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2019 Harvest Updates
Pedernales estate harvest at Kuhlken Vineyards We have heard some great things about the 2019 harvest this year in Texas. For what was expected to be an average harvest, it is turning out that the...
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Fiesta Winery Marble Falls
Fiesta Winery, with locations in Lometa and Fredericksburg, now has a beautiful tasting room in the historic Old Oak Square in downtown Marble Falls, located at 309 Main Street. Though we had visited...
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Parr Vineyards – Winery
Dilek Parr Soul of the Land: A visit with Robb and Dilek Parr, December 26, 2019 A few years ago, I attended a comparison Tempranillo tasting at Lewis Wines on Wine Road 290 just west of Johnson City....
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2020 Wine Lovers Celebration Trip to the Texas Hill Country – Part 1
This past December my wife and I were looking for something to do for her birthday in February when we received an email from Texas Hill Country Wineries about their Wine Lovers Celebration Passport....
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2020 Wine Lovers Celebration Trip to the Texas Hill Country – Part 2
This is the continuation. Be sure you read Part 1. We began our Tuesday at Old German Bakery & Restaurant to pick up some pastries for later in the day. Pastries for lunch is totally fine when on...
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Graveyard Vineyards
If you are looking to experience some California wine – in Texas – then a trip to the Hill Country may well be in order. California wines that are “to die for” are the specialty of Graveyard...
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Parmeson Wines
While exploring the newly opened Graveyard Vineyards in Dripping Springs, we couldn’t help but notice – there are TWO wineries, side by side, featuring California wines! We just had to venture next...
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Perissos Virtual Tasting Preview April 23
We received the product for review and all opinions are our own. By now we all know things are difficult in the United States and around the world with most of us under a stay at home order to fight...
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Texas Grapevines by the Numbers: What’s Trending Up, What’s Trending Down,...
Late last year, the United States Department of Agriculture released a report on grape production in Texas in 2019. The report provides little in the way of analysis, but a few high-level findings are...
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You Can’t Just Wing it in the Covid Era
By Melanie Schwartz Texas Hill Country wineries are reopening, but things are far from what they were before the pandemic. There are all kinds of rules for social distancing and every winery and...
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A COVID-19 Visit to some New Wineries in the Texas Hill Country
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit all of us hard. One of the most heavily hit businesses in Texas though are Texas wineries. Once Governor Greg Abbott decided that wineries were just like bars and issued...
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William Chris Vineyards Continues to Capitalize on Virtual Engagements
I frequent Fredericksburg often enough that friends consider me an unofficial local and reliable tour guide. Although my must do list is ever changing and always evolving, William Chris Vineyards...
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William Chris Vineyards merges with Lost Draw Cellars
It was announced effective immediately that William Chris Vineyards (WCV) and Lost Draw Cellars (LDC) have merged. With a shared vision and set of values, this merger is an evolution of a long history...
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Fiesta Winery to have Groundbreaking for the Resort Arch Ray
Fiesta Vineyard and Winery owners Stephen and Sally Baxter along with their children are using their expertise in hospitality to embark on their greatest adventure yet, the four-phase resort project...
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“Sippin’ on the Edge of the Hill Country”
The much anticipated “Sippin’ on the Edge of the Hill Country” event (rescheduled from April) happened Saturday, October 24th at Stoneledge Vineyard and Winery in Lometa. Admission included 10...
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Rae Wilson of Wine For the People Winemaker Profile
Rae Wilson is familiar with those rosé lovers who first discovered Dandy Rosé. Rae has gone on to also produce brands La Valentía and The Grower Project which is a collaboration with Andrew Sides of...
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4.0 Cellars becomes Texas Wine Collective
4.0 Cellars, the unified tasting room, retailer, and wine club featuring Texas wine pioneers Brennan Vineyards, Lost Oak Winery, and McPherson Cellars, has relaunched as the Texas Wine Collective. The...
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John Rivenburgh Opens a New Wine Incubator at Kerrville Hills Winery
Texas wine industry luminary, John Rivenburgh, recently purchased Kerrville Hills Winery and he is transforming it into a winery incubator. That conversion allows Rivenburgh to realize one of his...
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12 Fires Winery
A scenic drive down 290 just outside of Johnson City brought us to the secluded 12 Fires Winery on Durango Road, just between Carter Creek Winery Resort and Spa and 290 Wine Castle. Owned and operated...
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Alex Anthony Vineyards
We passed through Johnson City, wanting to see if the Alex Anthony Vineyards tasting room was open—yes! Nestled inside a white stone Texas historical building just across from the courthouse we met...
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