic winery in the world. (The pan-agricultural biodynamic movement was founded by Aust ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Wine of the Week: An Under-$25 Fresh, Clean Sparkler
Whenever it comes to sparkling wine, the comparison to Champagne is inevitable. Together with Bordeaux and Burgundy, wine regions that the British embraced as benchmarks for fine wine in the 19th century, the Champagne "brand" is so powerful that it pervades nearly every discussion of spar ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Beer & Brass
Whenever it comes to sparkling wine, the comparison to Champagne is inevitable. Together with Bordeaux and Burgundy, wine regions that the British embraced as benchmarks for fine wine in the 19th century, the Champagne "brand" is so powerful that it pervades nearly every discussion of spar ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Cultural Feast — Oktoberfest
Whenever it comes to sparkling wine, the comparison to Champagne is inevitable. Together with Bordeaux and Burgundy, wine regions that the British embraced as benchmarks for fine wine in the 19th century, the Champagne "brand" is so powerful that it pervades nearly every discussion of spar ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2011
Odd Pair: What Wine Do You Serve with Doritos?
When asked what factors had shaped his palate and his wine collection when he first began collecting fine wine, rockstar (literally, not just figuratively) and winemaker Maynard James Keenan answered: "Mountain Dew and Doritos. Like most American kids, that's what I grew up on." This was a fe ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2011
Brew Blog: Left Coast Una Mas Amber Lager
Confusion is nothing new.I'll be perfectly honest about this. I picked up a bottle of Left Coast Brewing Co. Una Mas out of simple confusion. Even as I sat down to write this column, bleary-eyed from not enough sleep and still clearing the cobwebs from my brain, I confused myself. I penned an ... More >>
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August 2, 2011
Wine of the Week, Part 2: Orange Wine by Nicolas Joly, on a Mission from Nature
Yesterday, after we posted our Orange Wines 101 primer, Elgreco54 noted that "Joly does knockout stuff." As it just so happens, I tasted the new vintage, 2008, of Joly's entry-level wine, Les Clos Sacrés (the holy cloisters), over the weekend. (In France the wine is called "Les Vieux Clos," ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
Wine of the Week: "Oaky May Be Bad, but Oak Is Good."
If you're anywhere between 21 and 51 years of age (I'll be 44 next month), you were brought up with the notion that oak flavors were a sign of a fine wine. Back in the 1970s, when huge investment in the Californian wine industry began to take shape, the dudes in charge -- think Gallo and Mo ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
Wine of the Week: A Cool-Weather Cabernet Sauvignon from California
When we think of "California Cabernet," the next two words that come to mind are invariably "Napa Valley" -- the AVA (American Viticultural Area) that changed the way the world perceived American winemaking back in the 1970s. Since that time, "Napa Valley Cab" (oh, how I wish people would st ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
Tuscapalooza: As if You Needed an Excuse to Drink Beer
groovehouseAll-You-Can-Eat crawfish for a cause.The string of tornados that tore across the Southern states on April 27, 2011 inflicted damage comparable to a category-five hurricane. It killed more 300 people and left thousands more homeless. The impact was especially severe in Tuscaloosa, a ... More >>
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March 25, 2011
Upcoming Events
Italian winemaker Ezio TrincheroStarting this Saturday, there are plenty of inexpensive ways to get your gourmet on in Houston this week, and it all kicks off at Block 7 Wine Company. Fresh off last night's wine dinner featuring acclaimed Italian winemaker Ezio Trinchero, Block 7 Wine Compan ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
Made in Texas: Bourbon Ain't Just from Kentucky Any More
We got whiskey in Texas, pahd'nah!In this week's cover story, Dallas Observer food critic Hanna Raskin goes inside the world of Texas distilleries to discover that good bourbon can be found in the Lone Star State too. Once reserved for only a handful of bottlers, there has been an explosion ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
Get Your Passport Stamped Along the Texas Wine Trails
While the trail riders rode into town last Friday, you could be riding out one weekend soon to hit one of Texas's 11 wine trails just as the bluebonnets are beginning to bloom this spring. The fifth most productive wine-producing state in the nation, Texas features more than 200 vineyards wi ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
An Afternoon of Free Wine at Archway
Photo by CrosslersAn example of home winemaking supplies.Take a late lunch tomorrow, if you can. And maybe bring along a designated driver. Archway Gallery (2305 Dunlavy, 713-522-2409) is hosting an afternoon of free wine in its Montrose space, and this isn't your typical gallery showing. Fr ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
Wine(s) of the Week: Duel Napa Valley Chardonnay
I had a couple bottles of Chardonnay sent to me from different wineries, and noticed they were both within a year's vintage of one another, in the same price range, and both from the Napa Valley. So, why not do a Wine of the Week, "Food Fight" style? It was on like Donkey Kong, only a little ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
The 2011 Best Bites and Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Photos by GroovehouseFor more photos from Best Bites, visit our slideshow.The 2011 Rodeo season has officially kicked off -- at least as far as food and wine lovers are concerned -- with the announcement of this year's top winners of the annual International Wine Competition. Last night at t ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2011
Comment of the Day
Today, Katharine Shilcutt told EOW readers about the new beer bar from the guys at Anvil, which left many salivating for more info...and probably beer. Said commenter Dacano: I think 2010 was just the beginning for the craft beer movement here in Houston and Texas as a whole with the emergen ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Wine of the Week: Tempra Tantrum 2009 Tempranillo /Shiraz Blend
Another sample courtesy of UnderdogWineMerchant.com, this Spanish wine with a nicely designed, trendy label seems to be part of what the company calls a "Nuevo-Vino" approach to winemaking. I did a little poking around on the winery's website and decided that this wine's being marketed to w ... More >>
Blogs
November 26, 2010
No Boys Allowed at Girls' Pint Out
"We're gals into grolsch. Ladies into lagers. Princesses into pilsners. Angels of ale. You get the idea." - Girls Pint Out homepage. We all seemed to arrive at the same time on Tuesday night. A collective groan emerged from the crowd as the pathway over the railroad tracks that separate Sain ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2010
Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs
Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Great Food Houston: Our own Ruthie Johnson asks a very timely question over at ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2010
Texas Vodka Throwdown Crowns Tito's As Its King
Photo by Groovehouse / Click here for a slideshowMike Cortez (R), organizer of the event, congratulates Tito's Handmade Vodka on their win.Longtime Texas favorite Tito's Handmade Vodka won the Texas Vodka Throwdown by a wide margin on Saturday evening after a blind tasting by 15 judges from t ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2010
Brew Blog Interview: Rob Cartwright of Independence Brewing Co.
Rob Cartwright and his wife Amy started Independence Brewing Co. in an Austin warehouse six years ago. Today the company has nine employees, not counting two dogs. ("They don't have thumbs," he explains, "so they're not on the payroll.") Having been selling well at H-E-B stores in Austin and ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
Foodie Floats
Pass me a brew, won’t you?
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February 11, 2010
It’s Not You; It’s Me
Who gave Hugh Grant an acting career anyway?
Dining
October 1, 2009
Heavenly Fries
The b7 frites at Block 7 Wine Company
Blogs
September 14, 2009
Obscure Wine Grapes: Huxelrebe
Photo by Robb WalshInstead of combining grape juices to make a blend, German viticulturalist Georg Scheu crossed two popular varietals to make a new grape. Huxelrebe is a cross between sweet and aromatic Muscat and the austere Swiss wine grape, Chasselas. Invented in 1927, Huxelrebe was named ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2009
Texas, You're Not Drinking Enough Hard Liquor, Say Hard-Liquor Sellers
Photo by NoiseCollusionThe people who are trying to sell hard liquor to hard Texans are upset.They're petitioning the legislature, hoping to push Senate Bill 1216 (sponsored by Houston's Rodney Ellis), which would allow liquor-store owners to have more than five stores.Right now, the only people who ... More >>
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February 26, 2009
Eco-Friendly Wine
Web exclusive!
Blogs
January 8, 2009
Food & Foreign Policy
The World Affairs Council of Houston is best known for holding public events featuring foreign policy heavyweights such as former Secretaries of State Colin Powell and James Baker III. However two upcoming programs will extend the Council's reach into food-related subjects.
Blogs
November 24, 2008
75 Years of Beer
Raise a glass and toast the 75th anniversary of the day that Texas ratified the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing Prohibition. Although the national repeal of Prohibition did not become final until December 5, 1933, the beer industry salutes Texas on November 24th for bringing us ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2008
R.I.P., Zima 1993-2008
Raise a glass and toast the 75th anniversary of the day that Texas ratified the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing Prohibition. Although the national repeal of Prohibition did not become final until December 5, 1933, the beer industry salutes Texas on November 24th for bringing us ... More >>
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October 20, 2008
R.I.P., Zima 1993-2008
Raise a glass and toast the 75th anniversary of the day that Texas ratified the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing Prohibition. Although the national repeal of Prohibition did not become final until December 5, 1933, the beer industry salutes Texas on November 24th for bringing us ... More >>
Blogs
October 17, 2008
Rice Biology Students: Making Beer Better
Raise a glass and toast the 75th anniversary of the day that Texas ratified the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing Prohibition. Although the national repeal of Prohibition did not become final until December 5, 1933, the beer industry salutes Texas on November 24th for bringing us ... More >>
Dining
May 3, 2007
Five Wines That'll Blow Your Mind
The Vintage Mirrors the Year
Dining
April 12, 2007
Wines
Five That'll Blow Your Mind
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April 7, 2005
Poured Out
With archaic and self-serving laws, reforms don't come easy for the Texas booze industry
Music
January 4, 2001
Staying Alive
Reborn, rejuvenated or retooled, live music venues learn to survive the changing times
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