Missick Cellars Podcast

Missick Cellars

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A premium winery in the Texas Hill Country, focused on producing authentically delicious Texas wines. These are the stories of the wines, our experiences, and tasting notes on new releases. missickcellarstx.substack.com

Sep 4

2025 Gruner Veltliner, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

Visit our tasting room in beautiful Boerne, Texas! We are located at 941 N. School Street, Boerne, Texas 78006. Grüner Veltliner is Austria’s signature white grape, renowned for producing crisp, spicy, and versatile dry wines bursting with green apple, white pepper, lentil, and citrus notes, often with a distinctive mineral edge. Suggested pairings include Gulf shrimp ceviche, green chili enchiladas, and beautiful warm afternoons. TECHNICAL DATA Composition: 100% Grüner Veltliner Vineyard(s): Appellation: Texas High Plains Harvest Date: Alcohol: 12.7% pH: 3.66 TA: 6.9 g/L Residual Sugar: 2 g/L Fermentation: 100% stainless steel fermented, aged 6 months on lees, fermented with Be Thiols yeast. Malolactic Fermentation: Complete Oak Use and Regimen: Neutral French Oak Bottling Date: January 12, 2026 Production: 53 Cases Release Date: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit missickcellarstx.substack.com
Sep 4

2023 Saignée Rosé, Texas - Virtual Tasting

Saignée (French for “bleeding”) is a winemaking method where some pink juice is “bled off” from red grapes early in fermentation to both concentrate the remaining red wine and create a fresh, vibrant rosé as a by-product. This is a blend of Malbec, Mourvedre, and Cabernet Franc. Suggested pairings include duck confit with herbed lentils, Italian grilled vegetables and sausage polenta. TECHNICAL DATA Composition: 60% Cabernet Franc, 20% Malbec, 20% Mourvedre Vineyard(s): Various Appellation: Texas Alcohol: 13.3% pH: 3.72 TA: 6.1 g/L Residual Sugar: 2 g/L Fermentation: Saignée blend produced Rosé, 100% Stainless Steel. All varietals vinified separately and blended prior to bottling. Malolactic Fermentation: None Oak Use and Regimen: None Bottling Date: Production: 140 Cases Release Date: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit missickcellarstx.substack.com
Sep 4

2024 Albarino, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

Visit our tasting room in beautiful Boerne, Texas! We are located at 941 N. School Street, Boerne, Texas 78006. Albarino (Albariño in Spanish, Alvarinho in Portuguese) is an aromatic, thick-skinned white grape native to the cool, Atlantic-influenced Galicia region of northwest Spain and northern Portugal’s Vinho Verde, celebrated for producing vibrant, high-acid wines bursting with peach, citrus, and saline minerality. Suggested pairings include grilled pork carnitas, chicken fried steak, grilled Gulf shrimp. TECHNICAL DATA Composition: 100% Albariño Vineyard(s): Newsom Vineyard Appellation: Texas High Plains Alcohol: 12.6% pH: 3.63 TA: 6.7 g/L Residual Sugar: 5 g/L Fermentation: 100% stainless steel fermented, aged 10 months on lees, fermented in three lots with Vin 13 and Be Fruits yeast cultures. Malolactic Fermentation: None Oak Use and Regimen: None Bottling Date: January 12, 2026 Production: 120 Cases This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit missickcellarstx.substack.com
Sep 4

2023 Tannat, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

Tannat is a thick-skinned, intensely tannic red grape native to Madiran in southwest France, famous for producing bold, age-worthy, inky-black wines loaded with dark plum, spice, and firm structure that softens dramatically with time or micro-oxygenation. Suggested pairings include grilled Axis medallions with blackberry sage sauce. TECHNICAL DATA Composition: 100% Tannat Vineyard(s): Narra Vineyards Appellation: Texas High Plains Harvest Date: Alcohol: 12.7% pH: 4.03 TA: 6.3 g/L Residual Sugar: 0 g/L Fermentation: Traditional Open Bin Fermentation, Aged 32 Months in Neutral Oak Malolactic Fermentation: Complete Oak Use and Regimen: Neutral French Oak Bottling Date: January 12, 2026 Production: 120 Cases Release Date: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit missickcellarstx.substack.com
Sep 4

2023 Mourvedre, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

Mourvèdre is thick-skinned red grape native to the eastern Mediterranean coast of Spain, prized for producing deeply colored, powerfully tannic, gamey, and age-worthy wines. Suggested pairings include pork loin with rosemary-pecan pesto, and Provençal ratatouille. TECHNICAL DATA Composition: 100% Mourvèdre Vineyard(s): DDD Vineyard Appellation: Texas High Plains Harvest Date: August 10, 2023 Alcohol: 12.7% pH: 4.03 TA: 6.3 g/L Residual Sugar: 0 g/L Fermentation: Traditional Open Bin Fermentation, Aged 32 Months in Neutral Oak Malolactic Fermentation: Complete Oak Use and Regimen: Neutral French Oak Bottling Date: January 12, 2026 Production: 160 Cases Release Date: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit missickcellarstx.substack.com
Sep 3

2023 Petite Sirah, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

Petite Sirah (also called Durif) is a bold, inky-black red grape created in the 1860s by French botanist François Durif as an accidental cross between Syrah and the obscure Peloursin, now most famous in California for producing intensely colored, full-bodied, peppery, and tannic wines with dark fruit and excellent ageing potential. Suggested pairings grilled ribeye, shakshuka with sausage, and Axis burgers. Our 2023 Petite Sirah is a bold, inky, and juicy wine, exhibiting the boldness of Texas. TECHNICAL DATA Composition: 100% Petite Sirah Vineyard(s): DDD Vineyard Appellation: Texas High Plains Harvest Date: August 10, 2023 Alcohol: 14.4% pH: 4.04 TA: 6.3 g/L Residual Sugar: 1.3 g/L Fermentation: Traditional Open Bin Fermentation, Aged 32 Months in Neutral Oak Malolactic Fermentation: Complete Oak Use and Regimen: Neutral French Oak Bottling Date: January 12, 2026 Production: 165 Cases Release Date: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit missickcellarstx.substack.com
Sep 2

2023 Dry Riesling, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

A brilliant Texas expression of this cool climate grape with piercing acidity and vivid flavours of lime, green apple, peach, and wet stone. Our 2023 Dry Riesling earned Double Gold at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, outperforming many of the nation’s leading Riesling producers. TECHNICAL DATA Composition: 100% Riesling Vineyard(s): DDD Vineyard Appellation: Texas High Plains Harvest Date: August 10, 2023 Alcohol: 12% pH: 3.32 TA: 7 g/L Residual Sugar: 2g/L Fermenation:60% Stainless Steel, 40% Neutral barrel,fermented in three lots a blend of CEG and Vin 13 Yeast Malolactic Fermentation: None Oak Use and Regimen: Neutral French Oak Bottling Date: June 12, 2024 Production: 140 Cases Release Date: February 14, 2025 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit missickcellarstx.substack.com

7 Episodes

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Missick Cellars
Years Active

2026
Episodes

7
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Clean
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Missick Cellars Podcast

Missick Cellars Podcast

Episodes

2025 Gruner Veltliner, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

2023 Saignée Rosé, Texas - Virtual Tasting

2024 Albarino, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

2023 Tannat, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

2023 Mourvedre, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

2023 Petite Sirah, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

2023 Dry Riesling, Texas High Plains - Virtual Tasting

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