I’ve been taking the Oklahoma Grape Grower’s Course at the Oklahoma State Fruit Station in Perkins, OK. It is a great overview of grapegrowing. Many of my classmates are cotton farmers looking to switch to a more profitable output. They sure know a whole heck of a lot more than I do about agriculture than I do! The instructors are […]
wsj-article-on-ma-vs-tx-wines I found an article from Wall Street Journal in which the authors, Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, authros of “Tastings” a weekly wine column, have a taste off between wines from Massachusetts to represent Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kerry and wines from Texas to represent Republican presidential candidate, President Bush. The article ends: […]
I’ve been taking a photography class at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. It has helped me focus on some of the ideas I have about the future Salado Winery. Here I’ve got a picture with a great walkway/trellis in the background covered in wild grapes. All the flowers at the wildflower center are native […]
I am so anxious to get my project underway. I picked my top 3 properties and went over them again and again, trying to decide which was the perfect property. One property is on FM 2268/Holland Road. The surrounding area is rolling, open agricultural land. The 10 acres listed for sale that interested me is […]
Welcome to Salado Winery Company’s official blog. The purpose of this blog is to chronicle our adventures as we chase our dreams to start a winery in Salado, Texas. We hope you enjoy our story, and if you don’t, then drink more wine, it will get better!