Stith: "Is Austin overrun with wild grapes? Has it always been? Last year was the first time I noticed them all over one of the trees in my backyard." Barnes: "Yes. Your eyes do not fool you.

It's fleshier and ripens earlier than Cabernet, resulting in softer wines with plush tannins and fruit. Bordeaux is the grape's native home, where it's the dominant grape in Right Bank appellations ...

It's fleshier and ripens earlier than Cabernet, resulting in softer wines with plush tannins and fruit. Bordeaux is the grape's native home, where it's the dominant grape in Right Bank appellations ...