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Three Dudes Business Meeting
"It takes a lot of beer to make good wine" |
| The Three Dudes Winery was officially founded in 2005, but the three
dudes have been making and drinking wine together for many years prior to that. The three
long time friends and wine lovers have backgrounds and stories as diverse and interesting
as the outstanding wines they produce. So, come meet the dudes, sample our wines, and
check out the river. |
| Terry Alford Terry is a
true son of the South. His dad hailed from South Georgia, and his mom from Louisiana. His
great grandfather rode (in this case walked) with Robert E. Lee's Army of Virginia
throughout the War Between the States, and lived to tell the tale. Terry was born in
Southern Arkansas but the family returned to his mother's ancestral home in southwest
Louisiana about six weeks after his birth. Like Ron, he was exposed early on to the
mesmerizing aromas of fried chicken, steaming gumbos and boiling pots of seafood common to
that area of Louisiana; and as an added bonus, his dad introduced him to Georgia style
delicacies such as boiled peanuts, smoked mullet, and the "sweet" barbeque style
common to the South. Terry moved to Texas during the oil boom in the early seventies and
never left, but the Southern influence remained, and can best be experienced in the Chenin
Blanc he helped to create; the perfect compliment to seafood, fish, and chicken dishes. |
| Jeff Felderhoff Born number eight in a litter of nine kids, and raised in a small German
Catholic farming community in North Texas, you can understand why food has always been a
priority in Jeff's life. Jeff is a full-blooded, Texas born, Texas bred, steak eating,”
square headed" German Texan; and to top that off he is a graduate of Texas A&M
University. Now you just can't get any more Texan than that. The influence of that rich
German Texas heritage can be seen and tasted in the wines that Jeff helps to create;
especially the austere cab's, and the soft, dry merlot's that are blended to compliment
those sizzling hot steaks fresh off the grill, or that spicy rack of beef ribs straight
from the smoke. |
Ron Pontiff
Ron was born on the bayous of the Texas Gulf Coast region near Houston, Texas. After
his dad's retirement from the US Air Force the family returned to their ancestral homeland
among the sugar cane plantations of South Louisiana. Ron earned an engineering degree from
LSU, but like many Cajun men his passion was in the creation of succulent, one of a kind,
Cajun dishes. Ron followed his dream and went on to graduate from the New Orleans School
of Cooking where he refined his expertise in matching the perfect wine with the perfect
food; and there is no better example of his success than the Texas White he helps to
produce here at Three Dudes Winery. It accentuates the flavors of Cajun cooking like no
other wine, and is equally at home with spicy Texas barbeque. |
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