Kathy and I spent a wonderful week in Texas. Four days were spent with Paul and Merrill Bonarrigo at both their Messina Hof Winery locations in Bryan and Fredericksburg. In addition to fantastic wines, we ate wonderful meals.

Breakfast at the Villa in Bryan was accompanied with mimosas.

Lunch after harvest in Bryan included sausage soaked in Messina Hof wine.

After lunch in Fredericksburg, the Messina Hof FAM tour had an 42nd anniversary cake for Kathy and me. Our group included Melba Allen-Buillard, Merril Bonarrigo, Allison Markin, Tom Plant, Paul Bonarrigo, Terry Sullivan and Kathy Sullivan

Dinner wines to celebrate the completion of harvest in Bryan.

Salad course for the harvest dinner.

On a hot summer evening, watermelon/strawberry soup was flavorful. 

Beef is a speciality in Texas.

We have many fond memories of the wine, food and friends. It was a great experience to participate in Messina Hof’s harvest, crush, wines, foods and media FAM tour in Fredericksburg. The members of the media FAM group attended the International Wine Tourism Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia in March 2014. This meet up in Texas was a reunion, a time to spend together and recount stories about our time in Georgia and discover new stories we will talk about in the future.

Cheers,
Terry