Visiting the Great Texas Wineries and Enjoying Wine
http://www.enochsstomp.com Enoch’s Stomp Vineyard & Winery is located in Harleton and was founded in 2004 by Altus Koegelenberg and Jon Kral. Our GPS led us to the winery but we missed the entrance at first even though we saw the vineyards. When we went past the vineyards, we realized we must have missed it and turned around. On the way back there was the sign viewable from the opposite direction which is why we missed it the first time. Winding {Read More}
http://www.tarawinery.com Tara Vineyard and Winery opened in 2007 and is located near Athens. We had to enter GPS coordinates from Google maps to get us in the right location. It seems like a lot of wineries are located on county roads and are very difficult to find the correct address on a GPS. Fortunately we discovered the Google maps coordinates tip mentioned in our first post. Once we found the Tara Vineyard signs, we thought we were home free. However {Read More}
http://www.red55winery.com Red 55 Winery is part of the Miranda Lambert Store located in Lindale. If you do not know who Miranda Lambert is, she is a popular country singer and was born in Tyler, Texas. The store gets top billing at the location, so most likely most people stop by to see memorabilia from Miranda Lambert and purchase any gifts. The winery opened in 2006 and is owned by Miranda Lambert’s parents, Rick and Beverly Lambert. When we walked into {Read More}
http://www.guerravineyardandwinery.com St. Rose Vineyard and Winery is located in Pittsburg. It was opened in 2005 by Rosemary Guerra and the winery was originally called Guerra Vineyard and Winery. Unfortunately Ms. Guerra passed away and her daughter Ann Guerra Arra now runs the winery along with her husband Mark Arra. They renamed the winery to St. Rose Vineyard and Winery in memory of Rosemary in 2007. When we arrived at St. Rose Vineyard and Winery, we drove across a grass field {Read More}
One thing we have learned by visiting Texas wineries is you can make wine out of pretty much anything. The usual fruit used to make wine of course are grapes. However, we have come across wines made from all kinds of fruits such as peaches, pears, and apples. Other wines have been made from the fruit of a prickly pear cactus, roses and honeysuckle, and even jalapenos. We came across a couple of these wineries while visiting East Texas. Dixie {Read More}
In this post we’ll go from one of the furthest western wineries in the state to the one of the furthest east. Fortunately we did not have to drive from one to the other in the same day. Alamosa Wine Cellars http://alamosawinecellars.com Alamosa Wine Cellars is on the outskirts of the small town of Bend. Jim and Karen Johnson are the owners and Jim is the winemaker. The winery was built in 1999 and the tasting room was built in {Read More}
Some wineries in Texas are very small and produce only a few bottles of their own wine. Some controversy exists whether these are true Texan wineries since they don’t have their own vineyards and may only be using grapes from outside Texas. There is also the situation where a winery may be in a dry county and some say they are taking advantage of Texas wine laws just to sell wine. Since we are equal opportunity wine drinkers, we visited {Read More}
