Dallas native Deananne Vanderslice didn’t waste time sifting through the Italian or Napa Valley varietals at Central Market on Lovers Lane. She wanted a full-bodied red, she said, and she knew just where to find it: a shelf in the back marked “Texas Wines”. She ran her fingers over each glass bottle, kneeling on the floor to carefully inspect the selection on the lower shelves. Vanderslice finally chose a bottle of 100 percent Texas-grown tempranillo, one of her “abso-fruit” favorites, she said. Many Texans and non-Texans alike are just becoming knowledgeable of just how plentiful, and popular, these homegrown varietals really are. October marked the beginning of fall and the onset of Texas Wine Month, a full 31 days dedicated to wines made and grapes grown in Texas.