Hilmy Cellars is a boutique winery located between Fredericksburg and Stonewall, along the Texas Wine Corridor, Highway 290.
My husband Brian, and I visited Hilmy Cellars during a private wine tour arranged for his office. There were ten in our group. Hilmy was the third stop on our tour and our favorite.
The good people in the Hilmy Cellars tasting room were welcoming and knowledgeable. Our pourer, Josh, told us about helping with the grape harvest, gave us a brief history of the winery and dazzled us by demonstrating how their titanium infused wineglasses didn’t break when bounced off the concrete bar (several in our group unintentionally repeated the test, demonstrating the brilliance and foresight of Hilmy Cellars to purchase the glasses before our arrival).
All their wines are made with 100% Texas-raised fruit. Which is great to know because a wine can be called a ‘Texas Wine’ with as little as 75% Texas-raised fruit. Their wines are listed on the tasting sheet dry to sweet. White before red.
I like sweet wine, what can I say? My simple method of rating wines during tastings probably would have clued you in to that...
[ Our tasting was in December 2012. A link to Hilmy’s current tasting room menu can be found on their website. ]
I liked how vested everyone at Hilmy is in the wine-making process. Sounds like they all participate in the harvest, the bottling and serving the wine in the tasting room. Each person we spoke to, seemed genuinely interested in being there and sharing their creation with us.
Hilmy Cellars is a winery I have already recommended to friends and I wholehearted recommend it to you. They have struck a nice balance between friendly surroundings and nice wines.
12346 E US Hwy 290
Fredericksburg TX 78624
830.644.2482
Finding Hilmy Cellars is easy. You can see their vineyard and their building from 290, north side of the road. Their sign is rock and weathered metal.
Participating member of Wine Road 290 and Texas Hill Country Wine Trail
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