There was a good reason as to why I didn’t write a post yesterday. A very good reason.
This was my first trip to attend, and it was awesome! The Gruene Music and Wine Fest is considered a stepping stone for performers, and attracts people from all over the USA. Several well-known country music stars got the start at the Fest, including Garth Brooks. Gruene Hall is still a popular venue as well as a tourist attraction. But I wasn’t there for the music, as good as it sounded coming from the Hall. Nope, I had missed out on Clint Black, so I set my eyes on the prize.
WHOOP!! Your very own tasting glass. For a fee of $20 (which in retrospect, is pretty steep) you get a cheap tasting glass and five tickets for five tastings. Now, there were dozens of wineries featured. DOZENS!!!! Five tickets were just not going to cut it, right? Luckily for the gals, Hubby had volunteered to be our designated driver in exchange for videotaping our drunken conversations, and he divvied up his tickets between the rest of us. And by a strange quirk of fate, we got extra tickets, so we didn’t have to buy any more! I ♥ Fate. Anyway, we managed to sample some wines from several small wineries, finding some to be hidden gems in the rough, so to speak. Others….not so much. I do have to give a shout out to the best winery name we saw: Three Dudes Winery. I ask you: how can you go wrong with that?? And yes, their wine was very good. All in all, a great time was had by all, and I’m sure I will be making a return trip next year.
Next up on the fest roster: WURSTFEST!!
Because you can’t go wrong with German food and beer 😉
October 7th, 2012 at 7:20 AM
Never been to the festival but I love Gruene! Of course we both love Hill Country but we were destined to just be visitors there.
October 7th, 2012 at 7:21 AM
Next time y’all take vacation this way, I’ll be sure to meet up with you!!
October 7th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Germans have some of the wurst festivals I’ve ever attended.
::ducks and covers::
October 7th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
BWAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
*readies claymore*
October 7th, 2012 at 9:08 PM
Wait….the Scottish, or the American ka-frikky-boom kind?
Nevermind…either way, it’ll be an epic fest!
October 7th, 2012 at 11:02 PM
Either, or 😀
October 7th, 2012 at 5:52 PM
If only I hadn’t been chaperoning a band competition….. maybe next year!
October 7th, 2012 at 11:01 PM
Definitely!! 🙂
October 7th, 2012 at 6:43 PM
Sounds fun!
October 7th, 2012 at 11:02 PM
It sure was, and thank goodness the day was cool, too.
Otherwise I would have passed out and not from drinking 😉
October 8th, 2012 at 8:05 AM
I’ve been to Gruene, and Gruene Hall several times before. Got a couple of tee shirts. Cool place. I dig the New Braunfels area. I send Christmas gifts from the New Braunfels Smokehouse to some friends every year. They’ve come to “expect” the package. Heck, I send myself one as well. I swap ’em up every year, and have had no complaints yet. They have some great combinations. Everything is good.
Small world, eh?
October 8th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
A lot of my internet friends order from the NBS. My friend Mitchell is planning a trip to the area JUST to go there!
Gruene is a tourist trap, but a fun one. Even the locals are sucked in 😀
October 8th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
I stay with a friend who lives about three miles from there, but I guess I’m a tourist anyway. Been doing the Hill country for many many years.