Welcome, Rick. I'm a newbie also and appreciate the fact that folks on this site are not "wine snobs". At my age I'm not tryin' to make a vintage product, but rather nice wines that my wife and I enjoy...not something for my kids to drink when I'm gone. Lots of information and nice folks here. Where in W. TX did you live? I've lived in Odessa, Midland, Levelland, Lubbock, Amarillo, Eastland, Ranger, El Paso, Dublin, Stephenville, and grew up in Comanche. Currently I live in Mineral Wells, where my wife and I found our little slice of Heaven. Enjoy the site...I am!!!