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
Touring High Plains Vineyards and “That’s a Lot of Vines!”
Visiting the High Plains requires visiting some of the top vineyards in the state of Texas. With the number of High Plains vineyards, it is very tough to visit all, so I planned with Bill and Gail Day of Buena Suerte Vineyards on which vineyards to visit. Of course, the first vineyard to visit was Buena Suerte Vineyards.Read More
Llano Estacado Winery – Revisited
I visited Llano Estacado Winery and had the enjoyment of a tour with barrel tastings. Read More
Texas Custom Wine Works – Revisited
I visited Texas Custom Wine Works (TCWW) located in Brownfield. They are a custom processing facility which can help customers with winemaking and more. Read More
2014 East Texas Road Trip
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
Road trip to Hye, Wine Road 290, and Mason
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
Bella Vista Ranch
Bella Vista Ranch is located in Wimberley and is owned by Jack and Pat Dougherty. At the same location they also own First Texas Olive Oil Co. Read More
La Viña Winery
La Viña Winery is located in La Union, New Mexico and is owned by Ken and Denise Stark. La Viña Winery is the oldest winery in New Mexico and was founded in 1977. The winery was originally in southern New Mexico but when the Starks bought it in 1993, they moved to La Union, builtRead More
Ste. Genevieve Winery / Mesa Vineyards – Part 2 of 2
In part 1 about Ste. Genevieve Winery / Mesa Vineyards we learned about the history and took a tour of the winery. The continuation of my visit follows by visiting the vineyard and tasting room. The Vineyard When the vineyard was first planted it was 1,000 acres. When owner and president Pat Prendergast came to Ste. GenevieveRead More
Ste. Genevieve Winery / Mesa Vineyards – Part 1 of 2
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
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