Nancy Toppan In Heard It Through the Grapevine style, this lively group tasted fall wines while enjoying an array of delicious hors d’ oeuvres and watching the stylistic mélange of our fall hat models. The Toppan home was decorated for the season with autumn accents with touches of grapes and wines to celebrate the theme,…
Bernadett Fideli A sweat-laden workout at the fitness center, an intense round of golf, an exhausting game of tennis or pickleball, such is a typical morning routine for many Robson residents. What can be more relaxing than an afternoon delight of wine tasting? Charlene Cottingham and Linda Sorg invited the Wine Stewards to experience Robson’s…
Denny and Nancy Anderson What started as two couples visiting the Blue Ostrich Winery in St. Joe, Texas has become a Quarterly informal wine lover’s group of Robson Ranch, Texas homeowners making the short trip to just north of St. Joe, Texas to enjoy the wine tasting and great wine produced right here in North…
Nancy Toppan Before the summer season slips away, we raise a glass to midsummer nights, perfect for cool salads and refreshing light, chilled and frozen beverages. The members of Heard It Through The Grapevine were treated to cooling frozen Whiskey Sours as they entered the Wright’s, on a hot summer evening in July. A smorgasbord…
Vicki Baker You’ve heard about classes to make expensive 30 bottle batches of wine; but none gives you the opportunity to make just one bottle. Well, Wine Fusion Winery in Historic Downtown Grapevine does and Girls on Wheels had a chance to become wine makers for a day. We never really thought about the marriage…
Bernadette Fideli Memorial Day began in 1868 as a solemn day to remember the 620,000 Americans who died in our nation’s civil tragedy. Today it is celebrated as a day to honor and recognize those young men and women who gave their lives protecting our everyday freedoms. Speeches, flag placing on graves, moments of silence,…
Jean Dubiel Vino, Hops and Lemonade celebrated Memorial Day with a picnic. Everyone brought a delicious dish to share. It was held at Jean Dubiel and Jim Zimmerman’s house. Not in the photo is Greg Lenski who is taking the picture and Jan and Jerry Angus who were with family in Galveston, enjoying the beach…
Kathy Lapp Vino Amores, the first wine tasting group at Robson, celebrated their 15th anniversary on May 1 at the home of Ron and Millie Highfill. In attendance were seven of the charter members: Bill and Carol Collins, John and Martha Fagan, Tracy Olson and Larry and Darlene Sykes. Other charter members include Bill and…
Nancy Toppan Picnics are a good way to enjoy the simple pleasures of life with friends. There’s no better place to enjoy a picnic than nestled in the Bass’s private full foliaged patio garden on a pleasant April evening. Yum! A picnic of all-American pigs in a blanket, cheese and crackers, fresh crisp green salad,…
Theresa Peoples Friday, April 20 the Wine Knots joined Bill and Theresa Peoples for a little bit of Italy! They tasted some of the regional wines from Italy, including Frascati, a savory, citrusy white wine that has been produced in Rome’s countryside for thousands of years and was enjoyed by ancient Romans and Renaissance…