A Christmas Tasting

The other day, my DIL Helen and I headed up the road to Hye TX to meet her cousin for a wine tasting. It was a beautiful day and we had plenty of time so we headed northwest on the backroads of Texas.

It was so nice out.....a perfect winter day for south central Texas....the Texas Hill Country.

The winter flowers are blooming......

....the vines are not.

The Hill Country abounds in wineries especially the Hwy 290 corridor between Fredericksburg and Johnson City. That is where you will find Hye and the William Chris Winery.

We enjoyed the tasting although it's definitely not our favorite. Our host was a young man and he did a pretty good job walking us through the six wines we tasted. Unlike many other wineries, the tastings menu is set....you don't get to choose the wines. We ordered a small chees plate which was very good and had plenty of cheese, proscuttos, and bread pieces for the three of us.

We stood at this counter for the whole tasting.....some seats would have been very nice.

The tasting room also had a few gift items to choose from. Helen just met her cousin when she joined us for Thanksgiving and she is definitely a keeper. We all had a good time.

It was a nice way to spend an afternoon.