The South’s Best Wineries

Forget Napa or Loire Valley - discover these fabulous wineries in your own backyard and toast the best the region has to offer.

Grape Expectations

Tour, taste, and help harvest a bumper crop of ripe fruit at a vintage Texas winery.

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Grape Expectations

Messina Hof Winery & Resort: 4545 Old Reliance Road, Bryan, TX 77808; www.messinahof.com or (979) 778-9463. There are three harvest weekends in August. An all-day package costs $69.95 per person, including a food-and-wine pairing. Lodging rats in the villa start at $238.50 during Harvest Celebration events. Daily tastings and tours cost $5 per person.