Top 100 wines of Texas High Plains - Page 4

Discover the top 100 best wines of Texas High Plains of Texas High Plains as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Texas High Plains and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Texas High Plains

The wine region of Texas High Plains is located in the region of Texas of United States. We currently count 104 estates and châteaux in the of Texas High Plains, producing 472 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Texas High Plains go well with generally quite well with dishes .

Discover the grape variety: Primitivo

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Texas High Plains

wines from the region of Texas High Plains go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of spaghetti bolognese, steamed lamb shoulder with cumin and coriander or chicken on a bed of summer vegetables.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Texas High Plains

On the nose in the region of Texas High Plains often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, microbio or tree fruit.

News from the vineyard of Texas High Plains

Americans swindled in $13m wine investment scam

The authorities have charged Casey Alexander, who lives in the UK, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is accused of running three companies – Windsor Jones, Charles Winn and Vintage Whisky Casks – which obtained the phone numbers of elderly Americans and cold-called them. Investigators said the companies used ‘aggressive and deceptive tactics’ to convince people to wire them money, promising them huge returns. Windsor Jones’ website, which lists the company’s address as Wilmington, D ...

Texas High Plains AVA: profile plus 10 exciting wines to try

There’s much more to the Texas panhandle than oil derricks, row crops and windswept landscapes peppered with rolling tumbleweeds, particularly when it comes to wine. The aptly named 41,214km2 panhandle of Texas was a result of the Compromise of 1850 wherein the state’s disputed land claims were resolved. The region is home to the Texas High Plains AVA. Of the eight official AVAs in the Lone Star State, the scenic, central Texas Hill Country AVA claims the most attention for wine tourism, with th ...

Direct-to-consumer wine sales see rare drop in US

Direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine shipments dropped by 10.3% in volume and by 1.6% in value in the US in 2022, according to the latest report from Sovos ShipCompliant and Wines Vines Analytics. It’s the first drop in drinkers buying wines direct from US wineries in the report’s 13-year history. Yet DtC still accounted for around 12% of the total retail market (off-premise) for domestic wines, level with 2021. ‘After the all-time high of $4.2bn in value that the DtC shipping channel experienced ...