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Pedernales Cellars

By Terry Thompson-Anderson  Photography by Sandy Wilson  There’s no question that the Texas wine industry is growing at an amazing pace—Texas now boasts over 200 wineries.

Espirit de Corps

By Jessica Dupuy Photography by Dustin Meyer  When opening a distillery, there’s a lot more to consider than simply the resulting spirits to be made.

Lisa Byrd

By Layne Lynch Photography by Marc Brown  As is typical with busy, overly scheduled people, it had been three or four years since Lisa Byrd

Christian Remde

By Megan Myers Photography by Marc Brown  On a muggy, overcast Thursday in the middle of Austin’s South By Southwest film, interactive and music festival,

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Mill-King Market & Creamery

Story and Photography By Kelly Yandell Waco, like many growing Texas cities, is ever expanding into the countryside. But just west of Waco, away from

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Argus Cidery

By Veronica Meewes Photography by Dustin Meyer  You might say that Argus Cidery founder Wes Mickel likes a challenge. The 27-year-old moved to Austin knowing

Kate Payne

By Shannon Oelrich Photography by Jo Ann Santangelo  Alfie, an orange and white tomcat, saunters onto the kitchen table and inspects the offerings: orange vanilla

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La Cruz de Comal

By Jessica Dupuy Photography by Andy Sams  There’s a little winery near Canyon Lake that’s turning heads among Central Texas’s top wine experts. La Cruz

Urban Patchwork

By Veronica Meewes Photography by Whitney Arostegui  Urban Patchwork (UP), Austin’s first nonprofit neighborhood farm network, launched three years ago, very appropriately, on Independence Day. “We

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Wunder-Pilz

The first time Bill Nadalini tried kombucha, it was anything but love at first sip. “My older kung fu brother had me drink a bottle,”