{"id":11271,"date":"2015-04-18T09:20:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T14:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=11271"},"modified":"2015-04-18T09:20:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T14:20:22","slug":"discover-texas-wine-country-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/18\/discover-texas-wine-country-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Texas Wine Country in 2015!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11272\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spicewood1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11272\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11272\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spicewood1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spicewood\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spicewood Vineyards, TX<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With more than 8,000 wineries in the US, many are springing into an array of activities to entice people to visit and try their wines. A wide range of wines and events occur throughout the year but spring is a great time to start your very own wine journey. Check out our first book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awinejourney.winetrailtraveler.com\">A Wine Journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You will find boutique and large wineries. Each winery has its own uniqueness, wines and many have special events or ongoing events.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11273\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/texaslegato3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11273\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11273\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/texaslegato3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Texas Legato\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas Legato tasting room<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Texas, with more than 200 wineries, is one of the largest wine producing states although well below the number of wineries in California, Oregon and Washington. Texas\u00a0boasts many wine trails. While some of the trails have wineries close to each other, others such as the Way Out Wineries take a considerable amount of driving to reach. Each winery has its own ambiance; when traveling or vacationing in Texas be sure to check out the wineries near you.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11275\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fredericksburg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11275\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11275\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fredericksburg1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fredericksburg Winery\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fredericksburg Winery, Texas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Texas Department of Agriculture has a great website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gotexan.org\/ExperienceGOTEXAN\/TexasWine.aspx\">Go Texan Wine<\/a>. The website includes wine trails and other important information about the Texas wine industry. It also has a fun Texas wine personality wheel to spin to find your wine personality!<\/p>\n<p>We have been fortunate to visit about 50 of these Texas wineries in three regions: southeast, north and central.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11276\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/messinahof11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11276\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11276\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/messinahof11-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Messina Hof\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Messina Hof Winery &amp; Resort<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wine Trail Traveler articles with photos are available <a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/texas\/texas.php\">online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Discover Texas wine country in 2015!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Discover Texas Wine Country in 2015!\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=11271\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than 8,000 wineries in the US, many are springing into an array of activities to entice people to visit and try their wines. 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