Premier wedding venues are always needed, and it helps when that venue is a destination complete with a tasting room. Located in New Ulm of Southeast Texas, approximately one hour from Houston, is The Vine owned by Jason and Christy Brown.
The Vine started as a wedding and corporate event location in 2015 complete with a Barrel Barn with reclaimed additions throughout, a Union Bell chapel, and bridal and groom cottages. Also on the property is an estate vineyard growing Blanc du Bois and Lenoir. They currently sell the grapes to other wineries, but there are plans to do wine production onsite.
The tasting room opened March 2021. It is a very comfortable tasting room with a wraparound bar with a fireplace on the opposite wall along with couches, tables, and large televisions. Behind the bar are bottles on display with spirits on one side and wine on the other side. At that time, I knew this was more of a regular bar instead of the typical winery tasting room, especially since I didn’t see any wine bottles labeled with The Vine.
I sat at the tasting bar and perused the tasting menu. The front side had
This Article was originally published on Texas Wine Lover