Tag: Harvest Festival
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Grape Stomping Then & Now
The first weekend of our Annual Harvest Festival is in the books and our staff is busy getting everything ready for Weekend 2! This year, we are celebrating 46 years of connecting friends, family, and Texas wine lovers in a range of daytime and evening events for all to enjoy. Experience the process of winemaking…
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A Guide to Port Wine
After picking, tasting, and stomping at our Annual Harvest Festival, where do all the grapes go? Each year, the grapes harvested during harvest season are gathered and used to produce our award-winning Ports. You can then find our Port featured in various dishes at our Vintage House Restaurant such as our Port-glazed Steak Salad and…
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From Grape to Glass: Veraison at the Vineyard
With summer moving on by, our Estate vineyard is vibrant with colors! Our grapes are getting darker every day and will soon be ready for picking. We are currently in the veraison stage of the vineyard lifecycle. Stages Leading Up to Veraison Bud Break – The annual growth cycle of grapevines is a very lengthy,…
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Harvesting History: Machine vs. Hand-Picking
We are almost a month away from our Messina Hof Annual Harvest Festival and the grapes in our vineyard are getting riper by the day. This means harvesting season is just around the corner. But before you roll up your sleeves and take a step in our winemaker’s shoes, we believe a lesson in harvesting…
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Messina Hof Winery Hosts 40th Annual Harvest Festival
The public is invited to eat, drink and stomp with an authentic, hands-on experience and enjoy celebratory events at Messina Hof Winery. An old-world tradition, Messina Hof’s Harvest Festival allows guests an inside look at winemaking culture. This year marks the 40th Anniversary of Harvest and is expected to be the largest crop to date…