An easy (and pretty) 30-minute drive from north San Antonio, make sure to stop at Sister Creek Vineyards in Sisterdale on your weekend Hill Country drive. Housed in an old cotton gin, the winery produces wines with grapes from the High Plains (mostly), including award-winning Muscats and other varieties.
A tasting is free for three wines; for $5, you get a taste of 8 for $5 (plus tax). $2.50 gets you two one-ounce pours of the Meritage blends. All their wines are very reasonably priced. They encourage guests to take a self-guided tour of the winery.
We enjoyed a 2007 Meritage blend of three grapes (cabernet, merlot, and sangiovese). Only available since March, they’re hearing great feedback. The Meritage blends are available only at the vineyard.
In July 2002, their small vineyard drowned under 8 feet of water (from that summer’s 43” of rain). The vines developed root rot, destroying all of them. They were on track this year to harvest once again, but a few weeks ago, a hard freeze killed them all again. Our host said, “we’ll be feeding birds and raccoons this year.” Such are the vagaries of the wine business.
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