Thank you for joining us for the 2020 Christmas Wine Affair.

The 2021 Christmas Wine Affair dates are set for November 29 – December 24, tickets will be available in October 2021.

The Christmas Wine Affair

Make it a holly jolly holiday and join us in the Hill Country this December for the Christmas Wine Affair! Our member wineries have fully reopened and are ready to welcome you for on-premise wine tastings and bottle sales — you might just say its a Christmas miracle! With our wineries re-opened we have returned to our signature passport ticket benefits; this includes complimentary on-premise wine tastings and a 15% discount on 3+ bottle purchases at each of the 45 participating wineries. ‘Tis the season for socially distanced wine tastings in the Hill Country!

This is the time of year we’ve all been waiting for…a chill in the air, the hustle and bustle, baking, wrapping, fireplaces and the Christmas Wine Affair in the Hill Country! Savor all that Texas Wine Country has to offer this holiday season from December 4th – December 20th, sipping and sampling award winning wines at 45 unique Hill Country Wineries. Join us for one day of the event or all seventeen! There are a limited number of tickets available and each year is sold out weeks before the event. Don’t delay and miss out on all the holiday cheer that the Texas Wine Country has to offer!

Your Christmas Wine Affair ticket, valid December 4th – 20th, includes a full complimentary tasting (as determined by winery) at all 45 participating wineries with a limit of 4 wineries a day and a 15% discount on 3 bottle purchases at each winery.

All of these benefits for a ticket price of $65/couple or $45/individual. The average tasting fee at the 45 participating wineries is $25/person, making the total value of your passport over $750! You’ll cover the cost of your passport, couple or individual, by just visiting and tasting at 4 wineries on the first day. Your Christmas Wine Affair ticket is already saving you money, not including discounts on wine purchases! The limit to 4 winery tastings a day with your ticket is a way for THCW to promote responsible drinking during the events. We do hope you can take your time and enjoy each winery more this way, instead of rushing through tastings and getting to the next stop. This allows for a more intimate experience at each winery, enjoying the wines and the people.

Each order will include a custom barcode that serves as your Digital Christmas Wine Affair Passport ticket. This barcode will be emailed to you upon completing your purchase and will be scanned at each participating winery you visit. Each day you can taste and get scanned at four participating wineries total, visiting each winery once during the event. You have 17 days to enjoy 45 wineries in the beautiful Texas Wine Country, tasting your favorite wines and getting exclusive discounts! This is too good of a deal to pass up, so make sure to get tickets for your entire family and all of your friends!

Please Note // Your Christmas Wine Affair Ticket is Non-Refundable. If you are unable to use your Christmas Wine Affair Passport you may give it away or sell it. In the unlikely event that the Christmas Wine Affair is cancelled, you can request to receive a voucher to use towards any future Texas Hill Country Wineries Passport Event in 2020 or 2021. Vouchers will only be offered if the event is cancelled.

Passport Ticket Prices:

Couples Passport – $65.00
Individual Passport – $45.00

Christmas Wine Affair Passport Ticket Benefits:

Full complimentary tasting at each participating winery with a limit of 4 wineries a day (one tasting for singles, two tastings for couples – couples are ANY two people but both must be present together for tastings)

A custom barcode that will serve as your Digital Tasting ‘Passport’ that will be scanned at each participating winery that you visit.

15% discount on 3-bottle purchases from each participating winery (winery choice and/or discount may exclude reserves, ports and wines already discounted)

We’ve gone DIGITAL!

No longer required to pick-up your Passport Book from a specific winery location. Start your wine trail at any of the participating wineries. This allows you to change your plans at any time!

No longer have to keep track of your Passport Book! You can either print, save to your phone or take a screenshot of your Digital Passport Barcode.

Sip while you save the environment!

Your tasting passport still includes a full complimentary tasting at each winery (limit 4 wineries a day) tracked digitally with your Tasting Passport barcode and a 15% discount on 3-bottle purchases from each winery.

Participating Wineries:

Please be aware of participating wineries business hours and restrictions when planning your winery visits.

4.0 Cellars | Sun – Fri Only, Reservations Required
Becker Vineyards at Stonewall | Call Winery for Reservations
Bending Branch Winery | Mon-Fri Only, Reservations Required (call to make reservation), no groups over 6
Bent Oak Winery | Thurs – Sun Only, Reservation Required, 2:00-7:00pm on Saturdays and 1:00pm – 5:00pm on Sundays. (On Dec 4^thopen until 8:30PM)
Blue Lotus Winery – Hye | Thurs – Sun Only
Cicada Cellars | Friday – Sunday
Driftwood Estate Winery | Sunday – Friday only, Max 4 People/Group
Dry Comal Creek Vineyards | Thurs-Monday only, Reservation Required
Farmhouse Vineyards Marketplace and Tipsy Trailer | Friday – Sunday
Fall Creek Vineyards at Tow | Contact Winery
Fiesta Winery 290 | 7 Days/Week
Fiesta Winery Lometa | 7 Days/Week
Fiesta Winery Marble Falls | 7 Days/Week
Grape Creek Vineyards | Mon – Fri ONLY
Grape Creek Main Street | Mon – Fri ONLY
Hawks Shadow | Saturday ONLY, or By Appointment
Hye Meadow Winery | Mon, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun & By Appointment, Reservations Required For 5+ and on weekends
Inwood Estates | Sun-Fri ONLY and Reservations For 5+
KFire Winery | Wed – Sun, Reservations For 6+
Los Pinos Ranch Vineyard Fredericksburg | Thurs – Mon Only, Reservations For 6+; Closed Dec. 13th
Longhorn Cellars | Thurs, Fri, Sun Only. Reservation Required. NO Saturdays
Lost Draw Cellars | 7 Days / Week, By Appointment ONLY, No Groups Larger Than 6
Messina Hof Hill Country | Saturdays & Sundays, Reservations Required
Perissos Winery and Vineyard | 7 Days/Week
Pillar Bluff Vineyards | Contact Winery
Ron Yates Winery | 7 Days/Week, Reservations Required
Saint Tryphon Farm and Vineyard | Contact Winery
Sister Creek Winery | 7 Days/Week 12pm-5pm – No Groups Larger Than 6 -Weekend Reservations Recommended
Solaro Estate Winery | Saturday & Sunday ONLY/Saturday Reservation Required
Spicewood Vineyards | 7 Days / Week, Reservations Required
Stoneledge Winery & Vineyard | Friday, Saturday and Sunday Only
Stone House Vineyards | Thursday – Monday, Reservation Required. Age 21+ Only.
Texas Heritage Vineyards | Sunday – Friday, Reservations Encouraged
Torr Na Lochs | Tues – Fri Only
Texas Hills Vineyard | 7 Days/Week, Reservations Encouraged On Weekends
Texas Legato | 7 Days/Week
Turtle Creek Olives and Vines | Tues – Sat, Group Maximum 6. Reservations Required
Wedding Oak Winery Burnet | Thurs – Mon (Closed Tues/Wed), Reservation Required For 6+
Wedding Oak Winery Fredericksburg | Thurs – Mon (Closed Tues/Wed), Reservation Required For 6+
Wedding Oak Winery San Saba | Thurs – Mon (Closed Tues/Wed), Reservation Required For 6+
Westcave Cellars | Thurs, Fri, Sun and Mon. No Saturdays. Reservations required through website. No parties larger than 6.
Wimberley Valley Winery | Mon – Fri, NO Sat or Sun
Woodrose Winery | Fri – Sat, 12:00pm – 5:00pm

Participating Wineries Grouped By Day Trip

Downtown Fredericksburg Day Trip

Grape Creek Main Street – Mon – Fri Only
Lost Draw Cellars – 7 Days / Week, By Appointment ONLY, No Groups Larger Than 6

Fredericksburg 290 Day Trip

4.0 Cellars – Sun – Fri Only, Reservations Required
Fiesta Winery 290 – 7 Days/Week
Grape Creek Vineyards – Mon – Fri Only
Inwood Estates – Sun – Fri Only, Reservations Required For 5+
Longhorn Cellars – Thurs, Fri and Sun Only. Reservations Required. No Saturdays.
Los Pinos Ranch Vineyard Fredericksburg – Thurs – Mon, Reservations Required For 6+; Closed Dec 13th
Messina Hof Hill Country – Sat and Sun, Reservation Required
Texas Heritage Vineyards – Sun – Fri, Reservations Encouraged
Wedding Oak Winery at Fredericksburg – Thurs – Mon (Closed Tues/Wed), Reservation Required For 6+

Johnson City, Hye, Stonewall Day Trip

Becker Vineyards at Stonewall – Call Winery for Reservations
Blue Lotus Winery in Hye – Thurs – Sun Only
Cicada Cellars – Fri – Sun Only
Farmhouse Vineyards Marketplace and Tipsy Trailer – Fri – Sun
Hye Meadow Winery – Mon, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun & By Appointment, Reservation Required For 5+ and on Weekends
Ron Yates – 7 Days/Week, Reservations Required
Texas Hills Winery – 7 Days/Week, Reservations Encouraged On Weekends
Woodrose Winery – Friday-Saturday, 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Westcave Cellars – Thurs, Fri, Sun and Mon. No Saturdays. Reservations Required Through Website. No parties larger than 6

Dripping Springs, Wimberley, Johnson City Day Trip

Driftwood Estate Winery | Sunday – Friday only, Max 4 People/Group
Hawks Shadow – Saturdays Only, or By Appointment
Solaro Estate – Saturday and Sunday Only, Reservations Required on Saturdays
Wimberley Valley Winery – Mon – Fri Only

Marble Falls, Spicewood Day Trip

Bent Oak Winery – Thurs – Sun Only, Reservations Required
Fiesta Winery Marble Falls – 7 Days/Week
KFire Winery – Wed – Sun, Reservations For 6+
Perissos Vineyards – 7 Days/Week
Spicewood Vineyards – 7 Days/Week, Reservations Required
Stone House Vineyards – Thurs – Mon, Reservation Required, Age 21+ To Enter Property
Torr Na Lochs – Tues – Sun Only
Wedding Oak Winery at Burnet – Thurs – Mon (Closed Tues/Wed), Reservation Required For 6+

New Braunfels, Comfort, Kerrville Day Trip

Bending Branch Winery – Mon-Fri Only, Reservations Required (call to make reservation), no groups over 6
Dry Comal Creek Vineyards – Thurs – Mon Only, Reservations Required
Saint Tryphon Farm and Vineyards – Contact Winery
Sister Creek Vineyards – 7 Days/Week 12pm-5pm – No Groups Larger Than 6 -Weekend Reservations Recommended
Turtle Creek Olives & Vines – Tues – Sat, Group Maximum 6. Reservations Required.

North Day Trip

Fall Creek Vineyards at Tow – Contact Winery
Fiesta Winery Lometa – 7 Days/Week
Pillar Bluff Vineyards – Contact Winery
Stoneledge Winery and Vineyard – Friday, Saturday and Sunday Only. Closed 12/06/20 For Private Event
Texas Legato – 7 Days/Week
Wedding Oak Winery at San Saba –Thurs – Mon (Closed Tues/Wed), Reservation Required For 6+

Are there a limited number of tickets?

Yes and they typically sell out by the first weekend of the Trail. We do not hold back any tickets.

What is the difference between Couples and Individuals tickets?

Couples tickets are good for ANY TWO people (husband/wife, sisters, mother/daughter, friends, etc). Couples receive TWO tastings, both people must be present together for the couples tastings (ie: one can not receive tastings on the first day of the event and the other person on another day of the event at the same winery).

Individual tickets are for ONE person, you will receive ONE tasting at each participating winery.

I can’t use my ticket, can I get a refund?

No, but tickets are transferable so you can give it away or sell it.

What days is my ticket good for?

All 17 days of the event.

What wineries are included?

You can find a list the participating wineries on the Christmas Wine Affair ticket page, or you can find a list of them on our MAP page using the Christmas Wine Affair map tag.

I am giving this as a gift, can you change the name on the ticket?

The tickets are transferrable so it does not matter that your name is on it. When gifting though, you can choose “Ship To” and put the receivers name in the shipping info and this will put their name on the digital ticket.

Tickets

A confirmation email will be sent to you once your purchase transaction is successful. The confirmation email is your ticket with your custom barcode. You can either print, save to your phone or take a screenshot of your Digital Passport Barcode to be scanned at each participating winery when you visit.

What time does the trail start?

The trail starts when individual wineries are open (usually 10-11am) and ends at closing of the wineries (5-6pm). Please check out individual winery hours on the list of participating wineries above.

Where does the trail start?

It starts wherever you would like. Please use the MAP and filter for Christmas Wine Affair to plan out your trip.

What about transportation?

This is a self-guided trail so you will use your own transportation or book with a Tour Company. Please use a Designate Driver.

Are wine glasses included with ticket or at each winery?

No glasses are included. Each winery will have wine glasses for you to use while tasting but are not included to take home. Wine glasses are for sale at each winery if you would like to purchase separately.

Christmas Wine Affair Terms And Disclosure:

• Not all THCW member wineries are participating in this event, only those listed on this page.

• Digital Passport Barcode must be presented at winery to receive tastings and discount. You will not receive tastings at the wineries without your Digital Tasting Passport Barcode.

• Tickets are non-refundable and THCW cannot be exchanged for other event tickets or another weekend event. You can give them away or sell them.

• All prices are plus tax and subject to change.

• When using a Couples Passport, both individuals must be present for two tastings to be provided.

• Children must be accompanied by an adult.

• Valid ID required to taste or purchase wines.

• Winery events are separate from THCW trail, additional fees may apply, please check with individual wineries for fees.

• Pets are not allowed at some wineries, please check with each winery before bringing your pet.

• For groups larger than 8, MUST contact the wineries before your visit to let them know you are coming and when you will be arriving at least 24 hours in advance. Some wineries will NOT accept groups of more than 8 people.

• THCW Event tickets are meant for individual use, not for use in conjunction with a wine tour company who already has tasting prices set with individual Wineries for services rendered.

• Be safe. Please have a Designated Driver for your trail trips