The Cross Timbers and Prairies Ecological Region of Texas encompasses approximately 26,000 square miles in north and central Texas. Early travelers through north Texas coined the name "Cross Timbers" by their repeated crossings of this timbered area, thick with an almost impenetrable undergrowth of briars and other thorny bushes. The creek beds were lined with hearty native mustang grapevines which still thrive today. The undergrowth proved to be a barrier to travel toward open prairies to the east and west. |
| The Texas Department of Agriculture has released a series of eight web videos - called the GO TEXAN WineCasts - about the growing Texas Wine Trails. Each video features one trail with a representative from that trail guiding viewers through the unique, fun and exciting elements of their region. These episodes will help consumers get a glimpse of Texas wine country and provide some basic information on traveling to each of the wine trails. Here is the link to the Cross Timbers Wine Trail's winecast. To see all the currently published WineCast videos by the Texas Department of Agriculture visit their YouTube site. |
