Remember Murphy-Goode, the Sonoma County, California, winery that gained widespread attention in the food blogosphere through its search for a social-media maven? The winery dangled a six-month, $60K job with free housing in exchange for someone's skills in marketing the operation via the interwebs. Fifty finalists have been chosen and now appear on the company's website. [via 7x7]...
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From the blog Boots in the Oven: If you ain't from 'round here, you might not know that Texas is a major producer of grapes. Wine grapes! Within just a few hours of Austin sit lots of adorable boutique wineries, some of them turning out products that are not just drinkable, but actually tasty. I guess that shouldn't surprise me. I grew up a couple hours' drive from vineyards in Missouri. If Missouri can do wine, why not Texas? Boots in the Oven visits Flat Creek Estate, in Marble Falls....
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