Wine Road 290 Facts and Questions

All of the wineries follow the TABC rules and practices. It is against the law to serve alcohol to minors or to anyone intoxicated or at risk of being intoxicated, even if they have a designated driver. No outside alcoholic beverages may be brought on premises of any winery property.

Yes. Please check our Wine Limo and Tour Companies link. Each tour company knows our member wineries well, and would be happy to help arrange a tour, tasting and beautiful drive through the Texas Hill Country, according to your budget and interests. Some of our member wineries have stricter limitations on access during busy days so please look at the websites of the wineries you want to visit. Please note: some wineries require reservations for groups over 6 and may limit limos and/or buses.

Messina Hof has four villas on property and Carter Creek offers villas with 80 total rooms and a conference center and wedding venue.

For the most part, yes. The fees vary and so does the tasting. Some wineries include an imprinted glass and the number of tastes can vary as well. The range of tasting fees is about $10 to $20. Also, some wineries will refund your tasting fee with a certain level of purchase (like 3 or 6 bottles of wine). Most also offer case discounts.

No they don't. You can click on each winery from the home page or the navigation bar above to see what the hours are for each one.

No it is an association of separate wineries but we work together to give people an opportunity to enjoy this primary center of Texas Wine, Fredericksburg. With wineries located closely together, near the beautiful and fun historic town of Fredericksburg, it is no wonder that Orbitz Travel called this the "2nd most visited wine region in the US only behind Napa." Although Wine Road 290 is not a tour itself there are tour companies that operate out of Fredericksburg (and some from Austin and San Antonio as well).

Wine Road 290 is an association of 22 wineries located in the Texas Hill Country AVA, on and around a 30 mile stretch of US Highway 290 from Johnson City to Fredericksburg. See our map for details.