26 Oct
On a recent trip to Arkansas, we took a short detour off of IH 30 and found a pleasant stop at Red Road Vineyard & Winery in Naples, Texas.
Located just south of the railroad tracks parallel to Main Street (US 67), Red Road Vineyard & Winery officially opened in December 2007 by father-daughter owners Bradley and Merrill Grove. Red [...]
8 Jul
Windy Hill Winery only sold three different types of wines when I first visited them three years ago. Today, though the general look of the winery has stayed the same, that wine list has grown to almost a dozen offerings. The growth is paralled by the general trend of Texas wine industry, which has doubled its number of wineries over [...]
16 Jun
The next day, I returned to that place where my fascination with wine first started three years ago, Sonoma Valley. In order to maximize the number of wineries we could visit (as my wish list was rather long), we opted for the private car option. Driving out of downtown San Francisco, the astonishing beauty of [...]
14 Apr
Needing a break between all the BBQ eating during the Central Texas BBQ pilgrimage tour, the group stopped at Three Dudes Winery in San Marcos for a little tasting.
Found in 2005 by three friends (Terry Alford, Jeff Felderhoff, and Ron Poitiff), Three Dudes Winery’s theme is all about fun. What can you expect from a winery whose [...]
12 Feb
Inwood Estates winemaker Dan Gatlin has incredible patience and persistence. He planted his first vineyard in Denton County in 1981 and didn’t release a wine commercially under the Inwood label until August 2006. What was he doing in those 20-some odd years? Research, first hand research by trial and error, by failed vineyards, by tiny [...]
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