Haak Vineyards & Winery is located in Santa Fe and is owned by Raymond and Gladys Haak. They are known for their Texas wine Blanc du Bois. Read More
Archives for December 2011
Santamaria Cellars
Santamaria Cellars is owned by Martin and Angela Santamaria and opened in October 2011. Martin is the winemaker of their Texas wine. Read More
Mendelbaum Cellars
Mendelbaum Cellars, owned by Nitzan Mendelbaum, opened in 2011 and is located in Fredericksburg on Highway 290 where they sell Texas wine. Read More
Duchman Family Winery’s 2010 Vermentino
The 2010 Vermentino from Duchman Family Winery has been getting a lot of press with its recent availability and top wine bloggers have been commenting on the wine. Duchman Family Winery is obviously excited about the wine with winemaker Dave Reilly even saying, “The 2010 Vermentino is the best wine I’ve ever made.” The 2010Read More
Day 4 – Hill Country and Fredericksburg Road Trip
Our final day in the Hill Country arrived and we woke up to pouring rain and cold weather. The initial plan was to visit Garrison Brothers Distillery, the first and oldest legal distillery in Texas, on the way back home, but since we started taking photos of owners and winemakers in addition to getting autographsRead More
Day 3 – Hill Country and Fredericksburg Road Trip
Saturday came and it was one of the days I was looking forward to. We were going to take a break from visiting wineries and go to a reenactment of World War II Marines combating in the Pacific. If you have any interest in military history, the National Museum of the Pacific War in FredericksburgRead More
Day 2 – Hill Country and Fredericksburg Road Trip
Day 2 arrived in Fredericksburg and the weather was rainy and a little cold. The weather couldn’t decide what to do while we were there. One morning it was near 70 and the next it would be in the 40’s and rain in between. I had previously made an appointment with Don Pullum (@akashicvineyard), winemakerRead More
Day 1 – Hill Country and Fredericksburg Road Trip
Last year we went to Hill Country and Fredericksburg wineries three times. Unfortunately this was before we decided to start a blog and so we had no specific information about the wineries other than our memories. We started taking photos of the outside of a winery in the last trip just to help us rememberRead More