Texas Wine Lover® was founded early in 2011 by Jeff Cope to help promote Texas wine. Jeff first started visiting many Texas wineries in January 2010 and felt his experience could benefit both consumers and producers. The blog began by describing their experiences at each winery but quickly moved to providing news about the Texas wine industry along with product reviews and more. One does not only drink Texas wine, even though we wish it was that way, there may occasionally be references to non-Texas wine. We prefer that every winery in Texas produces only wine made from 100% Texas grapes, but we do support all wineries located in Texas.
The goal at Texas Wine Lover is to provide the latest up-to-date listings of wineries including a winery map with their locations to help you plan your visits. The winery listings are always being checked, but sometimes a new winery escapes our sight, so please let us know if there is a winery currently open or opening that is not listed.
To make Texas wine, you need both the combination of great grapes and great wineries, and since no one can say exactly how many acres of grape vineyards there are in Texas, we started creating a list of Texas Vineyards in 2014 to find that answer. Through this list, we have helped wineries and vineyards form a successful business relationship. Once larger organizations began the process of collecting vineyard information, our focus has not been on vineyard information, but we will still add and update vineyards if the information is provided.
The Texas Wine Lover blog has been named one of the top wine blogs in the world in multiple lists. Realizing our initial purpose for the website was promoting Texas wineries, we redesigned the website to add a Guide, Plan Your Trip, and created the most extensive mobile app to help people find Texas wineries and plan their trips to visit those wineries. If you’re visiting a winery that is not nearby, you will also need a place to eat and stay, so those businesses are also listed. Services are also listed that support the Texas wine industry. Any business can be listed in the Guide and mobile app.
We have over ten writers who are passionate about Texas wine and provide their own experiences with Texas wineries, wine reviews, and more. Be sure to meet our team!