The Wineslinger Chronicles

In his pursuit of Texas terroir, the sense of place manifest in Texas wine countrys sun-baked soils, variable climate, and human intervention, Russell Kane has travelled the state tasting wine, interviewing the major players in Texas wine culture, and reflecting on the states extraordinary history and enterprising peoples. Here is the total immersion experience. Texas Wineslinger, the moniker now synonymous with Kane, sprouted from a blog of an Australian wine writer after Kane compared the big red wines that originate from the red sand and porous limestone common to both the Texas High Plains and Australias Coonawarra wine region. Kanes reflections include explorations of Spanish missionary life and the sacramental wine made from Texass first vineyard as well as the love for grapes and wine brought subsequently by German and Italian immigrants from their homelands. Kane also relates stories of the modern-day growers and entrepreneurs who overcame the lingering effects of temperance and prohibitionforces that failed to eradicate Texass destiny as an emerging wine-producing region. A postscript, A Winegrowers Prayer, serves as a poignant reminder of the challenges that weigh heavy on those still defining the terroir of Texass wine frontier.