bottling Archives

You Gotta Get the Wine in the Bottle

August 6, 2021 by Amie Nemec 1 Comment

Amie learns all about bottling when volunteering at Hye Meadow Winery Read More

Laurie Ware’s 2017 Year in Wine: A Retrospective

January 11, 2018 by Laurie Ware 2 Comments

Laurie Ware had a very busy 2017 helping the Texas wine industry Read More

Volunteering to Bottle Wine at CALAIS Winery

September 1, 2017 by Carl W. Hudson 2 Comments

Carl explains why it is beneficial to volunteer for bottling wine at a local winery Read More

Lone Hen Winery

September 9, 2014 by Jeff Cope 4 Comments

Lone Hen Winery is located in College Station and is owned by Steve and Vicki Kirkpatrick. Their first vines of Blanc du Bois and Champanel were planted in 2004 on their ten acre lot where they live. They continued by planting Cabernet Sauvignon in 2006 and will be replanting with Lenoir soon. They currently haveRead More

CapRock Winery – Revisited

May 20, 2014 by Jeff Cope 5 Comments

I visited CapRock Winery over a year after the sale of the winery to new owners to see what was different. Read More

Llano Estacado Winery – Revisited

May 19, 2014 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

I visited Llano Estacado Winery and had the enjoyment of a tour with barrel tastings. Read More

McPherson Cellars – Revisited

May 17, 2014 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Since I was recently in the Lubbock area, I stopped into McPherson Cellars to see what was new from the last time I visited. Read More

Ste. Genevieve Winery / Mesa Vineyards – Part 1 of 2

February 3, 2014 by Jeff Cope 30 Comments

Ste. Genevieve Winery / Mesa Vineyards is located about 27 miles east of Fort Stockton. It is the largest winery in Texas and the 24th to 26th largest winery in the United States. Outside of California, one winery in Washington which is larger is Ste. Michelle Wine Estates who has multiple wineries in their portfolioRead More

Bottling at Eaglefire Winery with a Mobile Bottling Line

November 9, 2013 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Eaglefire Winery announced they would be bottling four wines early on a Saturday morning: Muscat Blanc, Blanc du Bois, Meritage, and Reserve Meritage. Since we had helped owner/winemaker Chris Caldwell bottle before, I decided to volunteer again. In the past when we bottled, there were multiple people needed for each stage of the process fromRead More

Cork This! Winery

August 31, 2013 by Jeff Cope 4 Comments

Cork This! Winery is located in the center of Montgomery and is owned by Karla Nash who is also the winemaker. Read More