Recently there has been more interest in wines from Georgia. No, not the state of Georgia, but the country of Georgia. So, when I learned there was a town in Texas called Turkey in the Texas High Plains, I thought there would be the same confusion with the country of Turkey. The key question is, is there wine in Turkey, Texas? There is!
Even though the town of Turkey has a population of roughly 400 people, there is a winery called Turkey Creek Winery. The owner of the winery is Brit Petitt, daughter of Jackie and JonAnn Welch of J Welch Farms which is located in Victoria, Texas. The sister wineries are located a long distance from each other with one being in the High Plains and the other being in southeast Texas. Turkey Creek Winery opened in April 2022.
I was going to drive a long way from Houston to Lubbock to attend this year’s TWGGA Grape Camp. Since I had extra time, I looked in the Texas Wine Lover mobile app to see if there were any wineries that I hadn’t visited before. That’s when I found Turkey Creek Winery.
I arrived in Turkey and the first thing I noticed was I had no cell service. I learned later that Turkey is AT&T land and not Verizon which is what I have.
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This Article was originally published on Texas Wine Lover
