Oldest Winery In Texas

It is the oldest bonded winery in the state of texas and was awarded the land heritage award from the department of agriculture for single family ownership of the vineyards for over 100 years.

Oldest winery in texas. First opened in 1883 by frank qualia val verde winery has remained in his family for three generations now. Because of longevity and family pride the val verde winery is a landmark and an innovator in the growing texas wine industry. Each of our award winning wines is carefully hand made in small quantities using traditional methods passed down from generation to generation. Its originator found that lenoir grapes prospered in del rio and took a chance in starting the winery based on this observation.

Here at val verde winery we believe in family tradition and quality. Some of the earliest recorded texas wines were produced by spanish missionaries in the 1650s near el paso texas ranked as the fifth largest wine producing state by 2019. Try the viognier one of their award winning white wines and a grape that grows well in texas and make sure you ask about life on the texas frontier while you re trying their modern texas wines. Under the direction of president and ceo mark hyman texas oldest winery has grown from producing 3 800 cases in 1994 to more than 165 000 cases today.

Val verde winery is the oldest continuously running texas winery and it can be visited in beautiful del rio. Much of that growth has been through the. Matt joyce texas highways. We invite you to visit us at the winery and enjoy a.

Welcome to the oldest continuously running winery in texas. Texas has a long history of wine production. This picturesque winery is decorated with texas antiques most of which are from the 1800 s and visitors can even get a feel for the farm life that s still. The sunny and dry climate of the major winemaking regions in the state have drawn comparison to portuguese wines in addition to other regions in europe like spain france and italy.

The winery is located on one of the oldest homesteads in texas and the tasting room is the historic mccrary house in comanche. One of the oldest wineries in the texas hill country becker vineyards in stonewall is also the third largest and has even had their wine served at esteemed venues such as the white house. However the estate s 16 tasting features wines denoted thc which means every variety. The vineyard the oldest in the texas hill country trail region does not produce wine on site.