Wine club Archives

Wines of Dotson-Cervantes

Published on December 22, 2014 | Updated on February 10, 2019 by Jeff Cope 2 Comments

Wines of Dotson-Cervantes is located in Pontotoc and is owned by Alphonse Dotson and Martha Cervantes Read More

Lost Draw Cellars

Published on December 15, 2014 | Updated on July 10, 2026 by Jeff Cope 2 Comments

Lost Draw Cellars is located in Fredericksburg and is owned by Andy Timmons, Andrew Sides, and Troy Ottmers Read More

Compass Rose Cellars

Published on November 22, 2014 | Updated on January 27, 2018 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

Compass Rose Cellars has their production located in Mason but the tasting room is in Hye. However, the plan is to eventually move the production to Hye also on the 35 acre lot. The winery is owned by Mark Watson and Robert Nida is the winemaker. The winery opened January 28, 2011, and the tastingRead More

Preview of Lost Draw Cellars

Published on October 13, 2014 | Updated on August 4, 2026 by Jeff Cope 10 Comments

Ever since the announcement that Lost Draw Cellars would be opening in Fredericksburg, we have been keeping a watchful eye since we knew the winery had to be good. Lost Draw Cellars is a joint venture between Lost Draw Vineyards owner Andy Timmons, Andrew Sides, and Troy Ottmers. We knew we were going to beRead More

Texas Winery Club Includes other Texas Wineries

Published on September 18, 2014 | Updated on January 27, 2018 by Jeff Cope 1 Comment

Texas Winery Club was established in May 2014, following the April 2013 opening of Red Road Vineyard and Winery located in Texarkana, Texas. The concept of Red Road Winery is to represent every Texas vineyard and winery in all four regions of the state and to help organize the industry. Owner Terry Willet said, “OurRead More

The Austin Winery

Published on July 21, 2014 | Updated on August 5, 2026 by Jeff Cope 1 Comment

The Austin Winery is located on the east side of Austin and is an urban winery. Ross McLauchlan is the CEO and President who works on sales and sourcing grapes while Cooper Anderson is the Vice President and head winemaker. Chief of Operations is Matt Smith who handles the accounting and administration. The winery openedRead More

Lone Star Three Day Road Trip

Published on June 23, 2014 | Updated on January 27, 2018 by Jeff Cope Leave a Comment

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