If you have visited either of our beautiful Hill Country wineries over the last few months, you may have noticed a few changes. From olive trees to the Heath Sparkling Wines Member patio, our piece of paradise in Fredericksburg, Texas continues to evolve. A recent project…
Jeff’s Corner 10-15-21 Hey, Hey, Hey,Today is Viognier day! That’s right, today we’ll take a look at our exciting new 2020 Viognier. Our best-selling, signature dry white wine also has one of the most difficult monikers in the wine world to pronounce. Let’s toss out phonetics and make it easy,…
Grape Creek Vineyards, Texas Hill Country AVA Mother Nature gave us many challenges this year, beginning with nine consecutive days of freezing temperatures and ice-covered vines in February. Freeze damage to the vines resulted in…
Jeff’s Corner 8-20-21 Howdy and hello, Today is going to be dedicated to Prosperity. Dictionary.com defines prosperity as “a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.” I chose this definition from the many I researched because it didn’t just focus on economic well-being. In fact, all…
Jeff’s Corner 8-13-21 Hello, Everyone, We’ve been fortunate to enjoy a relatively mild summer thus far in the Texas Hill Country, but this week things are starting to heat up, and one of the best ways I’ve found to cool off is with a well-chilled glass of Texas rosé. And…
Jeff’s Corner 7-30-21 Hey, Hey, Hey,Today isCuvée Day….. That’s right, today we’re going to take a peek at our lovely new 2020 GCV Cuvée Blanc. One of the oldest wines in our portfolio, it dates back to the mid 1990’s and was created by our founder Ned Simes. In the…
Jeff’s Corner 7-23-21 Bounasera, Well, the new 2019 Bellissimo made a quiet, yet smashing debut on the tasting bars this past weekend. It flawlessly stepped into the footsteps of the 2018, which garnered a Double Gold this year at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. It wowed staff and guests…
Jeff’s Corner 7-16-21 Hello, Hello, And here we go with our new 2020 Grand Rouge. One of the longest-tenured Texas wines, it was created by our founder Ned Simes in the mid-1990s. Over time, Grand Rouge has evolved into one of our best-selling wines with a huge, extremely loyal entourage.
Jeff’s Corner 7-2-21 Happy Independence Day, everyone, and especially to you, our dear old Uncle Sam. I didn’t realize your persona is quite as old as it is. Legend tells us you date back to 1813 and that you are modeled after a meat packer in Troy, New York, named…
Jeff’s Corner 6-25-21 Welcome, everyone, “and awaaay we go…” Today we are going to take a fun look at our lovely new 2020 Muscat Canelli, which will be released this weekend at our 290 location (The Mother Ship,) and will be followed close behind on Main Street and in Georgetown.
Jeff’s Corner 6-18-21 Hello! The story I wrote for today featured our exciting new 2020 GCV Cuvée Blanc, but I got a little ahead of myself and it won’t be released for a week or two. Instead, I hope you enjoy one of my all-time favorites from August, 2019: Hola…
Bonjour, Hola and Howdy. With many new vintages about to be released, this is always a fun and exciting time for me in Jeff’s Corner. In the upcoming weeks watch for stories on our 2020 Cuvée Blanc (featuring a new varietal for GCV, never before seen in one of our…