The Texas Wine Year in Review and TexasWinePod's Best of 2025 Awards
In this final episode of 2025, I'll share the top Texas wine stories of the year and unveil the winners of the 2025 TexasWinePod Awards! Listen in to catch up on all the highlights (and a few low points) that defined this year in Texas wine. I'll also share listener-submitted highlights and some podcast stats. Cheers to a great year in Texas wine!
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Mentioned in Top Texas Wine Stories of 2025
- This and more from JamesSuckling.com: “Bursting Out in All Directions: Texas 2025 Tasting Report”
- Texas wine in Decanter
- WineFolly guide to the Texas Hill Country
- Top 100 Wines and Texas wine coverage by Jonathan Cristaldi
- Texas Monthly Coverage including Paula Forbes for Texas Monthly: “Texas wine is better than ever. Why is it so hard to find?”
- Calais Winery #38 on JamesSuckling’s Top 100 Wines of the USA 2025 List
- Wine Business Monthly: “William Chris Vineyards Named Among the World’s 50 Best Vineyards – The First and Only Texas Winery on the List”
- Texas Winery Competition Results on TxWineLover.com
- TopTexasWines.com
- Texas Oak Aging Program at Bending Branch Winery
- The Get Together from Ron Yates: Premium Boxed Wine from Texas
- New Sparkling Wine Production Facility at Invention Vineyards
- Elisa Jones of Elisa Christopher Wines on Another Bottle Down Podcast
- Wine America’s Economic Impact Study 2025
- Tate Gregory’s Blog Post for Texas Wine Growers
- Texas High Plains Journal: “Texas vineyards report high quality wine grapes.”
2025 Texas Wine Pod Awards
Best Winery Marketing Effort: Triple N Ranch and Winery’s Longhorn Sculpture
Best New Event in North Texas: Drink North Texas by North Texas Wine Country
Best New Event in Hill Country - part one: Friesen Cab Franc-Off
Best New Event in Hill Country - part two: Walk Around Tasting by Rhone Rangers
Best Use of Technology in Texas Wine: Wine Style Selector Tool by VineSleuth / Wine4.me for Texas Hill Country Wineries
Best Response to a Tragedy: Rose to Rebuild by Texas Hill Country Wineries and Horseshoe Bay Resort
Best New Approach to Get Texas Wines on a Wine List: Texas Wine Growers’ Best of Texas Wine List
My Favorite Texas Wine of 2025: Carter Creek Winery’s 2024 Plateau White, Texas High Plains
Best News in Texas Wine Distribution: Wine For the People Label
Best Way to Celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas: Farmhouse Vineyards’ Wine Advent Calendar
Best Wine Substack Article: “No Prize for the Bedpan” by Regan Meador on Letters from Southold
Best Instagram Reel: The Austin Winery’s reel with Woven Places
Best New Wine Podcast: The Wine Lab by Dr Andreea Botezatu
Best Texas Wine News in the Rio Grande Valley: RGVino Wine Bar Opening
Best New Wine Club Model: Wine Atlas Collective
Best New Viticultural Project: One Block Challenge from Regenerative Viticulture Foundation
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