drink like a texan
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Dare to Be Grape
These six splendid wineries are setting the standard for Texas viticulture.
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The Hangover
Chip Tate built Balcones into one of the country’s most innovative whiskey distilleries. But last year he lost the company in a bitter clash with his investors. Now he’s starting from scratch—again.
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Reign of Terroir
A decade and a half after I wrote about the poor quality of Texas wines for this magazine, Lone Star vintners are starting to turn heads.
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King of Hop
The founder of Austin’s maverick Jester King Brewery talks about his big new project.
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What’s the Brew-Haha?
These eight breweries—as scenic as they are savory—are creating quite the buzz.
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Southern Comfort
Alba Huerta, arguably the best bartender in Texas, chats about serving cocktails in Houston.
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Moved by the Spirits
Inspired by Texas’s new array of homegrown hard alcohols, some of the state’s most innovative bartenders create five bold new cocktails.
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Five Unexpected Wine Finds
Comfort Bending Branch Winery’s Tannat grapes, a dark, inky variety from Southwest France and Uruguay, make for innovative wines with rich fruit concentration and grippy tannin. 2012 Estate Tannat, CM, $60. Del Rio Val Verde Winery, founded in this sleepy border city in 1883, is the state’s oldest continuously running winery and has been operated …
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Drink Like a Texan
Texans are a thirsty bunch, and our drinks package has everything you need to imbibe like Sam Houston's watching.