Tag: Bonarrigo

  • Twenty Wine-Teen Wrapped Up

    Twenty Wine-Teen Wrapped Up

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    Wrapping up Twenty Wine-Teen Messina Hof experienced another great year of growth in 2019. Our harvest was the largest in our history – overflowing with grapes from the best vineyards in Texas and transforming into a spectacular Texas wine vintage. We are forever grateful for our passionate staff, loyal customers, and engaged industry partners throughout…

  • Wine and Charcuterie with Karen Bonarrigo

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    Each harvest Messina Hof offers a wine and food pairing experience.  Karen Bonarrigo, our resident wine and food pairing expert, selects a theme.  2015 features wine and charcuterie.  Charcuterie is defined as the art of making sausages and other cured, smoked, and preserved meats or the products sold in a delicatessen specializing in dressed meats…

  • High Plains Tour of Hope

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    April 21, 2014 Merrill Bonarrigo Thankfully a grapevine’s buds do not all come out at the same time because the ones that had not pushed before the mid-April freeze are coming out now and appear quite fruitful. This was one year where it was better to be further north than further south. The further south…

  • A Guest is a Gift from God

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    Flying into The Republic of Georgia over the Caucasus Minor Mountains we got a sense of rugged independence and a sense of place. Georgians are a people who have been here for centuries and have a strong identity with their land. As we landed at the airport, the expectation was to see the birthplace of…

  • USA 2014 Tasting Tour Vintage 2011 Great Wines of Bordeaux

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    In 1993 we first toured the Chateaus of Bordeaux.  Not only did we get to meet the owners, taste the wines, but dined each evening in a different Chateau and experienced wine and food pairing French style.  It forever changed the style of Messina Hof wines.  Tonight we had the opportunity to reconnect with some…