Yesterday, I drove to Meridian, Texas to visit with Gary and Evan McKibben, the amazing father and son team of the Red Caboose Winery and Vineyards, http://www.redcaboosewinery.com/. Evan greeted me with his engaging smile and escorted us down to the patio that overlooked the beautiful vineyards. His father, Gary was busy preparing barbeque pulled pork pizza in the Austin stone outdoor kitchen which was paired with their 2007 Tempranillo. The exciting news is that they took the gold for their 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon and 2007 Syrah-Tempranillo at the 2009 Texas Grapefest People's Choice award in Grapevine, Texas. While enjoying the pizza and Tempranillo, Gary sat down and chatted with us before the next wave of guests arrived. The Red Caboose, which is part of the WOW (Way Out Wineries) was hosting (along the with the other 7 wineries) an afternoon of tasting 5 wines. Gary explained that they do not grow grapes but they grow wine! You could tell from the smiles on their faces, how proud and excited they were of their winery and their future expansion plans. Their passion was so contagious as they both moved from table to table charming the guests with stories while pouring the wine. Everyone was captivated not only with the father & son but found the wines to be very tasty and of course with Gary's yummy pizza hot out of the outdoor wood burning oven.
What a discovery! I'll be back next week to join their 3rd annual Grape Stomp with thoughts of Lucy and Ethel~
