But many of Hill Country's newest wineries are popping up much closer to Austin - only about 30 miles away - making it even more convenient for city dwellers seeking the wine country experience.
Wine, of course, is paramount to the experience, and there are cooking and wine classes in the farm house.
"The microclimate will give you richness, body and the characteristics which you experience from great wine, " he said.
The experience of the older wine registered in my head a lot more, too.
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However, he brings wide experience of the global wine trade, particularly marketing, having taught wine marketing at a university in Australia.
"We intend to leverage our combined resources, management expertise, and established industry relationships to provide the best customer experience in the online wine space, " said Bill Newlands, president and CEO of wine.com, who will serve as CEO of the new company.
It is the new Town Square where people gather and can now experience truly great food, wine, cocktails, and atmosphere.
Wine's military background and international experience will be helpful for Polaris' growth.
The fare is traditional British, with colonial breakfast classics such as kedgeree alongside smoked salmon and toast or scones and jam, all of which can be washed down with a pot of tea, expertly prepared coffee -- or even wine if you wish to haul the experience back across the channel to France.
Viscosity is all about texture, or mouthfeel in wine, high viscosity adds weight to the experience.
And while the Shafer story illustrates how much Napa winemakers have learned and how far they have come, it also illustrates the inexplicable mystery of great wine, how sometimes serendipity and intuition trump experience and technical expertise.
From the wine in your glass to the view before you, it is an elegant experience.
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Setting aside the lush and creamy palate of a 1982 Latour, or the spectacular experience of a 1989 Petrus, Bordeaux is also the king of the wine market for economic reasons.
In my experience, exposure to air unfurls the complex layers of flavor in young fine wine.
He believes that at its best, wine appreciation is "the cultivation of the mystic, " yielding the kind of aesthetic experience that brings us in touch with the spiritual realm.
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The only negative experience occurred in the King Cole Bar where I had ordered a glass of white wine.
It's a great experience because I can go out and say I own vines and I can make wine, and we also make wine for Mandela.
To fully experience the Douro Valley, however, head upstream to the Alto Douro (Upper Douro) wine region.
The three-hour experience at Remy starts by meeting a sommelier in Remy's glass-walled 900-bottle wine room to pre-select wines for the evening and finishes with enough food to skip the next morning's breakfast buffet.
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