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Today we're at Sister2Sister Cookies for this episode of the Kiepersol Texas Podcast!   

We get a look behind the cookie counter at this locally owned business! Have you ever had a Sister2Sister Cookie!?  

 You can find Sister2Sister Cookies at their retail shop in Tyler, in Brookshire's, Super 1 Foods, Fresh by Brookshire's, and Stanley's Famous Bar-B-Q  

Be on the lookout as we pair Sister2Sister Cookies with Kiepersol Wine!

Follow Sister2Sister Cookies @sister2sistercookies & Kiepersol @kiepersoltexas to stay up to date with cookie and wine pairings! 



https://sister2sistercookies.com/

Jay Lane & Jay Ambercrombie join us from the East Texas Whiskey Club to teach us about Bourbon, talk about their whiskey club, and their experience getting their unique bottle of cask strength Jimmy's Bourbon.

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We are grateful to the East Texas Whiskey Club for joining us and look forward to seeing your community grow! ETXWC https://www.facebook.com/groups/653823938777354/ - Click the link to learn more about the club! 

Bud Farmer & David Bentoski join us today to talk about their company Forrest Design Co, Jacksonville, TX, and how to get your hands on some beautifully designed craftsmanship.   

Forrest Design Co makes custom furniture, cutting boards, and charcuterie boards!  

 https://www.forrestdesignco.com/

@forrestdesignco on all of the social media



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October is Texas state Wine Month!   



Shelly Wilfong - @texaswinepod joins us to talk about Texas wine, her podcast, and using quarantine to help educate people to understand the issues facing the Texas wine industry!  You can also find some of the stories that Shelly has written on the Texas Wine Lover website txwinelover.com ! You can listen to her podcast "This Texas Wine" on all of the major podcast platforms.   



Shelly's recommendations: 

1) Texas has a lot of unique varietals of grapes growing, so visit a Texas Winery and let them guide you to find something you like in their tasting room.  

2) Texas Rosé is a great goto wine with a wide range of styles, from dry to sweet options.   

Shelly is dying to try the Kiepersol Fizzy Vit - canned wine in the Dallas area. We are working on getting our cans in the stores around the DFW area. The closest location to Dallas that has our product is Brookshire's Grocery Company in Forney, Tx. ** CORRECTION: There is no longer a Brookshire's in Rockwall.   If you're willing to help get our wines, especially Fizzy Vit in your local shop, you can request they carry Kiepersol Wines through our distributor Southern Glaziers.  

 With the shutdowns we didn't have an opportunity to release more podcasts earlier this year, so we take time to revisit with Ron Martin and look at footage from an East Texas winery tour we took in late 2019 and early 2020. 

Ron also gives some tips on how to celebrate Texas Wine Month:  

1) Go buy good Texas Wine. In retail or directly from the winery 

2) Ask your favorite Texas restaurants if they have Texas Wines. If they don't encourage them to carry them! 

 3) Use a website or app to find some amazing Texas Vineyards & Wineries and go visit them! txwinelover.com is Ron's goto.  4) If you see if the bottle you're drinking is really a Texas wine   

  - If it says "For Sale in Texas" it's not made in Texas    

 - If it says "American Appellation" it's probably not a Texas wine    

 - If it says "Texas High Plains", "Texas Estate" or "Texas Wine" it is a Texas Wine  



Ron and Michael visited 3 East Texas Wineries: 

- Pella Legna - Tyler, Tx - Briar Creek Vineyards 

- Whitehouse, Tx - 3 P's in a Vine - Athens, Tx

For those listening you can watch the short video from this podcast here: https://youtu.be/2Nvke_KQLP0

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Michael asks Alex about a saying that he keeps hearing in the wine community: "Opening up a drinking a bottle of wine is like experiencing a sense of place captured in a bottle, from a specific time and part of the world."

Alex explains that there is a word for this experience and it's called "Terroir" (terˈwär). Often referred to as "the land" or in this case Sense of Place. Kiepersol is very terroir driven and grapes are grown 100% on the estate at Kiepersol. This means all the wines we make are grown exclusively on our land. Drinking Kiepersol Wines give a true sense of East Texas captured in a bottle. Alex works with the grapes as they grow and allows them to express themselves, highlighting their own naturally flavorful, elegant and fruit-forward characteristics. This scientific approach allows for Kiepersol to create wines that many people can enjoy, with low bitterness and a smooth balanced experience from the moment it touches your mouth, to the finish.

Drinking a bottle of Kiepersol wine is an invitation. We welcome you to join us and drink the wine right here! However, enjoying a Kiepersol wines halfway across the country is like bringing a little bit of Kiepersol with you!

Alex talks about the Kiepersol Artize and Azuca Artize wines. Artize is an Afrikaans (language) Word that means "Artistry". Azuca Artize Means "Sweet Artistry".

Many wine drinkers from all over the world love to drink a Pinot Noir wine. Since Kiepersol is located in East Texas, we aren't able to grow Pinot Noir. So we made Kiepersol Artize, a red blend, to mimic the same characteristics of a Pinot Noir wine. This is a lighter wine, with low acidity and no bitterness that highlights the fruit-forward characteristics of our grapes. The Kiepersol Azuca Artize is made with very similar ideas in mind as the Artize, but more of a semi-sweet approach. You can pick up the 2012 Vintages of the Kiepersol Artize and Azuca Artize in the Winery Tasting Room at Kiepersol or in retail stores throughout Texas.

Alex Lee is now officially the Kiepersol Winemaker! 

On this episode, we talk about Kiepersol Bourbon Barrel-aged Merlot, the 2016 vintage of the Bourbon Barrel Merlot and how unique it is to have a Winery, Distillery and Vineyard all on the same property. 

"If anyone orders a Merlot, I AM NOT **** DRINKING MERLOT." - Sideways (movie from 2004) 

Sideways the movie gave Merlot sales such a bad wrap for many years, but Merlot is a really a high-quality grape and wine throughout the world. At Kiepersol, we especially love our Merlot and what the East Texas Terrior expresses in our wine! Kiepersol Merlot is not as bold as Cab Sauv, but has very fruit-forward characteristics. This makes for a bottle of very delicious wine and it pairs so well with a nice dinner meal. 

Kiepersol Wines are made to be very comfortable wines and highlight fruit-forward characteristics. Since we've had such success with our Merlot, we've embraced it by taking our Kiepersol Bourbon Barrels, which aged Jimmy's Bourbon and started aging our Kiepersol Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon in those barrels! This allows for the marriage between the Kiepersol Merlot and the bourbon soaked barrels which add flavor to the wine in a wonderful way. 

With the Holidays coming up, this wine pairs really well with those smokey meats and hearty meals. 

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