After a bunch of hard work (still more to do), setbacks & other obstacles; we finally opened on April 6th. We sent a message to our mail list and quietly opened the doors at 4:00 pm. On Thursday, we still had many items on the checklist. Moira & I had to make ourselves stop so [...]
Michael with Goode Plumbing came out to rough in all of our plumbing. So now we can sheetrock the restroom and storage room. We’re also getting quotes for our septic system. The disappointing news was that the casing in our well had rusted and we’ll have to re-drill a new well (oh-well). February Workcrew [...]
My buddy Arthur Serrano has been trying to make it down to see us. He sold his business a few years ago and had planned to retire. He has been so busy these past few years, I hardly see him. One of his ventures is a charter fishing company, Hot Spot Fishing Charters (follow him [...]
We got so much accomplished last week that I had to write about it. We received a text from our good friend Vince Garcia. He said he needed a break from performing home inspections and wanted to use his hands to build something. He crazily asked if we needed any help on the tasting room. [...]
We finished 2016 and started 2017 with a flurry (no snow though)! Carlisle Fencing & Dozer Services installed high fence around the vineyard. Most high fences are to keep deer in, but ours is to keep them out and from eating our vines and grapes. Between removing the tress & brush along the old fence [...]
This will be the first Christmas that we’re in a separate city from both of our sons. It’s especially difficult being away from our granddaughters. Now I realize how my mother & father felt during this time. Coming from a family of 3 brothers & 3 sisters, the holidays were a big deal at our [...]
There are so many things about our house and our property we don’t know. For example, our house is built in three distinctive sections. About half of it is cement foundation and the other is peer & beam. We discovered hardwood floors in the peer & beam section, but the woods in the bedrooms are not [...]
This is a little of topic, but I just love sunsets and sunrises. I’m a photography buff and love shooting landscape photography. There are some amazing scenic places to photograph, but none to me are more stunning than sunsets. Each one can be so different. Take advice from the great Phil Dunphy’s (Modern Family) book [...]
While trying to start a business, move & unpack, build a tasting room and start a vineyard; we have a house that needs to be remodeled. As mentioned in an earlier post, we are not sure how old the home is and it was definitely built in three phases over three different time periods. To [...]
One of our big initial decisions was our logo design. With Star of Texas Winery as our name, the logo had to have a Texas feel. For years Texas could not produce enough grapes for all the Texas wineries to make wine. Many Texas wineries had to buy grapes from other states, mainly California. Production [...]
