Visiting the Great Texas Wineries and Enjoying Wine
Memorial Day weekend came and it was time to visit some Texas wineries in a Fredericksburg road trip. We made plans to join forces again with Dave and Kelli Potter along with Laurie and Shelly Ware. A schedule was started as to what we wanted to see and it eventually evolved into a very busy Saturday. Part of the reason was because unfortunately Gloria had to work on Memorial Day (Monday) so we had to return home on Sunday, otherwise, we [Read More...]
http://www.suvinowinery.com Su Vino Winery is located in Grapevine and opened in 2003. David and Chari Scott bought the winery in 2005. If you want to walk to the different wineries in Grapevine, Su Vino Winery is the most northern winery within walking distance. The winery is located in a nice brick building next to other stores and has parking in the back of the winery. When you enter the winery, a large gift shop is on the left and you [Read More...]
http://www.bellmountainwine.com Bell Mountain Vineyards is located in Fredericksburg. They planted their vineyard in 1976 and the winery opened in 1983. The winery is owned by Robert (Bob) and Evelyn Oberhelman. The winery was originally called Oberhellmann Vineyards but they then changed it to Bell Mountain Vineyards. When we first went to Fredericksburg, we visited the Bell Mountain Tasting Room which is located on Main Street of Fredericksburg. We were under the wrong impression that you could not visit the actual [Read More...]
http://www.dancingbeewinery.com Dancing Bee Winery is located in Rogers and is part of the Walker Honey Farm Store. It is owned by Janice and Clint Walker and their son Clint is also a vintner at the winery. Dancing Bee Winery opened in September 2011. Dancing Bee Winery specializes in honey wine or better known as mead. The name “Dancing Bee” came from one of the ways honey bees communicate with one another which is with a dance language. I easily found [Read More...]
http://www.kiepersol.com/kecellars/rockwall.shtml KE Cellars Winery is located in Rockwall and is owned by Jenniffer and Bill Norman. KE Cellars, owned by Kiepersol Estates Vineyards in Tyler, has now opened two other locations in Texas. The location in Rockwall however is actually a franchise which differentiates it from the others with the Winery name. KE Cellars Winery first opened at The Harbor in Rockwall on August 9, 2011. They closed the location on March 9 and then re-opened in their new location [Read More...]
http://www.llanoestacadowine.com Llano Estacado Winery is located in Lubbock. Mark Hyman is the President and CEO and Greg Bruni is the Vice President Production and Executive Winemaker. Llano Estacado was originally established in 1976 by Dr. Clinton McPherson and Robert Reed, along with Dr. Roy Mitchell of Texas Tech and other investors. Dr. Clinton McPherson or otherwise known as “Doc” is the father of Kim McPherson, owner of McPherson Cellars. We have had the pleasure of meeting Bill Freidhof, Vice President Sales [Read More...]
http://saladowinery.com Salado Wine Seller is located in Salado and is owned by June Ritterbusch. They planted a vineyard in 2005 and Salado Wine Seller opened the same year to begin selling Texas wines. Salado Winery Company started making wine in 2010. As of our last visit in May 2011, Salado Winery Company made two wines which were bottled by Homestead Winery and these are sold at Salado Wine Seller. From looking at their website now, Salado Wine Seller is now [Read More...]
The 14th annual SpringFest was held in historic Old Town Spring on March 31st and April 1st. Like last year we volunteered to help the wineries pour their tastings. We were just hoping the weather was not going to be like last year when it was very cold the first of two days. When we volunteered, I was told the festival was moved to the end of March instead of the beginning like last year to hopefully avoid that problem. [Read More...]
http://santamariacellarswines.com Santamaria Cellars is owned by Martin and Angela Santamaria and opened in October 2011. Martin (pronounced Marteen) is the winemaker and was born in Mendoza, Argentina. He moved to the United States in 2000 and served as the winemaker at Dry Comal Creek Vineyards and Winery in New Braunfels until 2005. He founded Santamaria Cellars during that time and began making wines under his own label. There has been confusion regarding what the correct name of the winery is. [Read More...]
After having searched often for Texas wines to participate in TXWine Twitter Tuesday or other mentions of Texas wine I wanted to try, I thought I would find out where do you buy your Texas wine? Obviously if you live near or are visiting a Texas winery that is the best place to get Texas wine. The wineries should have all their wines available and you will not have to search for it. For the rest of us, we need [Read More...]
