Austin 360
Rae Wilson has been a notable name in Austin wine for more than a decade, but her reputation for finding creative ways to engage consumers about Texas-made wines expands beyond the state.
Fellow winemaker Randy Hester left Texas for Napa Valley in 2006, just as Wilson was starting her brand, Wine for the People, which now produces wines under the Dandy Rose and Grower Project labels.
But even in California, Hester had heard about Wilson s effort to showcase the versatility of Texas grapes, not in the Hill Country, where the wine trails were picking up national recognition, but in Austin, where the restaurant scene was also picking up steam.