Entries by June

One more Jenna story…

 This quote from People magazine “President Bush: An ‘Awfully Special’ Wedding Weekend” posted Sunday, May 11, 2008: Back in Crawford and nearby Salado, where many of the guests had booked rooms at the quaint inns and B&Bs, it was time to pack up and clean up. One twentysomething man checking out of the Old Salado […]

Can’t get enough!

We’re making it big now!  Here we are in the Washington Post! Austin TV on KVUE…

We’re enjoying stories about the rehearsal dinner

Grainger, who owns the Silver Spur theater business, says he didn’t know until the Secret Service showed up: Grainger on KWTX. The Silver Spur Theater is a wonderful place to rent for private events or even better, attend one of their performances! Another story on KWTX! And INSIDE EDITION interviewed Will Lowery who runs Inn […]

Still looking for Jenna

This the rehearsal dinner was at Old Salado Celebrations Center.  You can read about it in an article by People Magazine. This blog entry from Dallas morning news gives the details of the food from the Range, cooked by Katie and Dave Hermann. 

Looking for Jenna Bush in Salado!

  We are so excited in Salado!  Everyone is abuzz with rumors of the First Family in Salado for Jenna Bush’s wedding.  We were hoping Jenna might come by with her friends and sample some Texas wines with her girlfriends.  Instead, we were visited by Anna who brought her out-of-town wedding guests and everyone sampled […]

Random Strange Law in Texas

Here’s a random bizarre story about Texas… http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/tx_computer_repair/6_26_08pr.html Magnum, P.C.? New Texas Law Limits Computer Repair To Licensed Private Investigators Institute for Justice Texas Chapter Opens in Austin with Challenge to Statute WEB RELEASE: June 26, 2008 Media Contact: Matt Miller (512) 480-5936 John Kramer (703) 682-9320 [First Amendment]  IJ client Mike Rife cannot compete […]

Coffee

Great place for coffee in Salado!

Our vineyard in Country World News!

A Sweet Deal: Central Texas vineyard making its mark By CLAY COPPEDGE, Country World staff writer March 27, 2008 – Not far from where legendary viticulturist Thomas Volney Munson discovered one of the grape varieties credited with saving the wine industry in 19th Century France, June Ritterbusch and her husband Sheldon Vickers have started their […]

Texas Vintage 2007 report

The following article was published in Wines and Vines magazine and can be found at http://www.winesandvines.com/template.cfm?section=features&content=52162 Excerpt: TEXAS By Ed Hellman Texas Cooperative Extension April freeze, summer rains caused widespread losses Acreage grew 5-15%; same predicted for 2008 Unfavorable weather had a major impact on the 2007 winegrape crop in Texas. Winter temperatures were uneventful, […]

Scottish Clan Gathering

Every November, Scottish clans from all around gather in Salado for competitions, geneology workshops, bagpipes and lots of kilts.  You have to see it to believe it! And if you don’t have your own kilt, maybe you should be a kilt inspector!