Celebrate Our First Anniversary on The Harvest Trail

OUR CONCERT PLANNED FOR JULY 31, 2010 HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 2010. Retreat Hill Winery & Vineyard will celebrate our first anniversary on the second weekend of the Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail, Harvest Trail. To celebrate, we are going to give you a sneak peak of our new winery, Retreat Hill Cellars, in downtown Montgomery, Texas. Come by on Saturday, July 31, 2010 between 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. or Sunday, August 1st, 2010 between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. ...

Retreat Hill Opening 2nd Location

We are pleased to announce that we will soon be opening a new location in downtown Montgomery, Texas in the coming weeks. The new location will be called Retreat Hill Cellars and will complement our current operation in Navasota. Blending, aging and bottling will occur in Montgomery while crushing, production and of course our great events will stay in Navasota. This expansion will allow us to further expand into the Houston market in 2010 and we will be sending out updates as we progress with t ...

Two RH Wines Win at Lone Star International Wine Competition

The Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association hosted the 27th Annual Lone Star International Wine Competition (LSIWC) on June 7-8 at the Grapevine Convention Center. Retreat Hill's Vintner's Blend was the proud winner of a bronze medal at this year's competition. Our Gewurztraminer also took home a bronze medal. Nearly 600 wines from around the world were judged in 30+ categories by a panel of restaurant owners, sommeliers, chefs and other wine experts from Texas.  This year’s co-ch ...

Retreat Hill Winery Remembers Carl Droemer

After a brief battle with cancer, Carl Droemer departed this earth and went to be with the Lord and his late wife Mary Beth on Christmas morning, 2009. Carl was laid to rest in Giddings, Texas on the morning of December 30, 2009. Retreat Hill Winery is in business today because Carl, perhaps knowing that his time on earth would end soon, sold his winery equipment and wine inventory to me. I will always be grateful to Carl, a man who could still give his word and make a deal on a handshake. That ...

New Releases - Retreat Hill Riesling

After a brief winter break to finish some wine, do some bottling and a little vineyard maintenance, Retreat Hill Winery & Vineyard reopened the tasting room on January 30th, at 11 a.m. for the 2010 season. We will be tasting our 2008 Retreat Hill Riesling, which was bottled on January 23, 2010. It is a light, crisp dry white wine born of grapes from Washington State's Columbia Valley. The nose is fruity and flavors of green apple tease the palette. Although we are serving this wine in t ...

Blazin' Blush Arrives Just In Time

The newest Retreat Hill wine is NOW available online and in our tasting room.  Blazin' Blush White Zinfandel is the product of late harvest, Texas Zinfandel grapes that came from the Palacios Family Vineyard in Austin County, Texas.  The naturally occuring, beautiful fuchsia color is the result of seperating the juice from the skins only 12 hours after crush.  This semi-sweet blush wine features aromas of mangos and apricots.  It is soft and pleasing on the palate.  This ...

Come Celebrate the Grand Opening at Retreat Hill Winery & Vineyard

The Texas Department of Agricultural has designated October as, “Texas Wine Month.” To celebrate, each of the wineries along the Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail will offer something unique to wine trail ticket holders. Tickets for the wine trail are on sale now in the tasting room at Retreat Hill Winery & Vineyard or online. Buy Your Trail Tickets Here! With a retail value of over $65.00, this is a deal you can't beat. With tickets priced at $15.00 each or two for $25.00, here is ...

Tasting Room Opens August 8, 2009

Beginning August 8th, 2009, our tasting room will open on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., Sundays from Noon until 5:00 p.m and by appointment. You will be able to taste the wines created by Lehm Berg Winery until the last bottle is sold, along with hand selected wines from our favorite wineries. Of course we will offer our reserve selection of Retreat Hill wines. Our tasting room is actually inside the winery, so you can enjoy a tasting of fine wine in the 65 degree production area. ...

Retreat Hill Winery selected for Texas Reds 2009

We are proud to announce that Retreat Hill was one of the featured wineries at the Texas Reds Steak & Grape Festival held June 19 and 20, 2009 in Bryan, Texas. The selection committee picked our Harvest Sherry and Raisin wine to be served at the 2009 event. With temperatures hovering very near 100 degrees, patrons seemed to really enjoy our sweet, chilled offerings. We managed to pour 16 cases in eight hours and sold out before 8:30 p.m. The lines were still very long when we sold out. Tex ...

Lehm Berg Winery Purchase

After planting a two-acre vineyard in the rolling hills of southern Grimes County, Billy S. Cox, Jr. knew that a winery would not be far behind. After discussing the purchase of a few pieces of equipment a few months earlier, Carl Droemer, owner of Lehm Berg Winery, contacted Mr. Cox about purchasing his winery equipment and inventory, lock, stock and barrel. On January 05, 2009, on the strength of a handshake, the deal was done and Retreat Hill Winery & Vineyard was born. Lehm Berg Winery ...