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Culture Collision

by Russ Kane In 1850, the man behind the original New Braunfels Brewing Company, Julius Rennert, brewed his first beer—generating a following that lasted beyond the 1919 enactment of ...

The Bitter Beginning

Steve Wilson Why merely raise a glass to Texas when you can put Texas directly in your glass? Salud! Bitters lets you do just that with its new line of drink enhancers made from the plants, roots ...

Kiepersol Estates

by Terry Thompson-Anderson • Photography by Sandy Wilson There’s a good indicator that Texas wine is standing the test of time: a handful of the early Texas wineries are now into their ...

by Pamela Walker Monticello, New Mexico, home to fewer than 100 people, was founded in the mid-1900s and is nestled in a canyon at the end of NM 142—25 miles northwest of Truth or Consequences and ...

Under the Sway OF H2O

When you’re caught up in the romance of a honeymoon, even the water at a restaurant can seem special. For Albert Swantner and Sarah Syma, the water on their post-nuptial trip wasn’t just ...

Pursuing Independence

by Matt McGinnis • Photography by Alison Narro Just three days before the grand opening party for Independence Brewing Co.’s new tasting room, heaps of dirt and concrete lie mounded on the floor ...

Shine On

by Terry Thompson-Anderson • Photography by Andy Sams This is a story about moonshine, but not the unregulated, illegal corn-squeezin’s made deep in the woods by someone’s grandpappy. No, this ...

Q&A with Russell D. Kane

by Terry Thompson-Anderson Noted Texas wine writer Russell D. Kane, author of the 2012 best-selling “The Wineslinger Chronicles: Texas on the Vine”—a thorough and colorful history of the birth ...