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High Plains Trip – Day 1

June 10, 2012 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Rock'n-N Bed and Breakfast

We finally got vacation days approved and our first trip to the High Plains and Lubbock area began. We had the choice of driving nine hours or flying for one hour and in the interest of time, we chose the latter. We enjoyed the United Club room at the Houston airport while waiting for ourRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: road trip, Texas High Plains, Texas Wine, Twitter, Vineyard

Heading to the High Plains

June 5, 2012 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Flying to Lubbock

Most likely there will be a little break between blog posts as Thursday we make our first trip to the High Plains. Since it is at the other end of the state (Texas is a HUGE state!) we have a full schedule planned during the days as we do not know when we will beRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: road trip, Texas High Plains, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Vineyard

Way Out Wineries Road Trip – Day 2

May 6, 2012 by Jeff Cope 3 Comments

WOW - Sunset Winery

Day two of our Way Out Wineries road trip came and we were excited to start the day. We would be meeting Facebook friends Laurie Ware and her husband Shelly, along with Dave and Kelli Potter and their beautiful daughter Annali. I had met Dave in person before but it would be the first timeRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Barking Rocks Winery & Vineyard, Bluff Dale Vineyards, bottling, Hill Country, Lost Oak Winery, road trip, Sunset Winery, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Vineyard, Way Out Wineries

Way Out Wineries Road Trip – Day 1

May 5, 2012 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Texas Legato

We finally had the chance to make the journey northwest to the Way Out Wineries wine trail for the weekend. Our first visit of the day was to Pillar Bluff. We had visited Pillar Bluff before but that was before the ideas of this blog came up. Owner Gill Bledsoe was in the tasting roomRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Brennan Vineyards, Hill Country, Pillar Bluff Vineyards, road trip, Texas Legato, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Vineyard, Way Out Wineries, Wedding Oak Winery

Day 4 – Hill Country and Fredericksburg Road Trip

December 9, 2011 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Sandstone - Scott signing bottle

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

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Don Pullum, Fredericksburg, Hill Country, Restaurant, road trip, Sandstone Cellars Winery, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Westcave Cellars

Day 3 – Hill Country and Fredericksburg Road Trip

December 8, 2011 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Pacific War - reenactment men

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

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 4.0 Cellars, Becker Vineyards, Bell Mountain Vineyards, Dan Gatlin, Fredericksburg, Grape Creek Vineyards, Hill Country, Inwood Estates Vineyards - Fredericksburg, Mendelbaum Cellars, Messina Hof Hill Country, Restaurant, road trip, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, William Chris Vineyards, Woodrose Winery

Day 2 – Hill Country and Fredericksburg Road Trip

December 7, 2011 by Jeff Cope 2 Comments

Don Pullum and Jeff

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

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Bed and Breakfast, Chisholm Trail Winery, Don Pullum, Fredericksburg, Hill Country, Junction Rivers Winery, Kerrville Hills Winery, Martin Santamaria, Restaurant, road trip, Sandstone Cellars Winery, Santamaria Cellars, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour

Day 1 – Hill Country and Fredericksburg Road Trip

December 6, 2011 by Jeff Cope 2 Comments

Flat Creek - inside

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

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Bed and Breakfast, Bell Springs Winery, Cabernet Grill, Chris Brundrett, Flat Creek Estate, Fredericksburg, Hill Country, Messina Hof Hill Country, Restaurant, road trip, spicewood, Texas Hills Vineyard, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, William Chris Vineyards

Road Trip to Driftwood Texas Wineries – Part 2

August 2, 2011 by Jeff Cope 1 Comment

Driftwood visit - Best View

We had previously visited Duchman Family Winery on our road trip to Driftwood Texas wineries and continued our journey to Driftwood Estate Winery. As we ascended the dirt road leading to Driftwood Estate Winery, our guests were wondering where we were going since they aren’t used to driving on too many dirt roads. Welcome toRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: bottling, Driftwood Estate Winery, Hill Country, road trip, Salt Lick Cellars, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Wimberley Valley Winery - Driftwood

Road Trip to Driftwood Texas Wineries – Part 1

July 31, 2011 by Jeff Cope 1 Comment

Duchman-visit - Barrels

Sometimes a day just doesn’t go as expected and you just have to deal with it. That’s how our road trip to some Texas wineries in Driftwood went this past weekend. We attended a Texas Winery Passport reward for a private tasting for six people at Duchman Family Winery including Gloria’s brother and sister-in-law, andRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: award, bottling, Duchman Family Winery, Hill Country, Restaurant, road trip, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Vineyard

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