Fredericksburg Winery

My sister and I just visited this winery and decided on each of us doing a tasting. We are both dry red drinkers. There were 3 of these as well as other white and sweeter wines available for the tasting. It was explained by the older man and woman working behind the counter that we were to choose 4. I chose the dry reds and one Riesling. My sister chose 2 of the reds and doubled up on the 3rd dry red because she does not like white or sweet wines. I would also like to ad that we are both in our 40’s and have been drinking wine for some time now and are very aware of not only how we prefer things, but also that we don’t like to pay for things forced upon us. The man notices that my sister has doubled up on the dry red and tells her that she’ll have to pick something else. She very politely informed him that she does not prefer white or sweet, and he mansplained to her that she needs to branch out and try new things. Again, we are in our 40s, and no stranger to wines in general. He asked her that if her children did not want to eat their vegetables that she would try to make them try new things wouldn’t she? My sister is very polite and not used to being belittled, so was not sure how to respond to him. She told him that her children were almost grown so they as well knew what vegetables they liked to eat by this time. This did not deter him. He went on to ask if she only liked red, but did not like white? She said yes. Then he commented that he would have thought Obama would have changed us on that. He asked, did Obama not teach us to like every color? We as well as the other four customers in the store were completely horrified. At this point, my sister and I wanted to get the wine tasting over and leave. We were each going to purchase a bottle and go to the nearby park to people watch and enjoy time together. But this man made us so uncomfortable with his belittling of women, sexist behavior and racist conversation, that instead of purchasing anything else, we left. We will never be back.

When there are so many wineries in the area, this is the most historic and fully made in house with all Texas grapes! The tasting guy we had was a hoot! Full of jokes and make the experience more enjoyable! The wines speak for themselves as it's $15 for 5 pours and a glass. The warmed Christmas wine is so good! Definitely recommend this place to start your winery tour in this area!

Went in to browse and ended up doing a wine tasting. The price for the tasting was really reasonable, they let us taste several large glasses of wine, plus we got to keep the glass. Everyone was very friendly and knowledgeable. It was a relaxed, experience filled with pleasant conversation. We tried several great wines and ended up choosing two of their house wines to purchase. The mulled Christmas wine is amazing!! If you're new to wine, looking for a reasonably priced tasting experience or just feel like looking around and chatting with some wonderful people, this is the place to be!!

This place was a nice find. $15 wine tastings for a choice of 5 wines. My favorite was the Christmas wine that they served warmed. The man working here was very friendly and we enjoyed talking to him. The woman who helped us was less than friendly and didn't seem to really care about whether she stayed with us to discuss the wines during our tasting or not. That's the only reason for a 4 star rating.