‘Uncork and unwind’ | Beloved women-owned Texas winery growing in popularity

MONT BELVIEU, Texas — A beloved vineyard in Texas started when two neighbors turned buddies then enterprise companions as they bonded over their love of wine.

Laura Lee Frazier is a human assets consultant, and Bryn Poland is a lawyer. Collectively the ladies are the co-owners of Salt + Vine Wine and Co., a wine bar in Mont Belvieu.

The 2 take into account the enterprise a secure area for newbie wine connoisseurs.

“We’ve got no formal wine coaching in any respect, so it was vital for us, as we have been studying to love wines and drink wine, to have the ability to have a spot the place novice wine drinker can come and never really feel stress or something like that,” Poland mentioned.

The story started when Frazier moved close to Poland.

“Laure Lee moved throughout the road, and I believed, ‘She looks like an individual I’d prefer to know,’” Poland mentioned. “So, took over a bottle wine and he or she mentioned ‘Why don’t we simply drink this now,” and so, we did.”

The ladies seen a necessity for an ideal retreat for Texans in an space the place there was not one.

“We ubered to Houston and would go expertise these cool wine bars that have been there,” Frazier mentioned “And we simply realized, you recognize, between Baytown and Houston and Baytown and Beaumont, there’s not one. There’s not a wine bar.”

The co-owners mentioned their pure love of internet hosting events makes the vineyard really feel like dwelling.

“[We] type of naturally like to throw events. That’s type of who we’re,” Poland mentioned. “We prefer to have folks at our houses and at our tables. This looks like an extension of our houses in lots of methods.”

It’s not solely a enterprise, however a ardour challenge with objective.

“On our menu, which we’re fairly happy with, we function women-owned wine making,” Poland mentioned. “All of them have somewhat mermaid tail subsequent to them.”

The ladies mentioned they’re conscious of shortages brought on by a large number of current occasions. The enterprise house owners are taking actions that may hopefully maintain costs down and in addition assist the planet.

“We do hear that there’s a glass scarcity, and so the worth of wine bottles could be going up,” Poland mentioned. “We try to do our half [because] we recycle each bottle that we’ve got right here. We’re attempting maintain these costs low an do our half for the surroundings.”

There possibly a scarcity of bottles, however there may be definitely no scarcity of wine.

“We said with about 31 varieties,” Poland mentioned. “We’ve added a number of extra. I guess we’re in all probability near 40 varieties proper now from all around the world.”

Together with wine and meals, the enterprise additionally serves up Texas-sized expertise. It doesn’t matter what an individual is into, there’s a little one thing for everyone on the backside of the bottles.

“That’s what so cool about wine,” Frazier mentioned. “It’s completely there, a narrative in each bottle.”