Wines deep in the heart of Texas: Becker & Fall Creek Vineyards

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Becker Vineyards

It all began when the Becker family began searching for a log cabin to renovate for their Texas Hill Country getaway from their main residence in San Antonio. Inspired by travels abroad where they developed a passion for wines, the Beckers felt that central Texas was ripe for supporting more top quality vineyards. They purchased a cabin in 1990 on 46 acres of raw land and quickly discovered that native mustang grapes left over from German settlers grew abundantly in the fallow fields of deep sand and Precambrian granitic soils surrounding the property. It wasn't long before they planted their own vines yielding a first harvest in 1995.

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