Texas will never be another California, and that’s just as well, said Betsy Andrews in Saveur. Some 35 years after the state’s first post-Prohibition wineries opened for business, Lone Star winemakers have finally learned to focus their efforts on “grapes that like heat, drought, and sandy soil.” The results are beginning to impress.
2011 McPherson Les Copains ($14).This “herbaceous, Rhône-style white blend,” created by the state’s most influential wine producer, features a “zesty, citrus-laced acidity.”
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