Texas Wineries Online (and Off)
Texas isn’t the first place most people picture when they think “wine country,” but that’s a mistake worth correcting. The state spans nine distinct American Viticultural Areas — from the sun-baked High Plains near Lubbock to the limestone-rich Texas Hill Country around Fredericksburg. The grapes grown here face brutal heat, thin soils, and unpredictable rainfall, yet they produce wines with bold character and a sense of place you won’t find anywhere else. This is a reference list of Texas wineries worth knowing, whether you’re planning a road trip or just curious about what’s growing in your own backyard.
The beginner trap: Assuming Texas wine means low quality — many of these producers craft serious, award-winning bottles that rival well-known California labels.
Texas Wineries by Location
- Alamosa Wine Cellars — Bend
- Barking Rocks Winery — Granbury
- Becker Vineyards — Stonewall
- Bell Mountain Vineyards — Fredericksburg
- Bella Vista Ranch — Wimberley
- Bernhardt Winery — Plantersville
- Blue Mountain Vineyards — Fort Davis
- Bluff Dale Vineyards — Bluff Dale
- Brennan Vineyards — Comanche
- Bruno and George Wines — Sour Lake
- Brushy Creek Vineyards — Alvord
- Cap Rock Winery — Lubbock
- Carmela Winery — Prosper
- Chisholm Trail Winery — Fredericksburg
- Circle S Vineyards — Sugar Land
- Colony Cellars — Waller
- Comfort Cellars Winery — Comfort
- CrossRoads Winery — Frisco
- Cross Timbers Winery — Grapevine
- Custom Crush — San Antonio
- D’Vine Wine of McKinney — McKinney
- D’Vine Wine of Texas — Garland
- D’Vine Wine of Texas — Granbury
- D’Vine Wine of North Texas — Grapevine
- D’Vine Wine of Texas — Fort Worth
- Delaney Vineyards — La Mesa
- Delaney Vineyards, Inc. — Grapevine
- DGI Beverage LLC — Tomball
- Dobler Wines — Morse
- Driftwood Vineyards — Driftwood
- Dry Comal Creek Vineyards — New Braunfels
- Escondido Valley Wines — Fort Stockton
- Fall Creek Vineyards — Tow
- Fawn Crest Vineyard, Inc. — Canyon Lake
- Flat Creek Estate — Marble Falls
- Frascone Winery — Oak Island
- Fredericksburg Winery — Fredericksburg
- Gourd Dog Winery — Granbury
- Grape Creek Vineyards — Stonewall
- Grayson Hills Winery — Whitewright
- Guerra Vineyard & Winery — Pittsburg
- Haak Vineyards & Winery — Santa Fe
- Hidden Springs Winery — Pilot Point
- Homestead Vineyards & Winery — Ivanhoe
- Homestead Vineyards & Winery — Denison
- Homestead Winery at Grapevine — Grapevine
- Inwood Estates Vineyards — Dallas
- Juniper Valley L.P. — San Antonio
- Khatter Vineyard — Parker
- Kiepersol Estates Vineyard — Tyler
- La Bodega Winery — Dallas–Fort Worth Airport
- La Bodega Winery — Grapevine
- La Buena Vida Vineyards — Grapevine
- La Cruz de Comal Wines — Startzville
- La Diosa Cellars — Lubbock
- Leeward Wines — Canyon Lake
- Lehm Berg Winery — Giddings
- Lightcatcher Winery — Tarrant County
- Llano Estacado Winery — Lubbock
- Lone Oak Vineyards — Valley View
- Lone Star Wine Cellars — McKinney
- Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards — Pittsburg
- Lost Creek Vineyard — Llano
- Louviney Cellars and Bistro — Winnsboro
- Mandola Winery — Driftwood
- Maydelle Country Wines — Maydelle
- McReynolds Wines — Cypress Mill
- Messina-Hof Wine Cellars — Bryan
- Nashwood Winery — Dallas
- Oak Hill Cellars — Austin
- Oberhof Wine Cellars (Tasting Room) — Fredericksburg
- Paris Vineyards — Paris
- Pheasant Ridge Winery — Lubbock
- Pillar Bluff Vineyards — Lampasas
- Piney Woods Country Wines — Orange
- Pleasant Hill Winery — Brenham
- Poteet Country Winery — Poteet
- Purple Possum Winery — Navasota
- Red Caboose Vineyard and Winery — Meridian
- Red River Winery — Old Town Spring
- Rising Star Vineyards — Rising Star
- Rosemary’s Vineyard & Winery — La Grange
- Salado Wine Seller — Salado
- San Martino Winery & Vineyards — Rockwall
- Sandstone Cellars Winery — Mason
- Singing Water Vineyards — Comfort
- Sister Creek Vineyards — Sisterdale
- Slaughter-Leftwich Vineyards — Austin
- Specialty Blends Inc. — Ingram
- Spicewood Vineyards — Spicewood
- Ste. Genevieve & Peregrine Hill — Fort Stockton
- Stone House Vineyard — Spicewood
- Su Vino Winery — Grapevine
- Sunset Winery — Burleson
- Swirll — Dallas
- Tehuacana Creek Vineyards — Waco
- Texas Hills Vineyard — Johnson City
- Texoma Winery — Whitewright
- The Winery in Grand Prairie — Grand Prairie
- Three Dudes Winery — San Marcos
- Times Ten Cellars — Dallas
- Toddy Blends — Houston
- Torre di Pietra Vineyards — Fredericksburg
- Triple R Ranch & Winery — Whitesboro
- Val Verde Winery — Del Rio
- Vintner’s Cellar of North Texas — Plano
- Wales Manor — McKinney
- Water 2 Wine — Austin
- Water 2 Wine — Castle Hills
- Wichita Falls Vineyards & Winery — Iowa Park
- Wimberley Valley Winery — Driftwood
- Windy Hill Winery — Brenham
- Winewerks — San Antonio
- Woodrose Winery & Retreat — Stonewall
- Zin Valle Vineyards — Canutillo
Why this works
Texas wine country succeeds because of geology and geography working together. The High Plains AVA sits at 3,000–4,000 feet of elevation, which means cooler nights that slow ripening and build complexity in the grapes. The Hill Country’s limestone soils drain fast and stress the vines just enough to concentrate flavors. Stressed vines produce smaller berries with more skin relative to juice — and more skin means more tannin, more color, and more of those deep fruit compounds that make a wine interesting. Heat that would punish coastal vineyards becomes an asset here when paired with those cool nights and thin soils.
Notes
Winery status and ownership change often — always check a winery’s website before making a long drive. Several “D’Vine Wine” locations on this list operate as custom winemaking studios where you blend and bottle your own wine, which is a great hands-on intro to the craft. Val Verde Winery in Del Rio holds the distinction of being Texas’s oldest continuously operating winery, founded in 1883.
