Prior to the American Civil War of 1861–1865, Thomas Affleck (1812–1868), a Scottish immigrant and nurseryman who became a Southern planter, made mustang wine on his Glenblythe Plantation located in Gay Hill, Washington County, Texas, and advertised it for commercial sale.
[1] He described it as "a pleasant and wholesome table drink" and "a tonic for patients recovering from prostrating fevers, and for Females who may have been long in delicate health.
[4] Presbyterian minister James Weston Miller (1815–1888), a Confederate chaplain and founder of Live Oak Female Seminary in Gay Hill, also made mustang wine every fall.
[6] As described in a recipe published in 1871, mustang grapes would first have to be crushed and left to ferment for twelve to fifteen hours.
For example, country music singer Steve Earle, a Texas native, has a song called Mustang Wine.