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Time Traveler

By Jenna Kelly-Landes Recently, I sat in the pasture, my back leaning against a gnarled cedar elm whose newly unfurled leaves barely cast shadows across

Cultivating Cacao Community

by Maribel Rivero | Photography of Carla Barbotó and Santiago Peralta courtesy of Pacari Eating chocolate is a common food experience known all over the

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

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

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

Jacoby’s

by Elizabeth Winslow | Photography by Thomas Winslow What if you could capture the essence of a real Texas cattle ranch—the wide-open skies; the acres

Pigskin for Grape Skin

by Steve Wilson • Photography by Knoxy When retired Oakland Raider Alphonse Dotson told his family they were moving from Acapulco to start a vineyard

Liber & Co.

by Claire Cella • Photography by Melanie Grizzel Walking back to the production room, Chris Harrison abruptly glances at the slender silver cup he’s holding.

Lewis Wines

by Kristi Willis • Photography by Whitney Martin The large warehouse home of Lewis Wines just outside Johnson City isn’t especially picturesque. Yet the happy