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Natural wine in Texas and the woman man behind Charlie Wilson’s war
Last week I spent an afternoon and evening with maverick grape-grower and owner of La Cruz de Comal winery Lewis Dickson, who, together with winemaker Tony Coturri, who oversees vineyard management...
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My 32 Days of Natural Wine post (and a note on the accompanying Latin motto...
Why is there a photo of spiders on my blog today? You’ll have to visit my contribution to the 32 Days of Natural Wine, day 2 to find out. I wrote my post on Lewis Dickson, the only natural winemaker —...
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Picking grapes with Tony Coturri in Texas
Above: The cowboy hat that Melvin Croaker gave me isn’t just for show. I can probably do more damage at computer keyboard than I can with pruning shears in the vineyards but this singing cowboy...
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Tasting with Alice Feiring and Lewis Dickson, Cruz de Comal, Texas Hill Country
Vineyard walk and tasting with Alice Feiring, Russ Kane, Jeff Courington, and winemaker Lewis Dickson at the Cruz de Comal winery, Texas Hill Country. Click image for flight tasted.
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Orange Macabeo and inky Sumoll from Spain and Alice Feiring bids Texas adieu
Above: My super good friend Joe Pat Clayton (right) was as geeked as me and Tracie P to taste natural Spanish wines last night with Alice Feiring (right). Alice Feiring hit the Groover’s Paradise like...
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Natural wine and LSD
Yesterday, when Lewis Dickson poured me a glass of his recently bottled 2010 Du Petit Lait, a saignée of estate-grown Merlot and Black Spanish, I couldn’t help but be reminded what my friend downtown...
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From Defender of Wily Politicians, Serial Killers and Drug Dealers to Texas...
On Friday afternoon, I snapped the above photo in the gorgeous Texas Hill Country where I was among the first guests at my friend Lewis Dickson’s new tasting room (on his La Cruz de Comal estate,...
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