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1. Wine Enthusiast: Five Incubators Creating the Next Generation of Winemakers
2. Los Nopales Vineyards featured in Midland Reporter Telegram: West Texas’ newest winery to open its first tasting room
3. Casaro Winery Coming to Downtown Corsicana
4. Homestead Winery Opens in Plano
5. Jessica Dupuy for Texas Monthly: 10 Texas wines to toast the holidays
6. Shelly Wilfong for State Fair of Texas: 5 Texas wines to give as holiday gifts
7. Reggie Solomon’s Wine Casual Blog: I’m Impressed with Texas Wine, and Why You Might Be Too

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Interview: Jason Centanni of Llano Estacado Winery

Llano Estacado Winery

Demerits and Gold Stars

Demerit:
none

Gold Star:

Clever marketing by US Natural Wines.
Texas Sucks Box

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Texas Wine In the News
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1. Texas Monthly and Uncork Texas Wine present 2021 Texas Vintners Cup (PDF)

WINNERS:
Fall Creek Vineyards 2019 Chardonnay from Certenberg Vineyards
Kerrville Hills Winery 2019 Semillon
Lewis Wines 2020 Swim Spot
McPherson Cellars 2020 The Queen Viognier
Wedding Oak Winery 2019 Roussanne
Slate Theory 2020 Cinsault Rose
Bending Branch Winery’s 2017 Tannat from Newsom Vineyards
Lost Draw Cellars 2019 Sangiovese from Alta Loma Vineyards
McPherson Cellars 2019 Carignan
Texas Heritage Vineyards 2018 Souzao
Triple N Ranch 2019 Malbec
Vinovium 2016 Sketch Tempranillo Blend

1. Texas Hill Country Wineries October Passport Event
2. North Texas Wine Country October Passport Event
3. Additional Texas wine month events at www.uncorktexaswines.com
4. Eater Austin: Welcome to Texas Wine Country
5. FOR SALE: 14 acre property on 290
6. FOR SALE: Profitable Texas winery with multiple locations
7. FOR SALE: Andy Timmons’ home and estate vineyard in Lubbock County
8. Chron.com: “A Harry Potter-themed California winery is coming to the Texas Hill Country”
9. Washington Post: Napa wines needn’t be the benchmark. Let’s appreciate what other regions do well, too.

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Interview: Jennifer McInnis Fadel, GM of Bending Branch Winery

Bending Branch website
Follow Bending Branch on social media @bendingbranchwinery

Demerits and Gold Stars

Demerit:
The wine “12” that masquerades as a wine affiliated with Texas A&M but is actually a Spanish Rioja!

Gold Star:
William Chris Vineyards’ Honorable Mention in the Wine Spectator’s 2021 Video Contest: Growing Wine

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Texas Wine In the News

1. Texas Winemakers Docuseries! WATCH HERE
2. Amy Beth Wright for Wine Enthusiast:We Are Not Constrained by Tradition: The Budding Wine Scene in Fredericksburg, Texas
3. Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle: List of Recent Articles
4. Wine Spectator Grand Award Winners
5. William Chris Wine Company Purchases Hoover Valley Vineyard: PRESS RELEASE
6. Walker County vineyards rebound after losing crop after historic winter storm

Wine & Food Foundation

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Interview: Ron Yates of Spicewood Vineyards and Ron Yates Wines

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Demerits and Gold Stars

Demerit: Hill Country restaurants that don’t have any Texas wine on the wine list!

Gold Star: Hill & Vine in Fredericksburg!

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Katy Jane Seaton owns Farmhouse Vineyards in Meadow, TX, along with her husband and his sister and their brother-in-law. We talked about how she got into the wine industry, the grapes that they grow and the wines that they sell as part of their own brand, as well as the obstacles and best parts of growing grapes on the South Plains.  Farmhouse Vineyards has a tasting room in Brownfield open Thursday- Saturday, as well as one in Johnson City, TX in the Hill Country. --------------- www.farmhousevineyard.com -------------- Podcast Music: Melody - Kody West