Quick trip to the Texas Wine Country
(full disclosure, I made a propane tank and some septic equipment disappear from the pic above)
Friends of ours recently bought a ranch near Fredericksburg, in the "Texas Wine Country". We took our airstream out for a quick trip to sample their local wine.
Fall weather blew in as the sun rose.
Temps dropped quickly. That didn't stop the boys from playing around the ponds (there are two).
Kat and I tried some of the Texas wines when we first moved from Northern California more than a decade ago. The wines were not good. We gave up on the local juice pretty quickly. I can now say the scene has improved. The wines we tasted this weekend were not bad at all. The majority of the grapes were sourced from the Texas High Plains (a seven hour truck ride), with some of the grapes still coming from California. The whole area between Dripping Springs and Fredericksburg is flush with new Wineries, SO MANY new wineries there now.
We enjoyed the signature tasting at Kuhlman Cellars. They have figured out how to get the most out of the wine, by pairing each with a chef prepared bite.
I'd recommend it. We took a bottle of their Hensell Rose' which is dry, acidic, with a nice minerality. We enjoyed it with some Spicy Indian foods later that evening.