Time again as the weather gets nice to venture out and enjoy some wine festivals! If you live near a festival, consider also volunteering to help a winery pour during the festival. We have met some great people from the Texas wineries, either representatives or the owners themselves. Here are the 2013 spring and summer wine festivals we are aware of in Texas. If we missed any or confirmed dates come up, please let us know and we’ll be glad to update the list. Simply add the information in a comment. Cheers! 
| Dates | City | Wine Festival |
| March 2 | Mansfield, TX | Bordeaux on the Block |
| March 9-10 | Refugio, TX | Texas Independence Wine Classic |
| March 15-17 | Dallas, TX | Savor Dallas |
| March 16 | La Grange, TX | La Grange Uncorked |
| March 16-17 | Kingwood, TX | Kingwood Country Crawdad Festival |
| March 22-23 | Grapevine, TX | Jazz Wine Train |
| March 23-24 | Salado, TX | Texas Wine & Rogue Art Fest |
| March 23-24 | Old Town Spring, TX | SpringFest Wine & Art Festival |
| April 5 | Grapevine, TX | Evening of Chocolate and Wine |
| April 5-6 | Cypress, TX | Wine Fair Cy-Fair |
| April 6 | Dripping Springs, TX | First Annual Olive Festival |
| April 6-7 | Old Town Spring, TX | Texas Wine and Art Festival |
| April 13 | Paris, TX | April in Paris Wine & Art Fest |
| April 13 | Grapevine, TX | Blessing of the Vines & New Vintage |
| April 17-20 | Dallas, TX | Dallas Wine & Food Festival |
| April 18-21 | Galveston, TX | Galveston Island Food & Wine Festival |
| April 19-21 | Buffalo Gap, TX | Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit |
| April 19-21 | Horseshoe Bay, TX | Balloons Over Horseshoe Bay Resort |
| April 20 | Wichita Falls, TX | Red River Wine Festival |
| April 20 | Bryan, TX | Wine & Roses Festival |
| April 24-28 | Sugar Land, TX | Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair |
| April 24 | San Antonio, TX | Brighton Center’s A Taste of the Northside |
| April 25 | Austin, TX | Live Fire! |
| April 25-26 | San Angelo, TX | San Angelo Wine & Food Festival |
| April 25-27 | Granbury, TX | Granbury Wine Walk |
| April 26-27 | Fredericksburg, TX | Hill Country Wine & Music Festival |
| April 27 | Pittsburg, TX | Pittsburg Art & Wine Fest |
| April 26-28 | Austin, TX | Austin Food & Wine Festival |
| April 27 | Huntsville, TX | Wine Down, Shop Small |
| May 3-5 | Montgomery, TX | Antiques Festival |
| May 4 | New Braunfels, TX | Wein & Saengerfest |
| May 11 | Bastrop, TX | Lost Pines Wine Fest |
| May 11 | Heath/Rockwall, TX | North Texas Winefest |
| May 17-19 | Addison, TX | Taste Addison |
| May 17-19 | Grapevine, TX | Main Street Days |
| May 17-19 | Pasadena, TX | Pasadena Strawberry Festival |
| May 18 | Mt. Vernon, TX | Piney Woods Wine Festival |
| May 18 | Hico, TX | Texas Steak Cookoff and Wine Festival |
| June 1 | Galveston, TX | Wild About Wine |
| June 3-9 | The Woodlands, TX | Wine & Food Week |
| June 14-15 | Levelland, TX | High Plains Winegrowers Wine & Texas Music Festival |
| June 22 | Cedar Park, TX | Night at the Ponds |
| July 4 | Marble Falls, TX | VinoPalooza |
| July 6 | Kerrville, TX | Texas Hill Country Wine & Brew Festival |
| July 12-14 | Dallas, TX | Taste of Dallas |
Jeff Great Service both to us winery folks and to those who enjoy drinking our wines. From the winery perspective it is really great to have these all in one place. there are getting to be so many wine festivals in Texas that we have to select those to attend — can’t do them all as in years past. In years past we’ve gone to Lubbock and Houston and lots of places in between. With more festivals we are focusing on those that are most likely to bring us business [Duh!] — which narrows the field and helps keep us a bit saner. Good Job!
Thanks Bruce!
Hey Jeff:
Could you do the same for wine trail events? For example Way Out Wineries is doing a trail event starting next weekend .. and some of your readers might like to know that…
For Immediate Release
Mardi Gras – Think fun, food [Shrimp Etoufee, Cajun Kitchen Sink Stew, a variety of Gumbo styles, Jambalaya and more], beads, doubloons and adult beverages. Laissez les bons temps roule! The best part is you can enjoy all of this on a weekend Road Trip between the south edge of the DFW Metroplex and the north edge of the Hill Country, and you have two weekends to do it. February 2-3 and February 9-10 you can visit the 11 members of the WOW [Way Out Wineries] Trail and enjoy all of the above and not have to take time off to be in New Orleans on February 12 [Fat Tuesday/ Mardi Gras].
At each of the 11 wineries you’ll get their “New Orleans” food specialty, taste at least 3 wines, some beads, a doubloon that is real spendable money – in a truly Mardi Gras party atmosphere. At your first winery you’ll get a souvenir tasting glass, and they’ll rinse it for you so you are ready for your next tasting. Tickets and more information at http://wayoutwineries.org/
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For more Information and photos contact:
Bruce, Winemaker, etc. at
sunset.winery.mail@sbcglobal.net
Good idea Bruce. I’ll look at doing that!
Bruce, a wine trail events page has been created. Texas Wine Trail Events
Great Jeff! Thanks…. Cheers, Bruce
Jazz Wine Train, March 22nd and 23rd, Grapevine TX
Evening of Chocolate and Wine:
Friday, April 5, 2013. 7 – 10 p.m.
Delaney Vineyards – Grapevine, Texas
Main Street Days, Grapevine TX. Same weekend as Taste of Addison, 17-19 May.
Thanks V.!
Hi Jeff,
I put the correct link for the Jazz Wine Train above. The one I had included previously was a general link to the events calendar for Grapvine.
Cheers!
PS: If you come to any of the Grapevine events (Blessing of the Vines, Jazz Wine Train, Main St Days, look me up. I’ll be working all in my volunteer capacity as a Grapevine Wine Pourer, just look for the maroon vests and khaki/tan slacks!).
Thanks Victoria, link updated. We’ll let you know if we make it to any of the Grapevine events.
Hey Jeff! I wanted to let you know that we are hosting our VinoPalooza again in July…it will be on Thursday, July 4 from 4pm – 7pm…working on booking bands right now. And then in October we will host Grape Jam again on Sunday, October 20 (also 4pm – 7pm).
Thanks for the information!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I truly appreciate your efforts and
I will be waiting for your further post thank you once again.
Thanks again for this! Just used it to get info for our video guy!!!
You’re welcome. I find it interesting I keep adding to it and also keep referring to it too!