The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo International Wine Competition  - Rodeo Uncorked! in cowboy shorthand - has two up-front goals: To showcase Texas wine and to showcase wines from the rest of the world, which is almost as big...

Rodeo Uncorked!, the international wine competition of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, gets under way Friday. This will be the 20th roundup. I haven't kept track of how many times I have judged at Houston, but show organizers say this is my 18th rodeo.A bit more...

Whenever a pandemic isn't disrupting the social calendar, I consult each fall with Dr. Ron Jan on the pairing of foods and wines for A Taste of Asia, a banquet fundraiser for the Paul Hom Asian Clinic, the oldest Asian health clinic in the United States, dating from...

One person's name may appear as the author of a book, but many other people help, from providing inspiration to contributing talent. At the top of my list of people to acknowledge and thank for helping me write "The Signature Wines of Superior California: 50 Wines...

In the wake of the George Floyd killing and the wave of protests that followed, Rodney and Susan Tipton asked themselves what they could do to help improve race relations. It was a discussion likely occurring in homes across the country, but the Tiptons were well...

The late Tim Spencer, winemaker for his family's St. Amant Winery of Lodi, was pretty much a traditionalist when it came to making and marketing one of his favorite styles of wine, Port. He was one of the earlier if not the earliest California grape grower to...