Thank you to Vanita Ledyard (Visit Aggieland volunteer) for sharing these Harvest Festival pictures with us! We loved having y’all!

Harvest 2013 is almost finished here at the Messina Hof Bryan estate. We have our final Harvest Weekend kicking off on Friday, August 2nd with an intimate Barrel Tasting with winemaker, Paul M. Bonarrigo. Our final Daytime Harvest will be on Saturday, August 3rd, and it is sure to be huge party. Last weekend we…

The vineyards in Bryan and in Fredericksburg at Messina Hof’s winery locations are looking beautiful. Thevines appear to be ready to produce a bountiful crop for the 2013 vintage. The Lenoir grapes are growing heavier, and look to be ready to transition to véraison (meaning the “onset of ripening”) any day now. Soon you will see…

This is a very exciting time for the Messina Hof family as the harvest of 2013 begins. Moonlit Harvest will occur Friday, July 12th at 7:00 pm and we hope you can join us. Grape picking and stomping, t-shirts upon which to press grape-stained feet and dinner with wine. It will be memorable. If unable to…