Way back in 1971, near Fort Davis, Gretchen Glasscock planted a vineyard on the southern slope of Blue Mountain. It...
In 2009, Diana and Charlie Armbrust purchased land in Gillespie County. They had seen and were struck by several immaculately...
After tackling the world of food through their meat snack-bar line, Katie Forrest and Taylor Collins shucked it all to...
Six months after the first 136 settlers arrived in Fredericks-burg in May 1846, Dr. Wilhelm Keidel rode into town on...
German named Halbedhl, while wandering across Texas, spotted a grapevine struggling to grow in poor, rocky soil. Franciscan Friars planted...
A U.S. Army ambulance pulled by four mules skidded to a stop in the mud bringing Herman Lehmann home to...
Long before whiskey, there was rum. Distilled from fermented molasses, rum, known as “kill-devil” when it first appeared in the...
In the short term, Pint & Plow’s Jeremy Walther has the same goal as every other brewpub owner: to brew...
It’s a crisp November after-noon and landowner Suzanne Davis is admiring native bald cypress seedlings while cutting back invasive Brazilian...
Texas Tech University in Fredericksburg’s full-on micro winery allows students to experience the entire winemaking process from learning to grow...
In 1999, Robb Kendrick and Jeannie Ralston opened Texas’s first lavender farm in Blanco. On a trip to Provence, France,...
Fredericksburg is renowned for its scenic beauty, historic downtown, award-winning wineries, and, as of 2018, elephants. Asian elephants to be...