Tasting
Perdenales Ridge Cellars · Texas Hill Country
Concrete & Limestone: A Seated Tasting
4.8(127)1 hr 15 min12 seats
Six estate wines, poured seated, with the winemaker most Saturdays.
$65 / guest
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Texas Hill Country
Limestone, granite and long afternoons. Tempranillo and mesquite-smoked everything, an hour west of Austin.
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What to expect
The Hill Country grows on caliche and heat. Vineyards here gave up on imitating Napa two decades ago and planted what the ground actually wanted — Tempranillo, Mourvèdre, Viognier — and the wines got honest.
Distilleries followed the same logic, working with sorghum and blue corn. Plan a Saturday around two tasting rooms and one long lunch. Everything is within forty minutes of Fredericksburg.
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Our picks in Texas Hill Country
Dinner
Perdenales Ridge Cellars · Texas Hill Country
The Long Table Supper
4.9(68)3 hr16 seats
Four courses on the terrace, one wine per course, one table for everyone.
$185 / guest
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Salt Fork Distilling Co. · Texas Hill Country
Blue Corn Still Tour
4.7(213)1 hr14 seats
The whole process floor, from the mill to the barrel, with a pull off the still.
$35 / guest
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4 producers
Everyone we have visited and approved in Texas Hill Country.
Winery · Texas Hill Country
Perdenales Ridge Cellars
Estate Tempranillo and Mourvèdre grown on shallow limestone, fermented in concrete.
3 experiences · Fredericksburg, TX
Distillery · Texas Hill Country
Salt Fork Distilling Co.
Blue corn bourbon and sorghum rum, distilled on a hand-hammered copper pot still.
3 experiences · Johnson City, TX
Brewery · Texas Hill Country
Hollow Bell Brewing
Lagers with long conditioning, brewed on the Blanco river.
2 experiences · Blanco, TX
Meadery · Texas Hill Country
Caliche & Fig
Dry session meads from wildflower and huajillo honey.
2 experiences · Stonewall, TX