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In The News and Other Media
New Braunfels Winery Has Developed an International Following (published March 27, 2007)
"NEW BRAUNFELS — Like a lot of adventures, this one started pretty much by accident. I was at our friendly neighborhood winery, Dry Comal Creek Vineyards, on a Sunday in December, in hunt of Bone-Dry French Colombard. Dry Comal Creek is the only winery in the country with a Colombard varietal made bone-dry... "
This story was written by David King and then he came back to actually work in our tasting room. He is now a certified wine specialist and instructs our Winery U! classes.
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Texas Wines: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (Published November 3rd, 2010)
Texas Wines featured in a cute blog about Texas foods, wines & more. Jodi Bart is blogging to share food and drink-related recommendations and experiences in Austin and beyond, and she is particularly impressed with Texas Hill Country wines, including Dry Comal Creek Vineyards.
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Texas Wine Country a rising Lone Star (Published in June 2009)
"At Dry Comal Creek Vineyards and Winery, in this state's lovely and looping Hill Country, there's a recommendation for how to try the 2008 sauvignon blanc.
Take a small sip and swallow. Then scoop some habanero jelly onto a cheap cracker, chew, sip the rest of the wine and swallow the whole mess.
Sure enough, it is delicious -- sweet, spicy and salty, finished with a bright, dry alcoholic flourish. But wouldn't that make the French wince?"
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Top Ten Hidden-Gem Wine Regions (originally posted in March of 2010, updated in Sept 2010)
"Fall is a great season to get outside, with foliage-viewing high on everyone's list. But for a vacation that's a bit different, a trip to the vineyard during the eventful harvest season is in order. If you don't have the time—or money—to plan a trip to a wine region like Sonoma or Napa Valley, check out these off-the-beaten-path wine destinations, many of which are a quick dash from a major city."
The top ten are listed from last to first and the #1 Hidden-Gen Wine Region is Texas... yup... Texas.
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Posted September 7th, 2010 in Dallas Observer:
"French Colombard, for instance, is perhaps best known for its sweeter applications, whether grown for cognac in France or distilled into generic jug wines in California. Houser and Donnow have refined all the residual sugar out of their varietal, so that their "Bone Dry" Colombard has much more the mouth feel and flavor profile of a good Sauvignon Blanc."
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August 2010, GoTexanWine.org e-zine:
As U.S. Army Major Tom McNew heads to Iraq, he's leaving his passport behind. Turns out, it can be put to better use in Texas. Major McNew and wife, Anne Marie, are Texas Winery Passport holders. As they prepare for Tom's August deployment, the Fort Hood couple has spent the past few months touring Texas wineries, accumulating memories - and rewards. The couple turned in enough passports and was awarded with a private tasting & winery tour for 10 people here at Dry Comal Creek Vineyards.
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Posted July 26, 2010
A regular customer came to the winery with some friends to enjoy their favorite wines. While here they explored the Dry Comal Creek... and yes it was really dry and then she did something we never though anyone would do. She climbed into one of our half barrels. Yes a whole adult person squoze herself into a barrel and not a full size barrel either, but a half barrel.
Click here to go to her blog post. or here is the pdf version of the same post. and a link to our photo gallery of her post.
Posted July 16th, 2010
Eat My Words is a featured blog by Texas Monthly.
In this post wines made with Black Spanish Grape are featured and our Black Spanish Reserve wine is said to be the "Texas Wine of The Month." The post describe other wineries who use the Black Spanish grape for blending: however, Dry Comal Creek Vineyards is the only Texas winery known to make a 100% Black Spanish wine.
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Posted January 7, 2011
Dry Comal Creek Vineyard was mentioned on Grape.com, a nationwide winery tourism portal, in an article discussing top winery destinations in Texas.
Link to blog and our pdf version of the blog.
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