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Using A Shoe To Open A Wine Bottle?

I'm sure some of you have heard of this - you put the bottle in the shoe - I gotta see this thing happen apparently.

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Our Favorite Tool To Help Identify Varietals by Aroma

If you want to kind of hone in and find out what are the aromas that you would find in...

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Growing Grapes in Texas by Jim Kamas

Clay shares a few of his favorite wine books, this one being "Growing Grapes in Texas" by Jim Kamas.

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Opening A Bottle Of Wine w/ A Flame?

In this short video, Clay attempts to open a bottle of wine with heat.

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Wine books? Wine books!

Clay shares a few of his favorite wine books, this one by Jancis Robinson.

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How much wine do I buy for a party?

In this short video, Clay helps recommend planning wine purchases for events/parties.

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Why do winemakers age wine in barrels?

In this short video, Clay explains why wine is aged in barrels.

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Opening Wine Bottle explained by Clay

In this video, Clay walks thru how they teach waiters and sommeliers to open wine bottles.

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Texas Wine Club - Why Join?

Kambrah explains the benefits of joining the Texas Wine Club in this short video.

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Wine Glasses with Clay

Clay talks through the basics of wine glasses in this texas wine club original

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Kambrah explains how we select our wines

Kambrah explains how we select the wines that go into each Texas Wine Club shipment.

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Opening Sparkling Wine Bottle With A Wine Glass

In this short video, Clay attempts to open a bottle of wine with a wine glass.

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Aerating Wine explained by Kambrah

In this short video, Kambrah explains wine aeration and why we do it to fine wines.

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What's The Official Grape of Texas?

In this short video, Kambrah talks about the grapes of Texas.

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Why Did You Join The Texas Wine Club?

In this short video, we asked a club member at Toast of Texas why she joined our club.

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Asking Wine Consumers "What Do You Think of Texas Wine?"

What do you think of Texas wine?

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Where were the first wine grapes grown in the New World?

So a lot of people don't realize that Texas was the first place in the new world where the European grape was grown.

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2023 Storms Impacting Texas Grape Farmers

Kambrah and Dan McLaughlin from Robert Clay Vineyards talk about recent storms impacting Texas grape yields.

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Farm Life & The Excitement of Grape Season

Kambrah & Dan McLaughlin of Robert Clay Vineyards discuss farm life & the excitement of grape season..

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Why do winemaker "top-up" barrels?

Clay explains wine evaporation & "topping up"

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How to discern old world and new world wines during blind tastings?

In this Texas wine club short, Clay talks about old world and new world wines.

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Opening A Bottle of Wine With A Chopstick?

In this short video, Clay shows another method to open up a bottle of wine without a wine opener. This time, we use a chopstick!

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Is Merlot The Best-Growing Grape in Texas?

In this short video, Dan McLaughlin of Robert Clay Vineyards shares why he thinks Merlot is the best-growing grape in Texas.

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How Many Bottles of Wine Does 1 Acre of Grapes Produce?

In this short video, Clay helps explain approximately how many bottles of wine can be produced with 1 acre of grapes.

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Opening A Wine Bottle with A Knife & Mallet

In this short video, Clay shows another way to open a bottle of wine when you don't have a wine opener. This time using a knife and mallet to open the bottle.

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How Many Bottles of Wine Does One Vine Make?

So one of the wonderful things you get to experience when you drive into wine country is seeing the acres and acres of vines. So begs the question, well how much wine can you get from one acre of vines. Well first of all you have to be able to

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How Did Robert Clay Vineyards Come Up With Their Label & Logo?

In this short video, Dan McLaughlin of Robert Clay Vineyards explains how their logo and label were finalized.

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Vine Spacing in The Vineyard

Kambrah and Dan McLaughlin of Robert Clay Vineyards discuss vine spacing.

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Mobile app for wine education

Clay loves this mobile app for wine education and wanted to share!

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Opening A Bottle of Wine Without A Wine Opener

What's your favorite way to open a bottle of wine when you don't have a wine opener? This is the first of three short videos we'll share that might help!

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