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Texas State of Wine
STORY BY RICHARD AREBALO OTL FEATURES EDITOR n early February, I had the great privilege of attending (and cooking for) the 4th annual Texas International Wine Competition (TXIWC). This fantastic event was founded by Bonnie Villacampa, an international wine judge and co-founder of Baron de Villacampa, a wine brand from UruĂąuela in the Rioja region in Spain. Ms. Villacampa has been a judge at the Great American International Wine Competition and the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (FLIWC) in New York for more than ten years. Farther afield, in 2018, she was asked to judge at The Silk Route Wine Competition in Yinchuan China. The mission of the TXIWC is to bring attention to Texas as a prominent viticulture and wine-making region, though it is open to wines from anywhere in the world. This year, entries came in from; Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile, Columbia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, New Zealand, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, and Uruguay with some countries 60
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