Lost Oak Cellars: A New Venture

One of the most popular wineries in Texas is Lost Oak Winery located in Burleson. The winery was opened by Gene and Judy Estes at the end of 2006. The winemaker tasked with heading up the making of the wines was the experienced winemaker Jim Evans. Times have changed over the years. Gene and Judy Estes retired leaving the winery at the helm of stepdaughter Roxanne Myers as president of Lost Oak Winery. The winemaking team has also changed over the years with Jim Evans becoming executive winemaker and Angela Chapman taking over as head winemaker.

Later Lost Oak Winery wanted to be on US 290 in Fredericksburg and joined forces with McPherson Cellars and Brennan Vineyards to form 4.0 Cellars in 2012 when I as Texas Wine Lover was the first person to do a tasting at the winery before they opened. The winery later in 2020 renamed Texas Wine Collective.

Now Lost Oak Winery has expanded again to the town of Boerne by opening Lost Oak Cellars in 2024. The rapidly expanding Boerne area between San Antonio and Comfort and Kerrville on I-10 in the Hill Country is becoming a destination in itself which I predict soon to rival US 290 between Johnson City and Fredericksburg.

I recently moved to San Antonio, so to take a break from unpacking from my move, I headed to Boerne to see the new Lost Oak Cellars. The tasting room building was once the Ebensberger Fisher Funeral home, is part of the Boerne Historical Society, and was named a Texas Treasure by the Texas Historical Society in 2012. The design of the original building worked well because the tasting room did not need to change much to add its large U-shaped tasting bar, event room in the back, and more.

I sat at the tasting bar to do a tasting and noticed not all the wines from Lost Oak Winery were at the new location. I had been to Lost Oak Winery earlier this year and did a tasting so I was familiar with their current wines. A tasting at Lost Oak Cellars can be a white or red wine tasting of four wines. I was able to select from these wines at the time of my visit:

• 2023 Trebbiano – Diamante Doble Vineyards
• 2022 Mourvèdre Rosé – Diamante Doble Vineyards
• 2023 Viognier – 57% Viognier from Diamante Doble Vineyards and 43% Viognier from Bingham Family Vineyards
• 2023 Gewürztraminer – Diamante Doble Vineyards
• 2023 Orange Muscat – 65% Orange Muscat from Diamante Doble Vineyards and 35% from Reddy Vineyards
• 2023 Rosa Blanca – 47% Muscat Blanc from Reddy Vineyards, 40% Muscat Canelli from Diamante Doble Vineyards, 11% Zinfandel from Reddy Vineyards
• 2021 Mourvèdre Barrel Select – 90% 2021 Mourvèdre from Diamante Doble Vineyards and 10% 2022 Mourvèdre from Diamante Doble Vineyards
• 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – 90% Cabernet Sauvignon from Triple D Vineyards, 10% Petite Sirah from Paka Family Vineyards
• 2022 Sangiovese – 85% Sangiovese from Lahey Vineyards, 10% Sangiovese from Reddy Vineyards, and 5% Mourvèdre from Diamante Doble Vineyards
• NV Red Blend – 39% Petit Verdot from California, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon from California, 19% Petit Verdot from Texas High Plains, 12% Field Blend from Texas High Plains
• Blanc du Blanc – Sparkling – 100% Chardonnay – Clements Hills Vineyard, Lodi, CA
• Rose – Sparkling – 97% Chardonnay – Clements Hills Vineyard, Lodi, CA and 3% Pinot Noir from Lodi, CA

Now that’s the kind of tasting notes I like seeing on a tasting menu!

In the back of Lost Oak Cellars is a separate room which I learned was an event room that can also be reserved. The tasting room also had a number of lockers spread throughout the rooms. A wine club member gets shipments five times a year and can get a locker (they call them vaults) and you can store your wine there.

I returned a few weeks later when Lost Oak Cellars was celebrating with a family and friends’ event. Gene and Judy Estes, Jim and Carol Evans, and Roxanne Myers were in attendance and the place was packed! They spoke to the crowd during the night talking about the history of the winery and also reminded everyone that they are the only Texas winery that has had three past TWGGA (Texas Wine & Grape Growers Association) presidents. I am kind of partial to the 2014 TWGGA Conference when Jim Evans was president.😉

It is good to see that the people from Lost Oak Winery are supporting their new tasting room of Lost Oak Cellars and making the trek from Burleson to Boerne. The future looks good for Boerne and Lost Oak Cellars.

111 Rosewood Ave, Boerne, TX 78006