Dallas Wine “Chick” on the wines of Duchman Family Winery

We had the pleasure of chatting with one of the Dallas and Fort Worth area’s most popular wine bloggers, Melanie Ofenloch, during the first ever Hill Country Wineries Road Show. Here are her thoughts of two of the wines from Duchman Family Winery:

• Duchman Family Winery, 09 Montepulciano, ($15) this was a red wine full of stone fruit, slight oak and a bit of spice at the finish.  It was a Texas wine that is actually possible to drink in August Texas weather.
• Duchman Family 09 Vermentino ($10), a Texas patio wine that is floral with hints of pear, but balanced with some minerality.  Lively and light for patio weather.

Coincidentally, a group of Texas sommeliers blind tasted more than 100 Texas wines and both Duchman wines were on the winners list. 

My takeaways from this event – I found wines that I liked that give me hope for the future of Texas wines.  I would keep an eye on Duchman Family.  I expect good things.

We would like to extend our thanks to Melanie for her kind words and support of Texas Wines. Check out her excellent blog here. To view her overview of the roadshow in its entirety click here.