There has been a lot of discussion lately on Texas wine competitions, the best Texas wineries, and so forth. Since we have visited over 100 Texas wineries, we decided to put together a quick list of the first TX Wine Lover awards to highlight the Texas wineries we feel is best in a certain category. Please realize these awards include only the wineries we have visited. We are also going by memory, some of which is over a year ago, {Read More}
Circle S Vineyards
June 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
http://www.circlesvineyards.com Circle S Vineyards is located in Sugar Land and opened in 2003. The winery and tasting room are in a shopping center but the winery has vineyards in Centerville, Texas and the Tuscany region of Italy. Yes, depending on the yearly harvest, the winery does get grapes from their Italian vineyard arriving via ship. All wine is made at the winery in Sugar Land. When you first walk into the winery, up front is a very nice gift shop {Read More}
Not Always Home
June 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We have had some great visits at wineries and doing wine tastings, but unfortunately there comes those times where things just don’t work out as planned. Here are a couple wineries we tried to visit. We’re not saying anything negative about these wineries, but just a warning to those trying to visit any winery that unexpected things can happen. Always try to confirm winery hours and availability. Collin Oaks Winery http://www.collinoakswinery.com We would love to tell you a lot about {Read More}
Lone Star Wine Cellars and Triple “R” Ranch & Winery
June 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
http://www.lonestarwinecellars.com http://www.thetriplerranch.com Lone Star Wine Cellars is located in the square of McKinney. John Wales and Ron Ross opened the small wine tasting room and gift shop in 2003. Ron had built a small boutique winery on his property at the Triple “R” Ranch in 2000. John, who had planted the first commercial vineyard in Collin County in 1998, found himself in 2002 with no winery to process his grapes and he was still in the process of building his {Read More}
Texas Winery Passport – Hey All Texas Wineries
June 9, 2011 by 1 Comment
The Texas Winery Passport program is a fantastic program to get into if you are a consumer of Texas wines and especially enjoy visiting Texas wineries. The problem is not many people know about it! We did not know about the program until we happened to be at Texas Hills Vineyard in Johnson City (http://www.texashillsvineyard.com) and the pourer asked if we wanted the Texas wine passport code for their winery. Not knowing what she was asking, she explained what the {Read More}
Red 55 Winery
May 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
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}
Duchman Family Winery
May 16, 2011 by 2 Comments
http://duchmanfamilywinery.com Duchman Family Winery is located off a main road in Driftwood so it is very easy to find. When you first pull into the entrance, you are greeted by a beautiful 15 acre vineyard eventually leading to gorgeous grounds with two buildings and landscaping including a big fountain in front. We have had the fortune to visit Duchman Family Winery a few times. The first two times were in the dark so we couldn’t really appreciate the beauty of {Read More}
Visiting Texas Wineries
March 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Texas has some great wines. “Really?” you may hear. “I thought California was the only state that made wines.” Unfortunately that is a common belief among a lot of people who may drink wine occasionally or even those that drink wine often but perhaps primarily drink wine from another country. I introduced my partner fiancée Gloria to Fredericksburg, Texas during the January 1st, 2010 weekend. We drank wine before the trip, but after that weekend visiting the local wineries, wine {Read More}
