Vineyard research

Papa and I have been wondering about the feasibility of having a vineyard at Cornerstone.  We visited  the Pilot Knob vineyard, off US 183 north of Cedar Park and south of Lampasas, to find out what kinds of grapes grow well in this area. I'd never seen tiny clusters of grapes before.  Not only do we humans like grapes, but so do birds, grasshoppers, wasps, deer, and bunnies (if the grapes are close enough to the ground.)  Grapevines take about 4 years to produce.  This vineyard, in which only have of the vines are producing, yielded a half-ton of grapes at harvest time.  Gives us plenty of time to build the stomping vat.

Papa in the Pilot Knob vineyard.  The Pilot Knob wine has won awards in international competitions.  The vintner lives in Cedar Park; most of the grapes for their wines are purchased from West Texas vineyards.  The wines are manufactured (is that the right word?) in West Texas.  Papa and I don't want to become wine producers, except for consumption by family and friends.

The tasting room.  Pilot Knob really is on a knob; you can see for miles around from the top.

A windy April afternoon

Texas history along the road