Murski Homestead Bed & Breakfast, Brenham, Texas

Tips and facts from Windy Winery, one of the wonderful Texas wineries on the Bluebonnet Wine Trail located just minutes from the ranch,  romance packages and  fun cooking classes:

• Red wine, typically more than white wine, has antioxidant properties and contains resveratrol, which seems to be important in the cardio-protective effects of wine.
• California, New York, and Florida lead the United States in wine consumption.
• California is the fourth-largest wine producer in the world, after France, Italy, and Spain.
• Wine testers swirl their glass to encourage the wine to release all of its powerful aromas. Most don’t fill the glass more than a third full in order to allow aromas to collect and to not spill it during a swirl.
• Most wine is served in a glass that has a gently curved rim at the top to help contain the aromas in the glass. The thinner the glass and the finer the rim, the better. A flaring, trumpet-shaped class dissipates the aromas.