Andrew Chalk

2 months ago | thechalkreport.com | Andrew Chalk

by Andrew ChalkPresident Trump has just announced that the US will impose “reciprocal tariffs” on all trading partners. A reciprocal tariff is a tariff on all imports from another country that is set as the same level as the level that country sets on US exports. Commentary is overwhelmingly that this will lead to higher prices in the US as the US currently charges lower tariffs on imports than those countries charge on US imports to them.

2 months ago | thechalkreport.com | Andrew Chalk

by Andrew Chalk“It is six and a half, a little over six and a half acres. They were planted in 2015. This big block here, down the center, this is Malbec. And then this is the Cabernet. The ground gets really marginal over here, a lot of rock, sandstone. It's all Hickory Sands… it's a really interesting soil. A lot of, there's clay, it's an orangish, iron, reddish clay underneath. And it's all mixed with this quartz. From granite, you know, just decomposed granite. So it drains, I mean, drains.

2 months ago | thechalkreport.com | Andrew Chalk

by Andrew ChalkKnife at the Highland Dallas hotel may be closing but John Tesar isn’t through opening restaurants. “I am after the coveted Avner Samuel Award, for most restaurants closed before reaching social security eligibility” he says. He wants to be remembered for serving a broad cross-section of society so his next restaurant will be more avant-garde. Details are scant, but the rumor mill says that it will target the stoner crowd so long addicted to pizza.

Mar 28, 2025 | thechalkreport.com | Andrew Chalk

by Andrew ChalkThe husband and wife team of Elisa and Christopher Jones are the Texas Hill Country equivalents of high tech AI inventors. Except, in their case, the invention is sparkling wine made according to the traditional method in Texas, at their winery Elisa Christopher Wines. Let’s crack apart what that means. The wine is sparkling. Alone, that is not new in Texas. The method is the method used in Champagne. Alone, that is not new. The wine is made in Texas from Texas grapes.

Mar 24, 2025 | thechalkreport.com | Andrew Chalk

by Andrew ChalkA truly Portugese blend of Touriga Nacional 30%, Touriga Franca 30%, Tinta Roriz 30%, and Tinta Barroca 10%. It could be a port if fortified! Emblematic of the Douro red table wine style. The chewy textural attribute on the palate is the most impressive single quality but flavors, body, and acid are all in line. Serve with red meat.