He was working in the local wine industry and had grown disgruntled by its slow progression. More than a decade ago, Chris Brundrett was about to leave his native Texas to follow some job offers in California. This is how I felt when I visited Texas Hill Country this past November.įor more on traveling to Austin and the Hill Country area, including where to eat and stay, pick up a copy of Wine Spectator's June 15 issue, on newsstands May 14. Very slowly, often painfully so, they are working to shape an entire wine region-one that could be great.
Producers are still trying to figure it all out: what their terroir offers, which grapes to grow, how to make the wine …. Visiting emerging wine regions is fascinating and exciting to me. I always like to say, when someone scoffs at the mention of wine from 'atypical' places, that back in the day people used to laugh at the idea of wine from California.
