Texas Food Traditions: Here’s the Beef
The food traditions in Texas are all about beef. Texas is best known for smoked brisket. Unlike Kansas City-style brisket, Texans don’t drench it in sauce. In fact, at Kreuz Market […]
Is Texas Wine on the Cusp of Greatness?
We have visited most of the wine regions in the United States. Texas is closest to the West Coast in overall wine quality. The High Plains near Lubbock, where most […]
The Most Memorable Meals for 2017
Our travels this year took us through Southern Oregon, Southern Idaho, the Upper Midwest, Wisconsin and then south through Chicago, Kansas City, Texas and points west. When not tasting wine […]
Our Top Wines of 2017
I spent much of this year exploring emerging regions in the U.S., especially in the Upper Midwest where only the cold-hardy, non-vinifera grapes will survive the winters. While these regions […]
Home Cooking With a Dash of Bittersweet
We arrived home in San Diego after 6 months on the road, just in time to see the sunset over San Diego Bay out our back window. After 10,000 miles, […]
Best Kansas City Barbecue
Kansas City is best known for its distinctive barbecue–they take it very seriously. Real smokehouses, a tomato-based sauce thickened with molasses, and featuring burnt ends as their specialty, KC is one […]
Stags’ Leap Winery: Sometimes Big is Beautiful
Regular readers of this blog know we’re most interested in small wineries making unique, distinctive wines. We also indulge in some criticism of large industrial wineries and their tendency to […]
Wine Blogger’s Conference
We’re attending the Wine Blogger’s Conference in Santa Rosa this weekend. If you’re attending as well don’t hesitate to say hello.
KC Wines: To Vinifera or not to Vinifera? That is the Question
Kansas City is a crossroads sandwiched between the South, the East, and the Midwest, a city split in half with one side in Missouri and the other in Kansas. This […]
Mission Accomplished
Today we close out the agenda we set for ourselves when we hit the road in June visiting emerging wine regions in Southern Oregon and Idaho, learning to taste cold-hardy […]
Roving Decanter 