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the best
wineries in Texas.

A curated guide to the wineries, people, and places worth slowing down for — from Hill Country estates and Fredericksburg wine trails to small-town tasting rooms.

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HYE · TX · 30.24°N 98.87°WFREDERICKSBURG AVA
Jump toFredericksburgTexas Hill CountryDripping SpringsJohnson CityComfortHigh Plains
Featured Texas Wineries

Start with standout wineries.

Across the Texas Hill Country and beyond — the wineries we’d send a friend to first.

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Hye · Fredericksburg

William Chris Vineyards

Bill Blackmon and Chris Brundrett shook hands on a partnership in 2008 with no winery and a borrowed truck.

Terroir-drivenTasting room
Stonewall · Fredericksburg

Becker Vineyards

Dr. Richard Becker planted his first vines in 1992 on a Stonewall farm dotted with peach orchards.

Hill Country originalTasting room
Fredericksburg · Fredericksburg

Grape Creek Vineyards

The Heath family bought Grape Creek in 2006 and built it into the busiest tasting room on Highway 290 — Tuscan-style architecture, a working restaurant, and a Google review count…

14,000 reviews can't be wrongTasting room
Stonewall · Fredericksburg

Pedernales Cellars

The Kuhlken family's Pedernales sits high above its namesake river on Upper Albert Road — a turn most tourists miss, which is why the regulars love it.

Tempranillo specialistTasting room
Comfort · Hill Country

Bending Branch Winery

Dr. Bob Young planted Tannat on a Comfort hillside in 2009 — the first commercial planting in the state.

Tannat pioneerTasting room
Driftwood · Hill Country

Duchman Family Winery

Lisa and Stan Duchman built their winery as an unambiguous love letter to Italy — Vermentino, Aglianico, Sangiovese, Trebbiano, all sourced almost entirely from Texas growers.

Italian focusTasting room
Explore by Region

Eight appellations, one state.

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The Wine Road state. · 94 wineries

Texas Hill Country

The second-largest AVA in the United States. Rolling limestone hills west of Austin — and the densest cluster of tasting rooms in the state.

The Wine Road. · 58 wineries

Fredericksburg & 290

Ground zero for Texas wine tourism. Highway 290 forms the spine; weekends fill from Stonewall to Hye.

8 wineries

Dripping Springs

Small-batch producers and hilltop tasting rooms a short drive from downtown Austin.

12 wineries

Texas High Plains

Where 80% of Texas wine grapes are grown — high-elevation plateaus with wide diurnal swings.

11 wineries

North Texas

Red River country. Oak savannahs, heritage hybrids, and the legacy of T.V. Munson.

Blanc du Bois country

East Texas & Gulf Coast

Hybrid varieties built for humidity, from the pines to the Gulf — quieter than Hill Country, but its own story.

The 290 Wine Trail

Start on the
290 Wine Trail.

From Hye and Stonewall to Fredericksburg and Johnson City, the 290 Wine Trail is the heart of Texas wine tourism — estate vineyards, tasting rooms, restaurants, patios, tours, and some of the state’s most recognized wineries.

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Wineries
54+
Length
24 mi
Anchors
Hye → Stonewall
Best season
Mar–May, Oct
  1. 01

    Grape Creek Vineyards

    Fredericksburg · 14,000 reviews can't be wrong
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  2. 02

    Becker Vineyards

    Stonewall · Hill Country original
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  3. 03

    Pedernales Cellars

    Stonewall · Tempranillo specialist
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  4. 04

    Hilmy Cellars

    Fredericksburg · Wine Road 290
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  5. 05

    William Chris Vineyards

    Hye · Terroir-driven
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Curated Lists

Where should
we actually go?

Most visitors don’t think in databases. They think in moods — who has a view, who has food, what’s worth the drive. Start with one of these.

A Note from the Founders

Wines of Texas was born from a return home.

I grew up in Austin and the Texas Hill Country, with family roots in Dripping Springs that go back generations. Years after my family sold the ranch, I met my wife, Malana, in the same town — only minutes from the land I never stopped loving.

We’re building Wines of Texas together — a quiet guide to the wineries, people, and places that make this corner of the country unlike anywhere else.

Read the full story →— Malana & Corey Breed
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Why We Exist

Built for Texas
wine discovery.

Texas wine country isn’t one thing.

It stretches from Hill Country estates and Fredericksburg wine trails to small-town tasting rooms, High Plains vineyards, and family-run wineries tucked into unexpected places.

Wines of Texas exists to help people discover the places actually worth visiting — whether they’re planning a first wine weekend or looking for somewhere new to slow down for an afternoon.

843+
Licensed wineries
8
Federally recognized AVAs
5th
U.S. state by production
In the Works

The first
field guides.

A small set of curated trip-planning guides we’re writing this season — built from real visits, not from a database.

  1. G/01

    Best Wineries in Fredericksburg

    TOWN · 12 PICKSIn progress
  2. G/02

    A Weekend on the 290 Wine Trail

    TRAIL · 36 HOURSIn progress
  3. G/03

    Wineries Worth the Drive from Austin

    TOWN · 8 PICKSIn progress