Last Year After the International Wine Tourism Conference held in Perugia Italy, the Wine Profilers participated in an International Tasting of Messina Hof Wines, from Bryan, Texas. Taster from all over the world were involved by Twitting Messina Hof wines from their own countries at the same hour Houston time. It was great! It would be nice to this again.

So in looking back at our experience, here is a bird’s eye view of what we did in Paris.

Cheers!

Finally, we have the results of the 2013 Competition of International Wines of Lyon, France. What better place to hold an International competition than in Lyon, known as the culinary capital of France. The competition held on April 6, last weekend, was full of surprises. (more…)

Last summer I got a chance to visit many wineries in Texas. From Bryan College Station to Dallas inner city wineries to the Texas Hill country. Ah the Hill country in Texas. A real haven for Texas Wine Lover’s to go to when they want a thorough dose of Texas hospitality. Here not only many of the Texas wineries are located, but also this is one of the most visited wine areas outside of (more…)

“National boundaries are one thing, but Gastronomical boundaries are endless”. Zlatko Puntijar.

After our walking Tour of Zagreb, the day before the International Wine Tourism Conference, we headed back to the hotel to thaw out and prepare for the evening’s event. Because it had been snowing all day (and there was a major accident blocking traffic in the direction of our proposed visit) plans had to be changed. So we got to stay in the city and visited a restaurant; but not just any restaurant… (more…)

The first day in Zagreb, Croatia before the International Wine Tourism Conference was cold damp and miserable. And the snow didn’t help to lift our spirits either. After checking in at the hotel in the early afternoon, our group was taken immediately back out into the freezing weather for a walking Tour of the city. (more…)

With the weather being a bit depressing last weekend in the Hill Country, it was difficult for me to image anyone wanting to do Yoga at ten o’clock on a grey misty Saturday morning in a vineyard. But Madelyn and Rick Naber of Flat Creek Estate did not let their spirits dampen and with the energy of a high speed train went into action setting up the different stations of activities planned for the day. (more…)

Do you know that there are several different types of Gamay? They are not all black grapes with clear juice. There are some that are dark skinned and dark juice. It is even said thatthe Chardonnay is a sort of ‘White Gamay’… (more…)

Because the New Year has started fast and furious, and we have been working so hard lately to keep up with the demands of a new workload, we have had little time to visit with our family, friends and even our neighbors. Some of our neighbors began to feel a bit neglected so we decided to invite them over for lunch. Although the snow has disappeared with the sun these last couple of days, it was still awfully cold outside, especially with the humidity coming off the river just two hundred meters behind the house. So we decided to do a raclette lunch using a special smoked cheese from the Haute-Savoie region of France call (more…)

This is the last look down memory lane for the year 2012. With the world financial crises that just won’t go away, there seemed to have been a never ending flow of disappointments and unrests. Not wanting to linger on the bad memories of a year that many of us would like to forget, here are a few good memories shared with family, friends and acquaintances alike!

The slogan ‘Le Beaujolais est arrivé’or “The New Beaujolais has arrived” gets it name from an old 1978 French film by Jean-Luc Voulfow.  Thirty years ago, what seemed to be the world’s best Marketing plan brought to light for selling wines of the little known wine area, Beaujolais by a Frenchman name (more…)