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October Texas Wine Month Road Trip

October 23, 2014 by Jeff Cope 2 Comments

Becker Vineyards

As you probably are aware, October is Texas Wine Month. That meant there was no doubt Gloria and I had to go on a road trip. We still had the Texas Hill Country Wineries season pass we won at the silent auction at the TWGGA Conference in February, so it was only fitting we headRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 4.0 Cellars, Becker Vineyards, Bending Branch Winery, Cabernet Grill, Cathys Fine Chocolate, Compass Rose Cellars, Esperanza Vineyard, Fredericksburg, Grape Creek Vineyards, Hill Country, Hye Meadow Winery, Inwood Estates Vineyards - Fredericksburg, Kuhlman Cellars, Lost Draw Cellars, Messina Hof Winery & Resort, Otto's German Bistro, Pontotoc Vineyard, road trip, Ross Burtwell, Six Shooter Cellars, Texas Hill Country Wineries, Texas Legato, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Vinny Lupo, White House Winery, William Chris Vineyards

Another East Texas Road Trip

July 7, 2014 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Barrels at Landon Winery in Greenville

We were last in East Texas in April when we were invited to the Kiepersol Estates Distillery and Tasting Rooms Premiere and visited some other wineries at the time too. One of the wineries we tried to make an appointment to visit was Pelle Legna, but the timing was not right. With a free weekend andRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Barrel Tastings, Bingham Family Vineyards vineyards, Crump Valley Vineyards, East Texas, Foods, Grand Oaks Vineyards and Winery, Greenville, Landon Winery - Greenville, Pelle Legna, Pheasant Ridge Winery, road trip, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Tyler, winemaker

Lone Star Three Day Road Trip

June 23, 2014 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Grapes

When I was asked to be a judge at the latest Lone Star International Wine Competition, that meant a drive to Grapevine for the Monday and Tuesday competition. If I was going to drive that far from Houston, I decided to take advantage of the weekend to visit wineries in that area which I haveRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Arche, Barking Rocks Winery & Vineyard, Blue Ostrich Winery & Vineyard, Bluff Dale Vineyards, Brennan Vineyards, Grapevine, Landon Winery - McKinney, road trip, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Vineyard, Wedding Oak Winery, Wine club, winemaker

2014 Annual Memorial Day Weekend Hill Country Road Trip

June 8, 2014 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Hye Meadow winners

We now have an annual ritual to visit the Hill Country the weekend of Memorial Day and meeting up with friends Dave and Kelli Potter of The Grapes Around Texas and future Mary Elizabeth Vineyards along with Laurie and Shelly Ware of Wine’s At Roads End on a road trip. This year we stayed at the LazyRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Duchman Family Winery, Fly Gap Winery, Fredericksburg, Hawks Shadow Winery, Hill Country, Hye Meadow Winery, Lewis Wines, Pedernales Cellars, road trip, Spicewood Vineyards, Texas Hill Country Wineries, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Vineyard, winemaker

2014 East Texas Road Trip

April 21, 2014 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards

Gloria and I were invited to the Kiepersol Estates Distillery and Tasting Rooms Premiere so we made plans to visit other wineries in East Texas for the weekend too. We both had the Friday off and that gave us more time to plan something for our East Texas road trip. Gerald Jones from Los Pinos RanchRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Bed and Breakfast, Castle Oaks Vineyard and Winery, East Texas, Foods, Kiepersol Vineyards & Winery, Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards, Restaurant, road trip, Tara Vineyard & Winery, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Wine club

Road trip to Hye, Wine Road 290, and Mason

March 24, 2014 by Jeff Cope 3 Comments

Hye Trip - bottles

We received an invitation by William Chris Vineyards to attend a concert they were having starring Texas artist Larry Joe Taylor. We gladly accepted and started planning a road trip to Wine Road 290 and the area for the weekend. On the way to our planned first stop, we made a quick change when weRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 4.0 Cellars, Bed and Breakfast, Compass Rose Cellars, Fly Gap Winery, Fredericksburg, Hill Country, Hilmy Cellars, Hye Market, Hye Meadow Winery, Pedernales Cellars, road trip, Robert Clay Vineyards, store, Texas Hill Country Wineries, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Vineyard, William Chris Vineyards

Hill Country Road Trip in a Van

October 20, 2013 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Flat Creek tasting

A very common way to visit wineries today is with a tour company and limo/van. The advantage to this besides letting an experienced person/group know where to take you is to have a designated driver. We were invited by friends to stay the weekend at the beautiful Island on Lake Travis in Lago Vista. There wereRead More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Becker Vineyards, Flat Creek Estate, For Sale in Texas Only, Fredericksburg, Hill Country, Limo, Messina Hof Hill Country, Passport code, Pedernales Cellars, road trip, Texas Hill Country Wineries, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, Tour, Van, William Chris Vineyards, Wine club

May 2013 Fredericksburg Road Trip

May 30, 2013 by Jeff Cope 6 Comments

Memorial Day weekend came and it was time to visit some Texas wineries in a Fredericksburg road trip. We made plans to join forces again with Dave and Kelli Potter along with Laurie and Shelly Ware. A schedule was started as to what we wanted to see and it eventually evolved into a very busy Saturday.Read More

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 4.0 Cellars, Bed and Breakfast, Don Pullum, Foods, Fredericksburg, Garrison Brothers, Hill Country, Hilmy Cellars, Hye Meadow Winery, Lewis Wines, Messina Hof Winery & Resort, Pedernales Cellars, Pontotoc Vineyard, Restaurant, road trip, Robert Clay Vineyards, Sandstone Cellars Winery, Six Shooter Cellars, store, Texas Hill Country Wine Trail, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries, TEXSOM, Tour, Vineyard, William Chris Vineyards

2013 Lost Pines Wine Fest

May 12, 2013 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Lost Pines Wine Fest

The inaugural 2013 Lost Pines Wine Fest was held on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at the Bastrop Brewhouse in Bastrop. Since there were going to be a number of wineries present and friends Dave and Kelli Potter were going, we decided to make the two hour trip to both support the festival and meet friends. WeRead More

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Festival, Foods, road trip, Texas Wine, Texas Wineries

2013 Lost Pines Wine Fest Preview

April 16, 2013 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Lost Pines Wine Fest

The inaugural 2013 Lost Pines Wine Fest is Saturday, May 11, 2013 from noon – 6:00 p.m. at the Bastrop Brewhouse in Bastrop, Texas. All proceeds from this event will go to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bastrop County. The festival is partnering with the Bastrop Brewhouse to establish a great event they hopeRead More

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Festival, local wine, road trip

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