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Publisher's Letter

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Stompin’ Grounds

One man balances life between two worlds

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End Notes One man balances life between two worlds

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Broken Arrow turns owner’s love of outdoors into choice food distribution

Dwell Well: Kim Richards has a heart for B&Bs

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Reclaimed Space: Castell property mixes historic and modern

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Dripping Springs and its Libation Lane Lee Nichols

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Spring is the season Of hope and happiness

By KEN ESTEN COOKE Publisher

y favorite quote from Hemingway’s “A Movable Feast” is this one: “When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest.”

After the February freeze, it’s nice to feel the warmth of the sun, and to be outside among people after a year of limited contact. Those connections make us whole. And Hill Country towns seem to thrive on them.

The communities we visited this edition have groups of people who support each other in their entrepreneurial endeavors. Fredericksburg has built itself into a destination. Kerrville’s downtown is thriving thanks to cooperative efforts and working together. Dripping Springs has brewpubs, eateries (and a cool cigar shop) and they all seem to be flourishing with the help and support of their neighbors. It’s cool to see.

These communities all have a history of making something from nothing, with settlers scratching out a living on this once-inhospitable and sometimes violent land. Mike Barr’s story of Herman Lehman will shake you with a look into what those early residents had to face. Yet their trials made them a strong, self-sufficient people.

We enjoy publishing these stories because there are so many unique ones in this region to share.

We also profile builders who are adding quality to the expansive skylines and making this region an even more attractive draw through their skills with rock, wood and stone. These talented craftsmen, with help from the area’s amazing architects, find ways to improve upon the past by rehabbing old homes and cultural landmarks, like the Arcadia theater.

Rock & Vine also scouts out stories that share better ways to cultivate our natural resources, like this edition’s feature on Broken Arrow.

We appreciate you supporting the eateries we profile as well, and for sure, all of our advertisers who make it possible to get out and have talented writers and photographers share these profiles.

It’s spring and we’re always looking for where to be happiest.

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Michael Barr is a retired teacher who writes a history column. Read his bi-weekly column in the Fredericksburg Standard newspaper.

Andre Boada, a 20-year veteran in the wine and spirits industry, is a certified Advanced Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers.

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See more at instagram.com/adalisab/ Ashley Brown is a freelance writer and editor living in Wimberley. She loves to travel around the Hill Country to hike, make discoveries, and meet creative people.

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Robert G. Gomez is an Austin-based, Texas-raised photographer with a bachelor of arts in history from the University of Texas and an associate’s degree in photography from Austin Community College. His work can be found at robertggomez.com.

Dale H. Leach is premier Hill Country Artist/Photographer who lives In Kerrville, TX. He is a Fine Arts Graduate and his company, DHL Photographix, provides Product, Event, Real Estate, and Fine Art photographic services to the Hill Country community. DHLPhotographix.com Sallie Lewis is a San Antonio writer currently based in Fredericksburg.

She has a Master's Degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University and her work has been published in The WSJ Magazine, Garden & Gun, and Town & Country. Find her online at sallielewis.co.

Lee Nichols is a freelance writer based in Austin. He loves beer and two-stepping in Texas dance halls.

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Letter to the editor Rock & Vine is everything we love about the Hill Country. This area of Texas stole our hearts in the mid 90's after a trip to Enchanted Rock. We are grateful to now call Fredericksburg our home. Rock & Vine captures all the things we adore about this part of Texas... interesting stories about unique people that are putting their roots down in this amazing place. The article "Land Revival" in the winter issue really spoke to me especially after the freeze. A definite new perspective on land management and recovery.

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Rock & Vine is an indespensable resource in the Texas Hill Country, showcasing local producers, growers and entrepreneurs and building community along the way.

We are fortunate to have such a thoughtful publication to highlight and connect the wonderful folks in our little piece of Texas.

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SHOW MUST GO ON FROM KERRVILLE, TEXAS… IT’S ARCADIA LIVE!

By SALLIE LEWIS Photos by DALE LEACH

Overhead movie real lighting designed by Duane Simpson of Lone Star Iron Works.

After thirty years of sitting empty, Kerrville’s iconic Arcadia Theatre has reopened to the public. Local architecture firm, A3 Studio, along with JK Bernhard Construction, and countless volunteers across Kerrville have come together to reimagine this Water Street institution and Hill Country hot-spot for the modern age.

On a crisp morning in March, I met Executive Director Michael Kelliher for a tour outside the theatre. With arm outstretched, he pointed to a slab of concrete carved with flowers. This decorative relic was preserved from the original 1926 façade, though the rest of the frontage was recently reconstructed to reflect the Mission-Style architecture of the time.

“We tried to keep as much as we could find,” he said.

Later, he showed me the theatre’s red brick walls, which were recently exposed from beneath layers of plaster, and the longleaf pine ceilings that remain original to the building.

The renovation process began back in 2019 and reached completion last September. “To do this during COVID shows the tenacity of the board and how passionate they are about this project,” said Kelliher adding, “Everyone brought their expertise – it was a very diverse group.”

Grasping the extent of the theatre’s rebirth requires an appreciation for its history. In 1926, the venue

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began as a vaudeville before silent films came along and changed it. “By and large it was mostly a movie theatre,” Kelliher said. “It kept adapting as it grew.”

Over the years, the Arcadia Theatre went through many iterations. In the 1980s, it was a full-time movie theatre. And this chapter of its history – along with its Art Deco past – sings in the newly-revamped lobby.

Inside, original pictures from its near century-long history flank the recessed display cases in the entry hallway.

Overhead, illuminated ceiling pendants by Duane Simpson from Lone Star Ironworks in Center Point, Texas, are fashioned like oversized movie reels.

The primary objective for refurbishing the theatre was to make it a multi-use, ADA-accessible facility for wide-ranging events. In order to make it so, the space was redesigned with tiered seating and dancing areas that cater to flexibility, versatility, and easy movability. Many historic spaces were transformed and retrofitted, like the old “Cry Room.”

This once-sound-proofed space, where parents could take children outside the main auditorium while still watching their shows, now exists as a full-service bar.

Upstairs there is a secondary bar, a private VIP room, along with cozy booths and balcony viewing areas looking out to the stage below. Existing spaces on the second level have been reimagined as well, like the old film room, which is now a bathroom. Despite the shifting walls and functions therein, architectural elements like the film room windows remain as an homage to the landmark’s distinct history, 14

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Since re-opening in October, the team at Arcadia Theatre has hosted events such as birthday parties and wedding receptions, country musicians like Charley Crockett, and there are more plans in store. This summer, the venue will feature a line-up of comedy shows, with talks of movie viewings coming later this year. From animated shorts to classic films, the movies will be played on a dramatic 24-foot screen.

“If you can think of it, we’re going to try it,” Kelliher said. “If people are interested, we’re 100% behind it.”

Indoor venue extends outdoors along river.

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Musicians signatures on green room walls.

State of the art sound and light equipment.

Kerrville has long been home to a rife musical heritage, between the Kerrville Folk Fest and performing arts venues like the Cailloux Theater. At Arcadia, Kelliher and his team are continuing that tradition with a new 32-foot stage and a focus on live entertainment. “We wanted to make sure we were filling another niche,” he said. The building is equipped with a state-of-the-art sound and lighting system that ensures all who come have a memorable experience.

Beneath the stage, I submerged myself into what was once the orchestra pit, a vestige from the theatre’s vaudeville days, and entered the new green room. Here in this cozy den, with its sprawling sectional and mini-fridge, artists can relax before and after their shows. Scribbled on the walls, I made out the signatures of musicians like Jack Ingram, John Baumann, and Scott Sean White, all of whom left a piece of themselves behind.

Private box bar upstairs in venue.

Unbeknownst to many, the Arcadia Theatre might be the best-kept secret in Kerrville for its gorgeous views of the Guadalupe River. As part of its reconstruction, an expansive rear deck was built with glass garage doors that roll up, giving future guests an unparalleled indoor-outdoor experience.

Remnants of the theatre’s Art Deco heritage – like the original neon blade from the 1940s – are evident from this picturesque perch overlooking the town’s stately cypress trees, its sparkling river, and the nearby Louise Hays Park.

As the theatre approaches its second century, the venue’s 501(c)3 nonprofit, Arcadia Live, is working hard to reclaim its reputation as a cultural cornerstone in the Kerrville community. For Kelliher, the support from locals has already been deeply felt.

“So many people have come,” he said. “The community has been so involved and supportive.” & RV

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Herman Lehmann in his traditional indian dress.(Top family photo: Hermann in 1899 with his second wife Fannie Light and young sons Henry and John).

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Herman Lehmann's brother Willie and his wife Rebecka, with their daughters Gerta and Esther in 1930.

Lehmann, in his Native American garb, meets with Texas Ranger Capt.

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HERMAN LEHMANN: A Prisoner of Two Worlds

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After living for years with the Apaches, then the Comanche Indians, Lehmann tried to navigate his two worlds.

U.S. Army ambulance pulled by four mules skidded to a stop in the mud bringing Herman Lehmann home to Loyal Valley after eight years with the Indians. As the rain fell, a curious crowd closed in, talking excitedly in a language Herman no longer understood. Through it all he sat quietly in the wagon, staring straight ahead into the darkness.

Then the crowd parted, and a woman came forward. Her face was familiar, but the years had erased the memories.

He stayed glued to the wagon seat until the officer in charge ordered, “Get out and kiss your mother.” He climbed down, and she led him to the light. Unsure until that moment, she knew he was her son the instant the rays of the lamp fell upon him.

But it wasn’t a happy ending. Freed from captivity, Herman became a prison of two worlds. He lived in one world but could not let go of the other. He was a captive of civilization as surely as he had once been a hostage of the Indians.

The son of German immigrants, Herman Lehmann spent his early life on Squaw Creek, between Doss and Cherry Spring, in southeast Mason County. Even today Squaw Creek is somewhere off the charts. In the 1860s it was on the fringe of the civilized world. It was lonesome, remote and dangerously exposed.

Out on Squaw Creek, Herman was an interloper among the coyotes, armadillos and rattlesnakes. He hadn’t been to town too often. The young boy had no friends outside the family to play with. He had never been to school or a church. He was illiterate. He spoke only German. He was painfully shy and uncomfortable around strangers. On the rare occasion a traveler drifted off course and wandered by the home place, Herman hid in the barn until the traveler wandered off again.

Then one day, without warning, life took a sharp left turn.

In May 1870, ten-year-old Herman, his younger brother Willie and his two younger sisters were 300 yards from the house, scaring birds out of the wheat field. There was a rustle in the brush and a dust cloud.

As sudden as the strike of a rattlesnake, an Apache seized Willie where he sat. The girls got away. Herman ran, but two Apaches wrestled him to the ground, then tied him to the back of a wild Indian pony.

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In the rush to get away the Apaches and their captives crossed Squaw Creek and climbed the bluff on the other side. They galloped through Loyal Valley, continuing on to Moseley’s Mountain at a dead run before turning northwest toward their camp in the mountains of New Mexico.

Willie escaped, traumatized but alive, and in a few weeks was back in Loyal Valley. Herman, believing his family was dead, no longer had a home.

In the Apache village Herman began a brutal but effective initiation into Apache life. He learned the language, rules and customs of the tribe in record time by a strict system of punishments and rewards – heavy on the punishments.

Captives had to learn quickly or die.

In time Herman earned the guarded trust of his captors.

He became an Apache, and the tribe became his family.

He took part in bloody raids on settlements in Texas and Mexico. He fought the Texas Rangers and the cavalry. He was especially vicious because he had to continually prove himself.

Lehmann's niece Ester Lehmann shows his shotgun to M.J. Lehmann, a nephew of the captive.

White man’s clothes were uncomfortable. He sometimes embarrassed his family by going out in public, all painted up, dressed only in leggings, a breechcloth and feathers. He refused to sleep in a bed, sleeping instead on the ground outside his mother’s Loyal Valley hotel and stage stop.

He went to church for the first time, but it didn’t go well.

When the shouting and singing started, Herman thought the congregation was praying for rain. He gave a Comanche yell, leaped over pews and did a rain dance.

Loyal Valley, between Fredericksburg and Mason, where Lehmann was raised until his capture and where he returned afterward.

His family called him “Herman,” and the word sounded familiar. Then slowly, painfully, the fog lifted and some of the old memories returned. “The wildness,” J. Marvin Hunter wrote, “gave way to a kind of noble nature.”

He never fully adjusted to white society, but he did his best. He accepted his role in the community. He relearned German and even learned to speak English. He went to school one day but never went back. He married and had children.

He was a teamster and a cattleman, but the complexities of the financial system baffled him. He opened a saloon at Cherry Spring, a forerunner of the Cherry Spring Dancehall, but he was no businessman. He drank too much and had to sell out.

With help from Quanah Parker, the United States Government placed Herman on the tribal rolls and gave him 160 acres on the Comanche reservation near Fort Sill.

After that he and his family spent extended periods of time in Oklahoma.

Then just as he reached a level of acceptance with the Apaches, he killed a medicine man in revenge for the death of his mentor and had to flee for his life. He wandered alone in the wilderness for a year. In lean times he ate raw skunk and drank muddy water.

He took up with a band of Comanches. He got to know Quanah Parker, who later adopted him.

He lived with the Comanches until the army forced the tribe to the reservation. In 1878 a captive recognized Herman. The authorities ordered that he be returned, under guard, to his family in Loyal Valley.

Compared to life in a Comanche camp, the daily routine in Loyal Valley was unimaginably dull. Herman amused himself by killing his neighbor’s hogs and stealing horses.

He scared the daylights out of children and enjoyed it.

“I would give a yell and draw my bow on them,” he told writer J. Marvin Hunter. “For a while that was the only real fun I had.”

In Texas he was a celebrity. He was a star attraction at county fairs and rodeos where he gave exhibitions of his considerable skills at riding, roping and archery.

He was a proud man, and he impressed everyone he met with his sense of humor and friendliness. As he grew older he especially enjoyed good-natured reunions with trail drivers and ranchers whose livestock he had stolen.

But there was anguish below the surface. He searched for happiness but never found it. Estranged from his family in Oklahoma, he died of pneumonia at brother Willie’s ranch on February 2, 1932. Willie buried Herman at the cemetery in Loyal Valley.

Fate dealt Herman Lehmann a terrible blow, and he never recovered from it. The story of his capture, his desperate fight for survival, his brutal conversion to Native American culture and his reluctant return to his birth family in the Texas Hill Country, is a frontier classic. It is both remarkable and tragic.

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GAME ON BROKEN ARROW’S SUPPLY OF MEATS GRACES PLATES AROUND THE NATION

By ADA BROUSSARD Photos provided by BROKEN ARROW RANCH

1983, when Chris Hughes was 7 years old, his father, Mike, wrapped up a career as a commercial diver in Houston and moved the family to Ingram so he could start a new career as a purveyor of wild game. High rises were supplanted with ranch roads, and Mike saw an opportunity roaming in hills — exotic species of deer and antelope.

“He’s a serial entrepreneur,” Chris said of his dad, “always looking for the next thing. He had seen concerns of biologists and rangers that all these non-natives were going to out-compete whitetail deer for scarce food resources, and that there was a need to control the non-native population. At the same time, he saw venison on menus all over the world.”

Thus, Broken Arrow Ranch was born, and Mike began to assemble a plan to make the sale of this wild meat possible, a venture that Chris proudly continues 38 years later.

In the early 1980s, state meat inspection laws didn’t explicitly allow (nor did they prohibit) the sale of venison. Mike worked with the Texas Legislature, the USDA, the Texas Department of Agriculture, Parks and Wildlife, and an army of game wardens to figure out how a business like this could even exist and, according to Chris, “he was just the right guy for the job.”

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WITH BROKEN ARROW RANCH, IT’S AN INVOLVEMENT WITH HUNTING AND OUTDOORS, AND INVOLVEMENT WITH CHEFS AND COOKING — TWO THINGS THAT, IF I WASN’T IN THIS JOB, I’D BE DOING ANYWAY. - Chris Hughes

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Legislation eventually passed that classified exotic game as livestock (akin to cattle) instead of wildlife (like whitetail), a distinction that made the sale of meat legal. Now that Broken Arrow could harvest wild game, they had to figure out how to harvest. The answer to this puzzle is the most impressive innovation of the company — a mobile harvest facility, built on the back of a trailer, that made it possible for animals to be slaughtered on the ranches where they ran wild, from Del Rio to Columbus and all the way south to breezy Baffin Bay. Harvesting animals on-site simultaneously minimizes the stress on the animal while maximizing the quality of the meat. The mobile processing facility was the first of its kind and was indeed a “very elegant solution,” as Chris described it, one that quickly established Broken Arrow Ranch as an industry leader.

Chris is kind, affable, and hospitable — opening up his Ingram office for a long visit despite just recovering from the ice storm that hit Texas in February. He recounts his decision in 2005 to pivot from a 10-year career in advertising and engineering to and return to the heart of the hills. “You go away for a while and you just realize that this is just a wonderful place to live, a wonderful place to raise your family. With Broken Arrow Ranch, it’s an involvement with hunting and outdoors, and involvement with chefs and cooking — two things that, if I wasn’t in this job, I’d be doing anyway.”

Chris Hughes of Broken Arrow Ranch.

Chris’s childhood undoubtedly prepared him for the role.

As a kid, he stirred hide vats and in a pre-internet reality, spent hours on the phone calling chambers of commerce across the country, looking for restaurant lists. The ranch formed relationships with renowned chefs like Dallasbased Dean Fearing and French-born Jean-Louis Palladin, and at age 10, Chris was often charged with driving the cheery (albeit hungover) men to their hunting blinds.

Axis, the marvelously spotted and stately deer we know so well in the Hill Country, are also from India and wild herds have similarly settled in across the state, munching on native forbs along the way. It’s estimated that over 1 million exotic ungulates exist across Texas, and though some are welcome tenants, many are not… especially if one polled native whitetail deer who now must compete for a spot at the lunch table.

Then, and now, Broken Arrow makes high-quality game meats, grass and juniper-fed proteins, accessible.

Last year, Broken Arrow sold nearly 200,000 pounds of game meat, which is delicious. The grass and forbfed proteins harvested from these exotic visitors is lean and rich. Many describe venison and antelope as tasting “gamey,” but when we’re so accustomed to eating beef or chicken, gamey might be a reductive placeholder to simply describe something that is unlike our familiar proteins.

Currently, Broken Arrow harvests animals from around 35 Texas ranches, both high and low fence. Some are “small” 1,000-acre goat ranches, and some are like the Kennedy Ranch which spans around 240,000 acres — nearly the size of Rocky Mountain National Forest.

“South Texas Antelope,” as Chris refers to them, or Nilgai, are large, hoofed creatures (ungulates) that look like partwater buffalo, part-Brahman cow, and part-Dr. Seuss. They are native to India and Pakistan but have made themselves at home in brushy South Texas since the 1930s when they were first introduced.

Chris jokes that venison consumption has been trending for 10,000 years, and if you fry up an Axis chop in a big pad of butter, you’ll see why. The flavors are assuredly enhanced

by Broken Arrow’s thoughtful double-aging process which happens at the Ingram facility. Both because it’s good business and because it’s good ethics, Broken Arrow uses nearly every part of the animals they harvest — loins, to hams, to hearts, and more.

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When chefs in New York first started to order wild venison from Texas, the meat was packed in ice-laden coolers, and stuffed at the bottom of Greyhound busses headed north. Now, of course, UPS makes it possible for next-day shipping, a distribution model which allows Broken Arrow products to grace platters all around the country; around 70% of their business is outside of Texas.

Ever since Chris was a boy hosting chefs and slicing sausage at food and wine festivals, Broken Arrow has established itself as a favorite source of wild game among our country’s chefs, both those with Michelin stars as well as those with roots closer to home, like Pat and Keri Wilt, owners of Grape Juice in Kerrville.

“If a chef believes in our product, and what we’re doing, they’re going to find a place for it on their menu,” Chris said. But chefs aren’t the only ones clued into the sweet sear you can get on an axis steak, and many home-cooks order Broken Arrow products, as well — a trend which saw a steep increase since the start of the pandemic.

Visit Broken Arrow’s online store and you’ll see the multitude of products, and dinner options, available. In addition to antelope and venison, there are quail from Bandara, and pork chops from wild boars. You can get bones for stock and even fresh dog-food for the tiny wolves in your family.

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New to cooking wild game? The website also has an impressive catalog of recipes worth checking out whether you’re cooking Broken Arrow antelope or the stash of venison in your freezer.

Either way, Bon Appétit. R&V

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FIVE STARS IN FLIP FLOPS Kerrville’s Grape Juice

By ASHLEY BROWN

Wife & husband duo Keri and Patrick Wilt; proprietors of Grape Juice in Kerrville. arefully chosen wines and beers, delicious dishes featuring local wild game, and thoughtful design…all without the snobbery—that’s Grape Juice. It’s a wine retail shop where customers can count on owner Patrick Wilt to hand-pick affordable wines for their palates, a bar featuring an ever-changing menu of wine and mostly local beers, and a restaurant serving up fan favorites that have been “Grape Juicified.” Patrick and wife Keri want the food to be fun, so the menu is full of familiar fare, but with unexpected twists.

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taste Patrick grew up around food and drink, working in the kitchen with his mom who was a food service officer in the United States Marine Corps. “My parents would have dinner parties just to get together and try a scotch or a port or the latest release of Messina Hof wines,” said Wilt.

“Wine brought everyone together, and I picked up on that early in life. To me, wine is a feeling affecting all the senses.” He described the way wine and food excite the palate as “euphoric.”

The Wilts now share that euphoria with Kerrville residents and visitors. Grape Juice first opened in Ingram as a retail wine shop. A year later, they introduced a small wine bar, and in 2009, they moved to downtown Kerrville. “Pat’s the wine guy, and I’m the marketing girl,” said Keri. “I also handle ‘what you see inside.’” The year they opened, they won an award from Main Street for their exceptional design. Curtains hanging throughout allow them to create distinct, intimate spaces. All along the bar, there are handwritten wine tags inlaid under glass—tags Patrick created over the years to describe each bottle of wine for sale. “Our beer taps are drilled into an old meat locker from the first grocery store in town. The Freidrich fridge still runs on the original motor and keeps our beer the perfect temp! They made things to last back then.”

Daric Easton, the beer and front of house manager, is on a mission to make people feel comfortable with beer, just like Wilt is with wine. “Craft beer can be intimidating, like this hoity-toity, mustache-curling experience, to some,” explained Easton. His philosophy, though, is that good beer is whatever beer you like. “The Texas beer scene has gotten really cool and inclusive…it’s not all IPAs.” He stays on top of that scene, loves sharing the stories behind the beer and breweries, and enjoys listening to what people like and then introducing them to new local beers that will appeal. “If you like Dos Equis, I’d recommend this Mexican-style lager, Franconia [Mckinney, Texas], that has a lemon-lime twist to it.” The beer and wine lists—living, breathing, ever-changing—are both a blend of familiar standards along with “odd balls” that introduce you to something new.

Customers might enjoy a flight of wine or beer while they peruse the menu, that will always have some surprises: tacos…with quail; nachos…with antelope. There’s an entire “Crack”eroni section on the menu, offering amped-up mac n’ cheese dishes like “The Honey Badger” with antelope chili, green onions, and Fritos. Of course, the burgers are hugely popular, especially the juicy Boom Boom Burger. As if a brisket burger with bacon weren’t enough, it’s topped off with their Sweet Heat Schmear (cream cheese, jalepeños, caramelized onions). “We like to play with our food,” laughed Keri.

At their original location, they were across the street from Broken Arrow Ranch an artisanal purveyor of high quality, free-range meat from truly wild animals—in Ingram. They formed a relationship and continue to get most of the game from them, including nilgai—referred to as both antelope and venison—used in their chili, nachos, burgers, and burritos.

In lieu of the term “chef,” Patrick refers to Hunter Treat’s position as “chaos.” He explained, “If you have ever been in that food throwing, fire burning, knife wielding environment on a Friday night, you know it is utter chaos, but if you watch the chaos long enough you will actually see that it’s an orchestrated dance of five individuals all working together to achieve the goal.” Treat is the successful choreographer and conductor of this orchestra, made up of their talented, hard-working team.

The heart of Grape Juice, as the name implies, remains the wine. Patrick loves all kinds of wine but is drawn to value and wines that pair well with wild game: Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, blends from Spain, France, and Argentina. “The wines we focus on are based on the premise that these are the people I have come across in my career that keep me passionate about selling wine. I’ve been blessed to travel the world chasing grapes, meet a slew of awesome people, and taste some of the most remarkable wines. I’ve jumbled all that up and wrapped it into Grape Juice.”

“We try to play with at least 25% of our wine inventory,” added Keri. “We’re constantly showing you new things and letting you explore.” When visiting Grape Juice, it’s immediately apparent how much the whole staff loves the community and enjoys building relationships around food and drink. When Patrick buys wine, for the shop or for the menu, he’s thinking about specific customers and what they like. He even puts together boxes of wine for them based on their preferences.

Early on, a customer commented that Grape Juice felt like Kerrville’s living room. “The atmosphere we have created is what I like to call five stars in flip flops,” said Patrick.

“Certainly, back in ‘09 when we opened, it was like walking into a bar in New York City. It was such a different place for Kerrville. Once the dust settled, it just became the place to be.” R&V

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By SALLIE LEWIS Photos by ROBERT G. GOMEZ

n a bright, sunny morning in early March, I strolled into Schreiner Goods in downtown Kerrville. This fall will mark the store’s tenth anniversary, and after a decade of business, it remains one of the Hill Country’s most beloved shopping destinations.

After quickly perusing, I took a seat on a black-and-white sofa layered with heather-hued sheepskins. Marveling the store’s Art Deco interiors, it occurred to me that the only thing more stylish than the space itself was the creative visionary behind it.

Over the years, Schreiner Goods has earned a reputation for its worldly edit of clothing and jewelry, all of which is thoughtfully curated in a spacious, historic showroom. Sunlight streamed through the street-front windows as I walked past sumptuous cashmere shawls

by English designer, Sabina Savage, and mannequins draped in crystalembellished caftans by the Australian womenswear brand, Camilla.

The first time I met Schreiner Goods’ owner, Keri Kropp, I was struck by her platinum pixie cut and bright blue eyes, which appeared even bluer beneath her teal-framed glasses. She wore jeans with white ankle boots, and a relaxed pink checkered blouse, with delicate strands of gold jewelry layered around her neck, wrists, and fingers.

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“The thing that is really special about Schreiner Goods,” she said is, “I have people come in from across the country and they always comment on how it is curated. I have the ability to do that because I don’t have a whole lot of stores around me that carry the same brands.” Furthermore, as a shop owner with many years of experience, her point of view is constantly changing. “When I opened the store I had young children and was forty-three,” she said. “Now I have older children and am fifty-three, so it is evolving with me.”

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and juggled work in editorial styling, interior decorating, and handbag design. “I have always worked in design or retail in some way,” she shared. After September 11th, Keri and her now-husband moved back home, settling in Kerrville to be closer to her parents.

It was during this time that she toured a newly-restored historic building on Earl Garrett Street downtown and decided to start her business. “The building was my inspiration,” she said, recalling that the Art Deco façade and terrazzo floors, along with the open, industrial ambiance reminded her of New York, with its iconic buildings, like the Saks 5th Avenue flagship.

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Cranes from a Kansas department store, sat in the window there for 30 years. Keri bought them when she opened the store for good luck.

“When I opened the store, I wanted it to be like when I was little and my grandmother lived in Odessa,” she explained.

“We would go to Dunlap’s Department Store at Easter to buy dresses … that was the ‘fancy store.’” Over the past decade, Keri has created her own shopping experience in town, one that makes people feel good when they visit, much like the memories from her youth.

Three years after establishing Schreiner Goods, the building next door, located on the corner of Earl Garrett and Water Street, sat vacant. At the time, the burgeoning business owner was managing an influx of requests for interior design work and consultation. Seeing an opportunity, she expanded

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I'M NOT AFRAID TO TAKE RISKS, WHETHER IT IS OPENING FOUR BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN KERRVILLE OR PAINTING MY WALLS PINK. I LIKE BOLD CHOICES… THAT IS WHAT TAKES SOMETHING TO THE NEXT LEVEL. - Keri Kropp

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into the neighboring showroom, opening her retail store, Schreiner Goods Home (SG Home) in 2014, and her interior design studio, Keri Kropp Design, soon thereafter.

Today, the entrepreneur credits her late mother and a lifetime of travel for her deep-seeded appreciation for design and interiors. “My mother had a great eye and was a great picker,” she said. “She and I would scour the world together and carry things back in her lap.”

Travel continues to be a foremost passion for the multihyphenate business woman, and a steady source of inspiration in her personal life.

One of her favorite design mantras was overheard on a trip to Morocco, when a woman she met wisely whispered that, “Quality Always Matches.” It is a philosophy Keri refers to regularly in her practice, as she mixes and matches materials and textures into a style uniquely her own. “When it comes to being a purist with anything, I can’t,” she shared. “There has to be a mix.”

Today, the designer’s wide-ranging projects boast a blend of influences, many of which are readily seen at SG Home. The sunlit space is curated with elegant home goods, like candles from French candle maker, Cire Trudon, along with one-ofa-kind vintage treasures and modern furniture and lighting.

As I walked through the shop, it occurred to me that I could be anywhere – Dallas, Los Angeles, even New York City.

Her curation is indicative of an upscale, urban shopping experience, which makes it all the more special to stumble upon in this quaint Hill Country community.

Also special is Keri’s keen eye for vintage, her knack for local-sourcing, and her ability to tailor a project to the widespread wishes of her clientele. Regardless of the patron, be it commercial or residential, in-state or out-of-state, “Every project is personal,” she shared. “My job is to curate (the client’s) favorite things and make it come together and sing.”

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When she isn’t helping others design their dream spaces, the mother of two is working on her own home in Kerrville.

Keri, her husband, and their sons finally moved in last Thanksgiving after an extensive renovation.

Walking inside, I took in the pale pink living room with its eye-catching art by the likes of Elizabeth Chapin and Ashley Longshore. My senses eased when I entered her newlypainted kitchen, with its soft, shell pink walls laden with estate sale paintings and photographs by Denise Prince.

“I am a big cook,” Keri told me as we stepped inside her enviable butler’s pantry, where long drawers and deep cupboards conceal candles and glassware, crystal and china.

“We have dinner for eleven probably five nights a week.”

The kitchen overlooks the family’s open dining room, where a prized, 17th century French mirror adorned with angels hangs by a long table crafted by Keri’s brother-in-law.

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Morrocan-inspired master bathroom with antique lamp and painting.

vibrant tilework in the bathrooms, and decorative motifs reflective of each of the boy’s personalities.

At the opposite wing awaits the piece de resistance of Keri’s Kerrville cocoon: the master-suite. For the bedroom, she chose a dramatic, show-stopping wallcovering by Arte International, with monkeys, birds, and tropical flora. The green-painted ceiling draws the eye upward to a gilded chandelier, while on the floor, a giant geometric rug from Morocco finds its place amidst the bronze and lavender bed lamps, and salvaged benches reupholstered in a crocodileprint leather.

“Tasteful is super easy,” she told me as we walked through her personal sanctuary. “I like to take risks, whether it is opening four businesses in downtown Kerrville or painting my walls pink. I like bold choices … That is what takes something to the next level.” R&V

Keri's bedroom with the family's Standard Poodles, Frankie and Louie.

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im Richards is raising the profile of her town with B&B properties. She focuses on a more intimate, personal, and homey experience for visitors.

golf courses, shooting range, wineries, restaurants, theaters, Arcadia Live and, of course, our stunning river trail. There is literally something for everyone.

Q. Tell us about yourself and your connection to Kerrville.

Kerrrville has my heart! And I love introducing people to all we have to offer.

A. I have lived in Kerrville since the age of five, 50 years now. I adore my town and the people. I feel we’ve always had so much to offer, but those offerings have grown (even more significantly) in the last few years. The museums, the Coming King Sculpture Garden, James Avery headquarters,

I truly believe that vacation rentals are the “front door,” so to speak, to our city. We are the first impression made on the traveler, and I want that to be the best impression possible.

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Q. How did you get into the B&B business?

A. For 20 years I have had a dream to have a boutique hotel.

Long before vacation rentals were even a thing, I had this concept in my head. (At the time, it was a Mexican hacienda, but that concept has morphed over the years.) Obviously, I was not the only one.

With the birth of Airbnb and then many other online listing platforms, an entirely new world has been opened up. My dream has morphed into a boutique setting of vacation rentals, and I’m still working toward that goal. I currently have three locations here in our beautiful city of Kerrville.

I have such a heart for hospitality and for each individual person that walks through my doors. Everything I do is to make that person feel like “all of this” was done for them, and it was. I love making people feel special and giving them the best experience possible, this is what drives me.

I also love getting to build something with my own personality and gifting. I took my love of remodeling old homes, design and hospitality and turned it into a career. A one stop shop, so to speak, for all things vacation rental.

Q. What do you do to set your properties apart?

A. My biggest design principle is the comfort of my guests.

What will make their stay comfortable, hospitable, unique and most of all and experience? I believe people are looking for more than just a place to stay, they want to build memories, have moments, invest in themselves and their family. Traveling is a huge part of this for quite a few people.

I want my stop, along their travel journey, to be something that feeds them.

From the first communication, I do my best to make them feel like they are valued and important to me, as a guest. Why are they coming? What can I offer them? How can I make their trip even more special? Private chef, gifts and decorations for special occasions, maid service, charcuterie waiting for them when they arrive – there are so many extra offerings.

I pour on the amenities. Hot tubs, outdoor showers, fire pits, outdoor and indoor games, bikes, luxury bedding, extremely well-appointed kitchens, in some cases a pool. Then there’s the actual décor – I love restoring old homes and I love that each home tells its own story. Each one has its own personality that I try to bring to life in the actual furnishings.

One of my properties has a traditional cottage vibe, one’s kind of whimsical, and the other has an eclectic Austin vibe. I love to make somebody’s eye travel around the room, constantly discovering something new. Fun little vignettes throughout the house.

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Q. What advice do you have for others looking to get into the B&B business?

A. Advice. Get some! I had some amazing mentors along the way.

People who have gone before me in the vacation rental journey and who were doing it very well. What I learned from them and what I have learned on my own journey, I enjoy getting to pass on to others. Another fun part of what I get to do now is mentoring others and consulting with them as they set up their own rentals.

I believe we are all in this together. The more vacation rentals we have in Kerrville, the more opportunities to get people to our beautiful city.

If you’re not getting advice from someone else, then do your research. Do a market analysis, run your numbers, check your zoning. It might require a special permit.

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Ask yourself why you’re doing this. If it’s just to make money and you don’t have any intention on putting thought into the design or the hospitality side, this could be very challenging for you to succeed. If you have a heart for hospitality and service, you put thought in personal attention into the home, then you will have a much better chance of making money.

Q. How has the vacation rental business changed during the pandemic?

A. Pre-Covid we would have guests coming from all over the nation. Covid brought about a shift to more local travel and we were full. People just wanted a change of scenery. Lots of last-minute bookings. During this time most of our guests are coming from Austin, Houston, Dallas with just a few out of state. We are now seeing that opening back up to include nationwide visitors again and bookings several months out.

Vacation rentals have now overtaken the hotel Industry. It’s the number one place people like to stay when they are traveling. R&V

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“Rio Rocoso Revisited” is more than a nice family home in tiny Castell. It’s a work of art that perfectly represents the creative mission of Reclaimed Space. One hundred and twentyyear-old stone ruins were the foundation and inspiration for this project, that began as one thing and quickly developed into something more, complementing both the natural landscape surrounding it and the needs of the family who now call it home.

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Founded in 2007 by rancher and environmentalist, Tracen Gardner — joined by partner Mackey Smith for five years — Reclaimed Space specializes in building transportable homes and structures designed for sustainable living using reclaimed materials.

“Growing up on a ranch, to get away, you’d go sit in a barn a lot of the time,” Gardner said. “And I came to appreciate the materials I was surrounded with. You’d hate to see them be bulldozed or torched. Keeping those materials alive completes the construction circle: taking something that’s falling apart and reusing it and making a generational home that will be passed down. 100-year-old material can get another 100 years of use.”

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In the nearly 100 projects they’ve built — from bars (like The Shady Llama in Wimberley) to floating boat docks to a dojo to many breezeway homes — they’ve been guided not only by an appreciation for materials “as rich in color and texture as they are in history” but also questions of orientation on the land. They look at how light gets in and heat gets out, and setting up homes to be as off-grid as possible with roofs ideal for solar panels and materials conducive to water collection.

Gardner informs his designs considering how early settlers were building in the 1800s to maximize shades and breezes and generally consider the environment in which they’re building.

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Aesthetics are just as important, which is apparent in the modern farmhouse style of Rio Ricoso Revisited.

The original stone dog-trot home on the property was destroyed in a tornado in the late ’90s and later likely struck by lightning. The initial client with this project bought the ranch with plans to build on it and sell.

But they recognized you can’t predict what a buyer will want on piece of land – perhaps a large home, a small home, or a barn of some kind. Gardner suggested it’d be ideal to build something that could simply be moved if it wasn’t what someone else wanted there.

“We built a one-bedroom, 640-square-foot home, integrating the stone ruins, and the property sold right away to a family with two kids. They loved the home but needed to expand.”

That’s where the fun really began. Having flexibility in mind from the beginning, they worked with the unique needs of the family and created a two-bedroom structure with an inbetween space based around the ruins, a living room space, and an additional firepit, all in under three months.

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From the beginning, Gardner and Mackey loved the creative flow that guided the build, from the initial question of how to design a home around the ruins and then how to expand.

“You just play with it,” Gardner said. It was also important to the client to be consistent throughout — that reclaimed materials worked with the new additions. “They wanted to go the extra level and make sure everything blended.”

They all shared this vision of making something beautiful that also honored the original ruins. For instance, from the master bedroom, you can see right through the portals on the water cistern, which is now a bar. “Having it there but being able to see through it was important.”

The original stone, the reclaimed wood and metal, the modern and sleek touches — all intertwine to create a oneof-kind home, full of spaces for the family to be together and to enjoy nature along with all of the modern comforts inside the home.

Reclaimed Space seems to be drawn to properties near rivers. In February, they were working on projects on the Llano River, Guadalupe River, and near the Blanco in Boerne. They can transport their structures anywhere in the country, though, and may even be taking on a project in the Bahamas soon. & RV

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Just 4.2 miles from downtown Fredericksburg, the estate features 40 acres of vineyards and nearly a dozen boutique Texas brands including the wines of 1851 Vineyards.

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Finely appointed decor within Turtle Creek Olives and Vine tasting room wine bar parlor.

Kerr County Grit CHALLENGES, HARD WORK, FAMILY FOCUS MARK FIRST YEARS OF TURTLE CREEK

By ANDRE BOADA

ccasionally we meet people with extraordinary family values, yet even more of a rarity mixing in true Texan grit.

Turtle Creek Olives & Vines proprietors Dan and Sue Schulse possess these attributes with an even higher flare for excellence.

Approaching retirement, the couple ventured to Italy in a quest for Old World renaissance but came away with a vision to buy ranch land in Kerrville to plant olive trees and vineyards. In 2015, they found 160 acres on

the edge of town and along with family members discovered a new passion in life, olives and vines.

The winery estate – or a Tenuta, the Italian name for an area offering more than just wine – encompasses an Italian Villa, farm animals, fresh grown produce, olive trees and a small working winery. The gentle flow of Turtle Creek runs adjacent to the Villa which enchants you while visiting the estate or using for special events and weddings.

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Venue-rental - Turtle Creek Olives & Vines offers a warm welcome with historical charm in downtown Kerrville

This new family vision seemed seamless, using multiple generations of family, and a project that gives way to a bounty for future generations. Yet, hardships prevailed with their olive tree efforts due to the harsh Texas winter weather. After two extreme winters and two rounds of reinvesting new olive plantings the family was forced to dig up all the olive trees, secure them in the estate nursery, then relocate them to a new ranch site in South Texas (in Hondo) with warmer climate.

The vineyards, now approaching 10 acres, came about on a whim. Dan asked his wife if he could plant a few vines back in 2015 and his wife, Sue thought it would be 3 or 4 vines.

What entailed, 400 vines were shipped in from a California nursery, creating a small field blend using common Texas red varietals. What ensued due to the olive tree hardship was vineyard expansion using the expertise of Bill Blackmon, the iconic, 35-year veteran vineyard specialist behind William & Chris Winery label and Blackmon Ranch Vineyards.

“Dan Schulse is a true Texan,” said Bill Blackmon, half of the William & Chris empire. “Three generations deep of Houston, coupled with Texas A&M education mark his culture. He is professional and driven around great ethical business practices.

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“Dan’s determination is unyielding, but he always keeps a warm pulse on family values with his wife Sue. Texas needs more vineyards John Rivernburgh, President to sustain all the new Texas Hill Country Wineries winery growth and Dan shares that vision versus buying grapes on contract from the High Plains,” Blackmon said.

Helping the family on the ranch estate is Kyle Allen, an up-and-coming prodigy within vineyard development and winemaking. He is adding new vineyards along the benchland surrounding current plantings to create a twotiered arena. (Tours are available, by appointment if visiting the ranch and usually hosted by Kyle or family members.)

The Turtle Creek Olives & Vines tasting room is located downtown Kerrville at 211 Earl Garrett Street. Opened in July 2019, just prior to COVID, additional challenges pursued.

The tasting room is a wine bar orchestrated by the two sons, Cory and Carl, and mixed with a motherly watchful eye, Sue Schulse, reflecting family values.

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The exquisitely appointed tasting room is in a two-story historic “Masonic” building founded by Corrine and Charles Schreiner in 1890, and offers endless historical Kerrville reference. The outside framework showcases locally quarried limestone and designed using late Italianate-style architecture.

The façade features smooth-dressed stone, arched windows and doorways. Inside, a warm and inviting parlor with sit down service around a relaxed elegant persona.

“Our goal in the tasting room is make you feel like family,” claims Carl Schulse, one of two sons managing the tasting room. “We focus on Texas wines from the Turtle Creek estate but also offer an international array of wines along with tapas and locally sourced, artisan products. It is an elevated experience that caters to foodies and all levels of wine connoisseurs. We constantly conduct wine education programs internally and externally to consumers. Having international wines to complement our estate wines also gives us a broader experience not offered in Texas wineries.”

Bill Blackmon, vineyard specialist left and Dan Schulse, proprietor right shape the future at Turtle Creek Estate.

Turtle Creek recently launched a new monthly food and wine educational program offered from 3-6 p.m. on Sundays, midmonth. They cleverly themed each month to focus on using their Texas wines versus the world by offering a walk around three- to fourstation format pairing International recipes to match each station. (Cost is $25 per person for non-wine club members. Details can be found at turtlecreekolivesandvines. com/events.)

What should also be noted is Kerrville is gaining attention, especially with new-found energy and the gradual loosening of COVID restrictions: “I have found Kerrville to be a unique location reflecting major growth potential,” said John J. Rivenburgh, president of the Texas Hill Country Wineries and operator of Kerrville Hills Winery. “The art scene, new music venues and now emerging wine and grape growing industry are quite exciting.

“The western side of the county lends itself to fantastic growing locations along with a couple of vineyards that are currently doing some aggressive planning for the future. That includes the Schulse family, who have planted a beautiful vineyard and seem to be on their way to growing some excellent grapes for the region.”

It can be said that the five-year, Turtle Creek Olives & Vines challenges starting in 2015 are now reaching the plateau.

“Grit” is defined by positive and negative experiences, leading to learning and growth. In the case of the Schulse family, true Texas “grit” has prevailed with a special blessing of family values. In my mind, it is a lovely story now unfolding the future in Kerrville. R&V

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LOST DRAW CELLARS FROM GAS TO GRAPES, THESE ROOTS RUN DEEP

By LORELEI HELMKE

n the heart of Fredericksburg, just behind H-E-B, there is a plot of land the Ottmers family has operated a business on since 1936, when Walter Ottmers purchased a Gulf Distribution company.

Just over 50 years later, in 1987, grandson Troy took over the Gulf station. He was in charge until 2009 when the business was sold, but not the property.

Today this plot of land is the home of Lost Draw Cellars.

Born of an unlikely partnership between Troy Ottmers and Andy Timmons, a farmer from a long line of farmers, Lost Draw Cellars began a new business opportunity for a new generation. They began construction of a winery on premise.

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Winemaker Ben Buckelew creates classic-styled, complex wines in this eclectic winery surrounded by old gasoline pumps and Gulf memorabilia.

Today, Ottmers oversees a cherished business that brings friends and families together, a place where connections are made, and history is not forgotten. The tasting room is comfortable, inviting and the people are fabulously fun.

Lost Draw Cellars has secured a future for a Fredericksburg family rooted here for nine generations.

Troy told me when he sold the Gulf distributorship, he thought the legacy had ended, but it had only just begun.

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2019 ALBARIÑO Texas High Plains Hand-harvested

2018 SYRAH Alta Loma Vineyard Texas High Plains

A traditional Spanish white produced beautifully in Texas. A rich, hay color and a heady perfume are the first clues this one is special. Orange blossoms, Meyer lemon and lilies create complexity. A lush acidity adds to the long finish.

A classic-styled Syrah with a rich ruby color. Attractive aromas of smoke, plums, red cherry and flavors of ripe Poteet strawberries blend beautifully together. Elegant with mouthwatering acidity and soft tannin structure.

Great with lamb or Osso Bucco.

Pair with Manchego cheese and dried sausage.

2019 COUNOISE ROSÉ Farmhouse Vineyard Texas High Plains Twelve hours of skin contact create a light salmon color. Bright strawberry aromas leap from the glass, and hints of apricot add depth. A well-rounded rosé with a perfect balance of acidity.

Sip this one all by itself or make up a plate of fresh melon wrapped with Prosciutto.

2018 Malbec Krick Hill Vineyards Texas High Plains A powerful, rich red aged 20 months in half new French Oak and half neutral oak, shows a dark ruby color in the glass. A bouquet of blackberry, red plum, anise, red roses with a backbone of cigar box. A fullbodied wine with a long finish and silky tannins.

Enjoy with steak al carbon and dark chocolate.

2020 PINOT MEUNIER Sparkling Wine Texas High Plains This fun, Bubble Yum colored, fizzy wine is bursting with roses and raspberries. One hundred percent Pinot Meunier (the other grape Champagne can be made of) makes a delightful sparkler with bright acidity and fresh flavors.

Perfect with oysters on the half shell.

2018 ZINFANDEL Timmons Estate Texas High Plains A limited bottling produced from one acre grown near “Andy’s house.” A lighter styled Zinfandel that makes a perfect summer red, even standing up to a slight chill for those Texas hot days. An intriguing complexity of brambly anise, cherry and blackberry with structured tannins and lasting acidity.

Serve this with grilled hamburgers and Bratwursts.

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LIBATION LANE DRIPPING SPRINGS’ FITZHUGH ROAD HAS ATTRACTED BREWERS, DISTILLERS

By LEE M. NICHOLS he name Fitzhugh is now synonymous with craft beer and spirits. Fitzhugh Road, just north of Dripping Springs, meanders through 17 miles of quintessential, scenic Hill Country.

A flight of tasty suds at the Farmhouse-inspired Fiitzhugh Brewing.

And for nearly every one of those miles, there is a purveyor of craft alcoholic beverages. One local food writer dubbed it “Austin’s booziest road” – and that was five years ago. Since then, the number of breweries and distilleries (and even a winery) has tripled.

What can account for this explosion? For starters, changes in Texas law allowing on-site sales was a big boost. But as for this particular stretch of road … duh, it’s the Hill Country!

With all due respect to the very good breweries in Austin, many of them reside in rather un-scenic industrial parks.

Travel just a few miles west of the city (with a designated driver, please), and you can sip that delicious beer or spirit under the shade of beautiful live oaks and connect with nature.

Then add to that the fact that craft drinks entrepreneurs tend to view each other more as community than competitors.

It’s not unusual for such businesses to grow in synergistic clusters – as 12 Fox Brewing’s Joe Hogge told us in our Winter issue, “In the beer world, people want to help each other. … There’s a real camaraderie in brewing.”

We count 15 such businesses - fingers crossed that we didn’t miss any - along or just off of Fitzhugh (although a couple are closed temporarily due to Covid-19 difficulties).

Here’s a handy guide to “Libation Lane,” starting at Fitzhugh’s junction with US 290 and moving west until it hits Flat Creek and becomes Pedernales Falls Road.

Be warned: Some venues require reservations, so call ahead.

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HITMAKER BREWING 11160 Circle Drive 512-465-2333 hitmakerbrewing.com Thu-Fri 4-7pm, Sat 2-6 pm Okay, we’re already cheating a bit - Hitmaker is actually on Circle Drive, but it’s only a quarter-mile walk from the Fitzhugh stoplight. We’ll count it. Hitmaker is aptly named, because its owners are the creators of several successful Austin bars. It’s located in the former site of Thirsty Planet Brewing, which relocated to Austin.

Brewer Joe Holifield trained at the prestigious Siebel Institute in Chicago, America’s oldest brewing school. Their beer menu has just about every style you expect to see at a brewpub, plus a cider.

“If I can make a beer that someone wants to sit down with their friends at a bar and drink three pints, that’s a good beer,” Joe said. One of the other partners, Chris Fish, adds, “I do not want to be that fancy of a place. I want people to come in and hang out after work, have a couple of pints here and pick up a 6-pack for home.”

JESTER KING BREWERY 13187 Fitzhugh Road 512-661-8736 jesterkingbrewery.com Wed-Fri 3-8pm, Sat-Sun 11am-3pm & 4-8pm If you’re a fan of craft beer, you probably need no introduction to Jester King – every time someone puts together a “Best Breweries in Texas” list, there’s almost always a spot reserved for JK, and it’s frequently Number One. In 2019, readers of Craft Beer & Brewing magazine ranked it as the third-best small brewery in the world!

Jester King specializes in “farmhouse” beers, named for an old-world style of fermenting spontaneously with the wild yeasts just floating in the air naturally, rather than commercial ones. The result is styles you’ll find almost nowhere else – it’s definitely for the adventurous palate, especially if you like sours and saisons.

That would be enough to merit a visit, but there’s so much more than beer here – sprawled out over 165 acres of a working farm that supplies many of their ingredients, there’s also an open-air, covered events facility available for rental, a pizza oven and other food offerings, a recently opened 1.75mile nature trail and even overnight lodging.

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Photos by Granger Coats for Jester King Brewary

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BEERBURG BREWING 13476 Fitzhugh Road 512-265-0543 beerburgbrewing.com Wed noon-3pm, Thu-Fri 3-7pm, Sat-Sun noon-7pm Like Jester King, Beerburg Brewing emphasizes a relationship with the land on which it sits. Sustainability is key to their business model - they brew and cook with herbs harvested from their land, they have an apiary (beehive) from which they hope to eventually harvest honey, and overall they try to integrate with the land, not just use it.

Their beer menu features both the expected IPAs and pilsners and more adventurous stuff, such as selections aged in used gin or bourbon barrels or their “Wildcraft” beers using local ingredients. Beerburg’s farm-to-table scratch kitchen offers food that is “simple, flavorful, eat-with-your-hands good. Easy to share, hill country fare.”

LAST STAND BREWING 12345 Pauls Valley Road Buildings I & J 512-701-8871 laststandbrewing.com Fri 2-6pm, Sat-Sun 11am-6pm Head back up to Fitzhugh briefly, and then depart it again down Paul’s Valley Road. Look behind the trees, and you’ll see the prettiest warehouse park you’ve ever seen, which includes Last Stand Brewing and Revolution Spirits (more on them next).

Last Stand has grown since its founding in 2015 (adding a South Congress location in Austin) and appearing on store shelves, but this Hill Country tasting room is where you want to be. In the stores you’ll get their standard beers, but as their website notes, “We use the taproom as our testing playground, where we regularly release test batches for the market and just-for-fun beers.”

Take it from a pro: The “just-for-fun beers” are where the adventure awaits.

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With the boom in distilled spirits, Treaty Oak outgrew its location and moved to a larger facility on Fitzhugh Road.

TREATY OAK DISTILLING/WATERLOO GIN/ ALICE’S RESTAURANT 16604 Fitzhugh Road 512-400-4023 treatyoakdistilling.com waterloogin.com alicestreatyoak.com Wed-Sat noon-9pm, Sun noon-4pm Treaty Oak was founded in north Austin in 2006. Ten years later it was time to expand, so they joined the party out on Fitzhugh, relocating to a 28-acre ranch. That allowed them to not only produce three varieties of their Waterloo Gin, four whiskies and a pre-made Old Fashioned Cocktail, but to also open up Alice’s Restaurant, named for their mama (who regularly serves up samples in the tasting room).

And yes, while you enjoy smoked meats in the restaurant, you can enjoy a sampler of the spirits brought to your table.

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drinkery REVOLUTION SPIRITS DISTILLING 12345 Pauls Valley Road Building H 512-358-1203 revolutionspirits.com Fri-Sun 1-7pm For your chaser after Last Stand, go next door to Revolution.

Established in 2013, Revolution’s Austin Reserve Gin has drawn rave reviews, and their liqueurs are adventurous, including some made with local herbs.

Reflecting the friendly relationships with supposed “competitors” along the Fitzhugh Drive, Revolution once collaborated with Jester King Brewery to make a chileinfused liqueur intended to complement one of JK’s beers.

FITZHUGH BREWING 15435 Fitzhugh Road 512-648-0653 fitzhughbrewing.com Thu-Fri 4-8pm, Sat 11-8pm, Sun noon-6pm Fitzhugh owner Kerbey Smith says her lovely, white farmhouse-style facility was inspired by Waco’s Magnolia Market. “I went to a few breweries that felt like they were made for guys-only, beer experts. I didn’t fit that category but I still wanted to participate, learn and drink good beer,” she says. “That’s when my Dad and I decided to create Fitzhugh Brewing. We want this to be a wildly inclusive place with amazing beer, delicious food, and a beautiful space for everyone,” including kids - they have a playscape!

Of course, the beer is what you want, and head brewer Nathan Rice is a veteran of New Braunfels Brewing, which we profiled in our summer 2020 issue. Fitzhugh Brewing also features food by PEJ Kitchens.

ONE SHOT DISTILLERY AND BREWERY 31610 Ranch Road 12 512-858-8755 oneshotdripping.com Wed-Thu 5-9pm, Fri 5-10pm, Sat noon-10pm, Sun noon-8pm Across the street and around the corner from Treaty Oak on RR12 is One Shot Distillery and Brewery, a veteran-owned enterprise “committed to making top quality liquors and craft beers using Texas Agricultural ingredients in the Texas Hill Country while supporting Veteran and First Responder Organizations.” Currently, their flagship product is Three Volley Vodka, named for the three volleys of seven fired at the memorial service for a fallen hero. They also offer rum and four styles of beer and growlers to go.

12 FOX BREWING 4700 W Fitzhugh Road 512-626-4458 12foxbeer.com Wed-Thu 3-8pm, Fri-Sat noon-9pm, Sun noon-7pm Speaking of veteran-owned businesses, this one is too.

Owners Joe Hogge and brewer Aaron Luelling met in the Army as 12F (hence the name) combat engineers and fell in love with German beers, so that’s what they specialize in. Their hefeweizen and other brews taste great when enjoyed in their spacious yard strewn with picnic tables and a playscape. They usually have a food truck on-site. For more on 12 Fox, read “Importing German taste in the Hill Country” in our Winter 2021 issue.

BELL SPRINGS BREWERY/WINERY 3700 Bell Springs Road 512-777-0018 (brewery), 512-643-7398 (winery) bellspringsbrewing.com bellspringswinery.com Fri-Sun 11am-6pm As you head back into Dripping, travel via Bell Springs Road (County Road 169). There on a shared 10 acres you’ll find both beer and wine and a truly lovely (and rentable) facility. With eight craft brews and 12 wines, plus live music, a food truck and a kid-friendly atmosphere, everyone in your party should be able to find something that makes them happy. R&V

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DISTILLERIES 9. Hitmaker Brewing

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10. Last Stand Brewing

2. Deep Eddy Vodka

11160 Circle Dr • Dripping Springs 12345 Pauls Valley Rd Bldg I & J • Dripping Springs

11. Jester King Brewery

13187 Fitzhugh Rd • Dripping Springs

12. Kinematic Brewing Company 635 E. Hwy 46, Suite 207 • Boerne

13. Pecan Street Brewing

106 E. Pecan Dr. • Johnson City

14. Pint & Plow Brewing Company 332 Clay St. • Kerrville

15. Real Ale Brewing Company 231 San Saba Court • Blanco

Andalusia Whiskey Company 6462 N. Highway 281• Blanco 2250 E. US Hwy. 290 Dripping Springs

3. Dripping Springs Vodka 5330 Bell Springs Rd. Dripping Springs

4. Garrison Brothers Distillery 1827 Hye Albert Rd. • Hye

5. Hill Country Distillers 723 Front St. • Comfort

6. Hye Rum

11247 W. US Hwy. 290 • Hye

7. Iron Goat Distillery

817 Usener Rd. • Fredericksburg

8. One Shot Distillery and Brewing 31610 Ranch Rd. 12 • Dripping Springs

9. Revolution Spirits Distilling 12345 Pauls Valley Rd Bldg H Dripping Springs

10. Treaty Oak Distilling Company

16604 Fitzhugh Rd. • Dripping Springs

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WINERIES 1.

12 Fires Winery

30. Das Peach Haus

100 Durango • Johnson City

411 S Lincoln S • Fredericksburg

2. 290 Vinery

300 W. Main (Hwy. 290) • Johnson City

3. 290 Wine Castle

31. Driftwood Estate Winery 4001 Elder Hill Rd. • Driftwood

32. Dry Comal Creek Vineyards

101 Durango • Johnson City

1741 Herbelin Rd. • New Braunfels

60. Longhorn Cellars

315 Ranch Rd. 1376 • Fredericksburg

61. Longhorn Hills and Winery

555 Klappenbach Rd. • Johnson City

62. Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards

6009 US Hwy. 290. • Fredericksburg

4. 1851 Vineyards

33. Duchman Family Winery

63. Lost Draw Cellars

5. Ab Astris

34. Fall Creek Vineyards

64. Lost Maples Winery

4222 S. Hwy. 16 • Fredericksburg

13308 FM 150 W. • Driftwood

320 Klein Rd • Stonewall

6. Adega Vinho

972 S County Rd. 1623 • Stonewall

7. Alexander Vineyards

36. Fat Ass Ranch Winery

51 Elgin Behrends Rd. • Fredericksburg

8. Andreucci Wines

37. Fawncrest Vineyard & Winery

2 Locations 8898 US Hwy. 290 308 E. Main St. • Fredericksburg

1370 Westside Circle • Canyon Lake

38. Fiesta Winery - 2 locations

9. Arc de Texas

147A E. Main St. 6260 US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

4555 Hwy. 281 • Johnson City

10. Armadillo’s Leap Winery

2 Locations 134 E. Main St 6266 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

11. Augusta Vin

12. Baron’s Creek Vineyard 13. Becker Vineyards

N Bell Mountain Vineyards

463 Bell Mountain Rd. • Fredericksburg

15. Bell Springs Winery / Brewery

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S Bending Branch Winery

3101 Mount Sharp Rd. • Wimberley 142 Lindner Branch Trail • Comfort

18. Bingham Family Vineyards

3915 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

19. Blue Lotus Winery

8500 W Hwy 290 • Hye

20. Branch on High

704 High St. • Comfort

21. Brewbonnet (inside Wildseed farms) 100 Legacy Rd • Fredericksburg

22. Calais Winery

8115 W. US Hwy. 290 • Hye

23. Carter Creek Winery

4064 W US-290 • Johnson City

24. Chisholm Trail Winery

2367 Usener Rd. • Fredericksburg

25. Cicada Cellars

14746 E. US Hwy. 290• Stonewall

26. Compass Rose Cellars Inc. 1197 Hye Albert Rd. • Hye

27. Copper Star Cellars (Off Map) 13217 FM 1117 • Seguin

28. Cross Mountain

308 E. Main St. • Fredericksburg

29. Dancing Bee Winery (Off Map) 8060 W. US Hwy. 190 • Rogers

40. Fly Gap Winery (Off Map) 41. Fredericksburg Winery 42. French Connection

1197 Hye Albert Rd. • Hye

2 Locations 307 E. Main St. 464 Becker Farms Rd. • Fredericksburg

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24912 Singleton Bend East Rd. Marble Falls

247 W. Main St. • Fredericksburg

5865 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

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39. Flat Creek Estate

2851 Hickory Grove Rd. • Mason

140 Augusta Vin Ln • Fredericksburg

3700 Bell Springs Rd. Dripping Springs

35. Fat Ass Winery Tasting Room 153 E. Main St. • Fredericksburg

6360 Goehmann Lane Fredericksburg

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43. Georgetown Winery

715 Main St. • Georgetown

44. Grape Creek Vineyards

113 E. Park St. • Fredericksburg 34986 Farm Market 187 • Vanderpool

65. McReynolds Winery

706 Shovel Mountain Rd. • Cypress Mill

66. Mendelbaum Winery/Cellars

10207 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

67. Messina Hof Winery

9996 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

68. Murphy's Cellars

120 Fort McKavett St • Mason

69. Narrow Path Winery

2 Locations FM 1623 (South of Hye) • Albert 111 E. Main St. • Fredericksburg

70. Newsom Vineyards 717 Front St. • Comfort

71. Pedernales Cellars

2916 Upper Albert Rd. • Stonewall

72. Pelota Wines, Inc.

3209 US Hwy. 290 • Johnson City

73. Perissos Vineyards

7214 W. Park Road 4 • Burnet

74. Perspective Cellars

247 E. Main St. • Fredericksburg

75. Pilot Knob Vineyard 10587 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

45. Grape Creek Vineyard on Main 223 E. Main St. • Fredericksburg

46. Hahne Estates Winery

14802 US Hwy. 290 East • Stonewall

47. Hawk’s Shadow Estate Vineyard

3125 CR 212 • Bertram

76. Pontotoc Vineyard

320 W. Main St. • Fredericksburg

77. Ron Yates Wines

6676 W. US Hwy. 290• Hye

78. Safari 7500 McGregor Ln. • Dripping Springs

48. Heath Sparkling

10591 US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

49. Hilmy Cellars

12346 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

50. Hill Country Cellars & Winery 3540 S. Hwy 16 Ste 2D • Bandera

51. Horn Wineries

9953 E. US Hwy. 290 • Hye

52. Hye Meadow Winery 9953 US Hwy. 290 • Hye

53. Inwood Estates Winery

10303 US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

54. Kalasi Cellars

414 Goehmann Ln • Fredericksburg

55. Kerrville Hills Winery

3600 Fredericksburg Rd. • Kerrville

56. Kuhlman Cellars

18421 E. US Hwy. 290 • Stonewall

57. La Cruz de Comal Wines 7405 FM 2722 • Canyon Lake

58. Lewis Wines

3209 W. US Hwy. 290 • Johnson City

59. Limestone Terrace

101 Rocky Meadows Lane Wimberley, TX

5479 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

79. Saint Tryphon Vineyard 24 Wasp Creek Rd • Boerne

80. Salt Lick Cellars

1800-C FM 1826 • Driftwood

81. Sandstone Cellars (Off Map) 211 San Antonio St. • Mason

82. Santa Maria Cellars

12044 S. Hwy. 16 • Fredericksburg

83. Signor Vineyards

1419 CR 409 • Spicewood

91. Stone House Vineyard

24350 Haynie Flat Rd. • Spicewood

92. Tejas Winery

8638 US 290 West • Hye

93. Texas Heritage Vineyards

3245 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

94. Texas Wine Collective

10354 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

95. Turtle Creek Winery

211 Earl Garrett Street • Kerrville, TX

96. Texas Hills Vineyard

878 RR 2766 • Johnson City

97. Three Dudes Winery

125 Old Martindale Rd. • San Marcos

98. Torr Na Lochs

7055 W. State Hwy. 29 • Burnet

99. The Vineyard at Florence 8711 W. FM 487 • Florence

100. The Vintage Cellar

6258 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

101. Thirsty Mule Winery & Vineyard 101 CR 257 • Liberty Hill

102. Timber Ridge Winery

2152 Timber Creek Rd. • Pipe Creek

103. Vinovium

214 Edmonds Avenue • Johnson City

104. Wedding Oak Winery

2 Locations 316 E. Wallace (Off Map) • San Saba 290 Wine Rd., • Fredericksburg (Under construction)

105. Westcave Cellars Winery & Brewary 683 Ranch Rd 1320, Johnson City

106. Western Edge Cellars

228 W. Main St. • Fredericksburg

107. William Chris Vineyards 10352 US Hwy. 290 • Hye

108. Wimberley Valley Winery

2825 County Road 183 • Driftwood

109. Wines of Dotson Cervantes 13044 Willis Street • Pontotoc

110. Winotus

115 E. Main St. • Fredericksburg

111. Woodrose Winery

662 Woodrose Lane • Stonewall

112. Zero 815 Winery

11157 W. US Hwy. 290 • Hye

362 Livesay Lane • Fredericksburg

84. Singing Water Vineyards 316 Mill Dam Rd. • Comfort

85. Sister Creek Vineyards 1142 Sisterdale Rd. • Boerne

86. Six Shooters Cellars

6264 E. US Hwy. 290 • Fredericksburg

87. Slate Mill Collective

4222 S State Hwy 16 • Fredericksburg

88. Solaro Estate Winery 13111 Silver Creek Rd. Dripping Springs

89. Southold Farm + Cellar 10474 Ranch Road 2721 Fredericksburg

90. Spicewood Vineyards

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VINOCADRE SOMMELIER INSPIRED TX STUFFED SHRIMP Ingredients: 1 lb Colosso Gulf Shrimp, peeled and deveined. 12-14 count per pound 1/4 lb Pepper Jack cheese from The Dairymaids, Houston 1 medium jalapeno pepper 1/2 lb Cured Pancetta from The Salumaria, Austin Directions Wash shrimp in cold water and thinly slice 1/2 way through meat. Leave the tail intact.

Long cut pepper into tiny toothpick sized slivers.

Cut pepper jack into rectangular wedges 1/4 oz per shrimp.

Thinly slice pancetta to half the regular size of one strip of bacon.

Stuff ingredients (pepper and cheese) into shrimp, then tightly wrap pancetta around shrimp to hold. Toothpick optional to hold.

Pan fry in a medium non-stick frying pan on medium heat, turning once each side browns. 10 minutes cooking time per 4 shrimp pan load.

Once cooked, place on a non-stick sheet pan until served. paper towel any excess grease.

Serve with a glaze of Blood Orange - Pomegranate jam by Feast & Merriment, Stonewall, TX

VINOCADRE SOMMELIER INSPIRED MOROCCAN MEATBALLS Ingredients 1 lb ground lamb 1/2 c breadcrumbs, I use Progresso Parmesan 1 egg or 2 eggs for more moist 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1/4 c fresh cilantro, chopped 1/4 c fresh mint, chopped 1 tsp cumin, ground or seed. I use seed.

1 tsp allspice 1 tsp orange pepper or black pepper. I use orange for a zesty edge.

1 tsp olive oil Directions Mix all spices, egg and breadcrumbs in a mixing bowl Add lamb and mix thoroughly.

One heaping tablespoon per meatball, rolled by hand. Repeat this process. This bowl should give you 20-22 meatballs Heat 4-6 meatballs in a medium non-stick skillet over medium heat, turning once browned. Each pan will take about 8 minutes cooking time. After browning, layer on a paper towel to absorb excess oil and place on a sheet pan or serving tray.

Drain grease from pan & repeat Sides to add seamless presentation: Toasted Pita bread and fresh hummus sprinkled with olive oil

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