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Twelve North Texas wineries are launching the Munson Wine Trail this weekend with tastings at McKinney's Art and Jazz festival, Saturday and Sunday in downtown McKinney. Wine tastings will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Coupon books are $30 and may be purchased in advance for $25 at all Munson Wine Trail participating wineries, or onsite both days. Bottles of wine from all participating wineries may be purchased at Landon Winery on the days of the festival. BTW: The new wine trail's name honors Thomas Volney Munson (1843-1913), an internationally known horticulturist from Denison who developed more than 300 varieties of new regional grape varieties. Munson also saved the French wine industry in 1880 by introducing hardy Texas rootstock grafts to the vitis vinifera being destroyed by the pesty phylloxera root louse. In gratitude, the French government awarded Munson the Legion of Honor. Quel homme, quel héro! |
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