Visiting the Great Texas Wineries and Enjoying Wine
Even though it’s just starting to get hot in Texas, it isn’t too soon to start planning on what Texas wine festivals you may want to attend this year. Here is a listing of the 2013 Fall Wine Festivals coming up later this year. See you at a festival! Note: It is too early for some planning committees so the dates are not yet set for some festivals. We will update the dates as we know them. If you know {Read More}
The inaugural High Plains Winegrowers Wine & Music Festival will be held June 14-15, 2013 at the Mallet Event Center & Arena in Levelland, Texas. The two day event will feature: Music: Mark McKinney and Charlie Robison – June 14th Music: Micky & The Motorcars and William Clark Green – June 15th Vendor show Sanctioned BBQ cook off Prospective grape grower meeting Wine appreciation and education class The trade show and food court will offer items such as: Go Texan {Read More}
The inaugural 2013 Lost Pines Wine Fest was held on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at the Bastrop Brewhouse in Bastrop. Since there were going to be a number of wineries present and friends Dave and Kelli Potter were going, we decided to make the two hour trip to both support the festival and meet friends. We arrived at the Bastrop Brewhouse before noon in plenty of time for the opening and I believe we were the first ones through the gate {Read More}
By Laurie Ware My husband and I spent a beautiful spring Texas day walking around the square in Granbury, Texas, drinking wine at the 2013 Granbury Wine Walk. Seventeen wineries were on the list to offer tastings at the Granbury Wine Walk and for a fee of $25 at the gate ($20 if you ordered online ahead of time) you received an etched festival wineglass and a map with 10 tasting tabs. We arrived early to help some friends at {Read More}
The 2013 Keels and Wheels Concours d’Elegance show was held at Lakewood Yacht Club on May 4-5. The event featured classic car and vintage wooden boats and benefited Boys & Girls Harbor. We attended the show on Sunday and upon entering the gate we were introduced to many styles of cars. The majority of the cars were classic cars but there were also some new cars from dealers including beauties such as Mercedes-Benz, Bentley, Cadillac, Ferrari, and we drooled over the Aston {Read More}
The inaugural 2013 Lost Pines Wine Fest is Saturday, May 11, 2013 from noon – 6:00 p.m. at the Bastrop Brewhouse in Bastrop, Texas. All proceeds from this event will go to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bastrop County. The festival is partnering with the Bastrop Brewhouse to establish a great event they hope will turn into an annual event. The communities of both Bastrop and Smithville have been very supportive of the event and they are encouraging people {Read More}
It’s not every day you can stroll the streets of Granbury with your favorite Merlot in hand, so you won’t want to miss your chance this spring! The fourth annual Granbury Wine Walk will kick off April 25-27 on the Historic Square Plaza in downtown Granbury. Booths will open from noon to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, allowing participants to experience the vast selections of true Texas amenities: authentic wine, food, music and art. The Wine Walk will begin with {Read More}
Wine Fair Cy-Fair (http://www.winecyfair.com) was held on April 5-6 and we attended the Saturday’s Wine Fair. The 2012 festival was sold out and they were expecting as many as 2,000 guests this year. There were wine tasting stations, craft beer tastings, and culinary tastings, along with live music playing on the main stage. As you can see there was something for everyone! One advantage of the festival was there one price for admission and then you could do tastings at {Read More}
The 1st Annual Texas Hill Country Olive Festival will be held at the Texas Hill Country Olive Company (THCOC) Orchard & Store in Dripping Springs, on Saturday, April 6 from 11am – 6pm. Festival offerings will include Texas olives and olive oil, locally-produced wines and gourmet foods, healthy lifestyle products and services, local artists, authors, and live music. Chefs, wineries, and health vendors will be serving up healthy food, drink, and lifestyle fare, alongside live music, cooking demonstrations, olive orchard {Read More}
There are a lot of wine festivals in the spring and summer and they are growing all the time as people enjoy getting together and enjoying wine together. One of the newest wine festivals is the 2013 inaugural Pittsburg Art and Wine Festival located in the Historic District of downtown Pittsburg will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The wine festival is sponsored by Carla and Robert Peoples, owners of The Holman House {Read More}
