Food and Drink - Spring 2011 - (Page 28) AMERICAN WINE TRAIL } STE. GENEVIEVE WINES A Taste of Texas Ste. Genevieve winery promotes Texas as a wine-producing state. B Y LONE STAR: Ste. Genevieve endorses Texas for wine. LORI SICHTERMANN P Pat Prendergast, president of Ste. Genevieve Wines in Fort Stockton, Texas, has spent a lifetime in the wine business. “Wine is in my blood, literally and figuratively,” he says. Ste. Genevieve Winery sits on 1,600 acres of west Texas land leased from The University of Texas Land System, which benefits Texas A&M and The University of Texas. Ste. Genevieve has 600 acres of vineyard at its west Texas location, and this year, the winery plans to sell 640,000 cases of wine in white, red and rose varieties. In terms of domestic wine production, Ste. Genevieve ranks as the 23rd-largest winery in the United States. And while the winery has experienced success since it opened in 1981, it’s not been easy growing. According to Prendergast, Ste. Genevieve still has a lot of ground to cover – literally and figuratively. T H E W R AT H F O R G R A P E S much higher than in other wine-producing states, such as California and Washington. As Prendergast explains, late spring freezes are always a concern, as are hail storms. “We’re at a high eleva- > C O M PA N Y P R O F I L E STE. GENEVIEVE WINES ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 640,000 cases EMPLOYEES: 40 HEADQUARTERS: Fort Stockton, Texas SPECIALTY: Texas wines PAT PRENDERGAST, PRESIDENT: The hardest and riskiest part of his business, Prendergast relates, is growing grapes in Texas. “You have to have thick skin to do this – no pun intended,” he says. Although Texas vines produce quality grapes, the risk involved in growing them is “You have to be passionate about what you do in this business. There are constant challenges, and in order to be successful, you need perseverance.” 28 food and drink • spring 2011 • www.fooddrink-magazine.com http://www.fooddrink-magazine.com Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Food and Drink - Spring 2011 Food and Drink - Spring 2011 Tableside Chat Table of Contents News a la Carte Current Events FAD Exclusive A Ripening Field History in the Making New Wine Paradigm Don Sebastiani & Sons/ The Other Guys St. Julian Winery Ste. Genevieve Winery Herzog Wine Cellars Meier’s Wine Cellar Oak Ridge Winery Producers: Keeping Trade Secrets MaMa Rosa’s Pizza Gel Spice Co. LLC Vegetable Juices Inc. Royal Caribbean Bakery/Caribbean Food Delights Red Stripe Beer Robertet Flavors Tofutti Annabelle Candy Andrea Foods Anchor Brewing F&F Foods Santa Sweets Inc. Hillside Candy Ricos Products Sethness Greenleaf Inc. Wunder-Bar: Automatic Bar Controls Antigua Distillery AMES International Amato’s Bakery Charlie’s Pride Meats Citromax Group of Companies Diamond Bakery Grindmaster- Cecilware Corp. Heartland Mill Kirschenman Enterprises Rakhra Mushroom Farm FAME Food Management Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. Inc. Sea Harvest Corporation (Pty) Ltd. Sparrer Sausage Co. Inc. Jamaican Teas Ltd. Westminster Cracker Co. Distributors: Don’t Risk It The Fricks Company U.S. Foodservice – Milwaukee Division Arizona Select Distribution Fairway Packing Co. Ingredient Innovations J.J. Taylor Distributing Co. of Minnesota Inc. Mastronardi Produce Milne Fruit Products Inc. Nebraskaland Pellerito Foods Albion Fisheries Ltd. RPE Inc. Retailers: Savoring the Moment Roadtown Wholesale Trading Ltd. Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt Quick Chek Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Sendik’s Fine Foods Inc. Zaro’s Bakery Balboa Brands Restaurants: Toss Around Ideas Sizzler USA Dick’s Last Resort Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. Liberty Entertainment Group Roly Poly Franchise Systems Santa Fe Cattle Co. Winger’s USA Inc. Bensi Restaurant Group Inc. Leo’s Coney Island Three Things Food and Drink - Spring 2011 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/businessmedia/fd_20110708 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/businessmedia/fd_20110506 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/businessmedia/fd_2011summer http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/businessmedia/fd_2011spring http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/businessmedia/fd_2010winter http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/businessmedia/fd_2010fall http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/businessmedia/fd_2010summer http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/businessmedia/fd_2010springsummer http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/businessmedia/fd_2010spring http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/businessmedia/fd_2010winterspring http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/schofield/fd_2009winter http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/schofield/fd_2009fall http://www.nxtbookMEDIA.com
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