Stay at home mom, lover of wine
There are some ideas that are widely considered to be universal truths. Lessons that traverse cultures and time, regions and religions. These are often bigger than what can be fully expressed in a few phrases, and require room to make one’s own. They are multi-faceted lessons, condensed to an image. One that can be held, […]
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“He retraces the steps of those that came before him.” Years ago, I wrote a poem outlining the history of the Bundschu family, intertwined with the life cycle of the vine. Previous generations of the family had laid the foundation, they’d refined course and overcome obstacles to get where they were. The current generation of […]
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One of the early lessons my father instilled in me was the idea that we reap what we sow, and that often the greatest rewards come from our biggest challenges. This summer has been one of the more challenging ones I have had in my 28 years in Texas. I could say that, personally, all […]
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I’ve sat down to write many times over the last five months, unsure of where to begin. The changes around here have led to unexpected understandings. Those understandings, new peace. That peace, challenged by change. I’ve missed my time here. I’ve missed the time to delve into wine discoveries, mid-week jaunts to the Hill Country, […]
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{I attended this event as media but no other compensation was provided. Thoughts are my own.} In honor of the inaugural Esporão Day, the winery and Evan Goldstein, MS invited me an other writers from the area to “celebrate our Portugality.” Without this country’s agricultural and epicurean contributions, our tables would look very different. Without […]
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As media, I get invited to some pretty fantastic events around Austin. I don’t receive compensation other than the yummy food and drink. Here are a few I recently attended: Last Thursday, The Wine and Food Foundation held Toast of Texas, an event honoring the wines featured in Jessica Dupuy’s list of the best wines […]
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{These wines were provided as media samples, no other compensation. Thoughts are my own.} This is a second installment in a series about side projects by established winemakers. I hadn’t been home for quite a while, not in winter in nearly a decade. It was late January and darkness had fallen long before I arrived, […]
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{Media Samples provided for review. No other compensation. Thoughts, opinions are my own.} Can someone explain how we are already at the end of the school year? I’ve been lax on posting as of late, and not because I’ve been relaxing but because life seems to have been on fast-forward. My focus has been on […]
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I previously shared about our first stop on the “en primeur” media tasting of barrel tastings in the Texas Hill Country at Wedding Oak Winery. This week, we continue with Texas Tuesday in Tow, Texas. For our next stop on the Roll Out the Barrel Tour, we went back to the root of the Hill […]
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