Wine

El Gaucho Winery: A Taste of Argentina in the Heart of Texas

Written by Mandy Spivey | January 5, 2016

In the Lake Travis area, we’re spoiled with a great selection of wines made right in our backyard. From Merlot to Chardonnay, all styles are fermented here, making for delicious wine trails just down the road from us.

And while you may be more acquainted with wineries in nearby Fredericksburg or Dripping Springs when you tour and taste, there’s a new winery on the scene in Spicewood that is looking to change the game when it comes to making wine in Texas.

The Bistro at Flat Creek Estate: A Taste from the North Shore of Lake Travis

Written by Sandra Spicher | December 29, 2015

Take 1431 west from Lago Vista, a left on Singleton Bend Road and another on Singleton Bend East, and follow the scent of woodsmoke to the Bistro at Flat Creek Estate.

Not only a vineyard and winery, Flat Creek Estate is a fine destination for delicious food that fuses Hill Country fresh with international style. Local artists also sell jewelry, gifts, and cards from the adjacent Tasting Room.

Reservations for the Bistro are required and easy to come by: call 512-267-6310. Gratuities are not accepted, but you’re welcome to leave a donation for the nonprofit World of Children.

From the Vineyard to the Glass at Flat Creek Estate in Marble Falls

Written by Sandra Spicher | November 24, 2015

In the middle of 2011’s grape harvest, Flat Creek Estate lost its winemaker to a rival in California. Desperate to save the vintage, owners Rick and Madelyn Naber asked Tim Drake, then an itinerant wine scientist running Texas Wine Lab, for help. Drake turned out to be a winemaker in search of a winery.

Since then, the wines produced at Flat Creek — and the vineyard where estate grapes are grown — have been under Drake’s purview.

The Nabers’ goal had always been to make world-class wines. Once they settled on wine as the product, anyway. They bought what was known as Flat Creek Farm on East Singleton Bend Road to save the agricultural land from development in 1999.

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