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Sasquatch seeks Mate at Salado Wine Seller!

Each summer, the cast of Silver Spur theater makes a film in the style of the classic black and white movies they typically feature.  This summer they filmed part of the sequence at Salado Wine Seller! Watch closely and you’ll see me serve wine to Miss  Goody Goody (played by Penny) and the villian, who […]

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Time for market research in California

  I attended a couple extension classes at University of California Davis and between the classes I explored Napa and Sonoma Valleys.  Sheldon joined me for a few days and we had a fantastic time!  We drove all over and completed our market surveys as we sipped away at the vino.  Yes, building a winery looks like […]

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Property Purchased!

Sorry that I’m late in posting this, but we bought the land for Salado Winery!  It is located at 21724 Hill Road.  I am so excited!  I cannot wait to start planting grapes next spring.  Let me back up… Just when I gave up hope, a new property became available.  The England family was selling […]

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Ox-Blood Lily

Every year, the ox-blood lilies pop up in my yard right after the kids go back to school.  After a long, hot, Texas summer, I’m always glad to see the promise of cooler temperatures and fall.

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Oklahoma Grape Grower’s Course

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 […]

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MA wine vs. TX wine

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: […]

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Spring 2004

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 […]

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Let the vino ventures begin!

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!