Texas Wine for the Holidays

This holiday season, as we gather 'round our tables and countertops with friends and family, let Texas wine be your "secret ingredient" for a great celebration!

Not only will you be supporting your neighbors — Texas-based winemakers, grape growers, and entrepreneurs — you'll have a great ice-breaker story to tell about the time you visited a nearby winery. You will also have a very delicious wine to sip on, which pairs well with conversation as wine has a way of loosening us up a bit! Plus, if you are planning a farm-to-table meal, including a Texas wine will help you extend that ethos to what you drink.

If you need more reasons to sip, savor, and give the gift of Texas wine this season, see my Edible Austin story from this time last year about the power of wine in bringing us together and helping us slow down, connect, and enjoy each other's company.

Gift-Giving Made Simple

Want to share Texas wine with friends and family, but unsure where to start? Some of our local wine groups have you covered! Check out these holiday packages that include a variety of well-loved wines at a discounted price to help you spread cheer and support local!

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Texas Fine Wine Holiday Pack

For the past decade, Texas Fine Wine has been bringing together some of the highest quality Texas wines from four longstanding and beloved Hill Country wineries. To celebrate the holiday season, they offer a special "Holiday Pack" with a bottle of wine from each of four member wineries. This year's bundle includes:

Pedernales Cellars 2022 Kyla Sparkling Semillon

Spicewood Vineyards 2021 Black Label Tempranillo

Duchman Family Winery 2018 Aglianico

Bending Branch Winery 2021 Bourbon Barrel Aged Tannat, Newsom Vineyards

You can taste these wines, paired with holiday-inspired bites from High’s Café, at the Texas Fine Wine Holiday Soirée on Saturday, November 15, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at Bending Branch Winery. Attendees are invited to help spread holiday cheer by bringing new art supplies to support the Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas, an organization that has been responsive to families in the healing process after the flooding in the Hill Country.

Order your holiday pack here.

Purchase tickets for the Holiday Soirée here.

Health Family Wines Bundle

Heath Family Wines, comprised of Grape Creek Vineyards, K Estate (formerly Kuhlman Cellars), Invention Vineyards, Jenblossom Cellars, and Heath Sparkling Wines, is offering three different holiday bundles at a 10% - 20% discount this year. If you are a bubbles fan or hosting a New Year's Eve party, don't miss this deal! You choose from a 3-pack that includes a bottle of Grape Creek Vineyards' 2022 Bellissimo (typically a members-only wine and one of my personal favorites!), Heath Sparkling's 2022 Euphoria bubbles, and Invention Vineyards' 2022 P2, or a 6-pack of bottles that offers more breadth and includes two bottles from K Estate. Members can build-their-own variety package!

Learn more and choose your favorites here.

Texas Hill Country Wineries Christmas Wine Affair Passport

Give the gift of adventure when you purchase a Texas Hill Country Wineries holiday passport. Perfect for local friends and family, the passport is a great way to experience Texas wines and wineries first-hand. When you purchase the passport, you or your gift recipient receive complimentary tastings at more than 50 participating wineries as well as a 15% discount on purchases of 3 bottles at more. Passport holders can visit up to 4 Hill Country wineries per day November 24 - December 19, 2025.

See the list of participating wineries and get your passports here.

Texas Wine Girl Favorites

Choose your own adventure! You can't go wrong when you gift a bottle of one of your personal favorites.

Here are some of mine at a variety of price points (from about $20 to $100) if you are seeking inspiration (I tend to favor dry wines with berry notes, earthy notes, and rich texture)!

Reds

Culinaria, Becker Vineyards

Tannat Reserve, Tallent Vineyards, Bending Branch Winery

Estate Souzao, Lost Pirogue Vineyard, Bending Branch Winery

Cuvée de L'Exposition, Calais Winery (can't go wrong with any of the Calais Cabernet Sauvignons!)

TX RD, Calais Winery

Sangiovese, Duchman Family Winery

Politics & Religion Mourvèdre - Merlot, Hilmy Cellars

The Full Monte, Hye Meadow Winery

Mosaic, Grape Creek Vineyards

Estate Syrah, Perissos Vineyard and Winery

Spy Rock Touriga Nacional, Pontotoc Vineyards

Really Little, Ron Yates Wines

Father-Daughter Mourvèdre, Salt Lick Cellars

Estate Mourvèdre, Sandy Road Vineyards

The Good Guy, Red Blend, Spicewood Vineyards

Montepulciano, Uplift Vineyards

Whites

Viognier, Becker Vineyards

Vermentino, Duchman Family Winery

Viognier Reserve, Pedernales Cellars

Roussanne, Uplift Vineyards

Rosés

La Connection Rosé, French Connection Wines

Whole-cluster Mourvèdre Rosé, Local Customs

Cinsault Rosé, Lost Draw

Alethia Rosé, Pedernales Cellars

Dandy Rosé, Wine for the People

Mourvèdre Rosé, William Chris Vineyards

Oranges

Orange Muscat, Torr Na Lochs

Sparklings

AV Champagne Les Dames de France Grand Cru Brut, Alexander Vineyards

Pinot Meunier, Letkeman Family Vineyards, Sparkling Rose, Lost Draw

Ebuillience, Health Sparkling Wines

Dark Sky Mourvedre Blanc, Uplift Vineyard, William Chris

There are honestly so many more! :) What are some of your favorites? Please add them in the comments!

Happy Holidays, and cheers to supporting local!