http://www.retreathill.com/articles/what_s_new Retreat Hill Winery & Vineyard english Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:54:24 CST Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:54:24 CST Retreat Hill Winery & Vineyard http://retreathill.com/articles/2012_wine_and_chocolate_trail__feb__4_5_and_11_12__2012 The Wine & Chocolate Trail is a wonderful way to celebrate Valentine's Day. For four days on the first two weekends in February 2012, your trail ticket allows you to sample two wine tastings paired with a wonderful chocolate delicacy at each participating winery along the Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail. Your Single ticket is priced at $25, or save 10% when you purchase a Ticket-for-Two-is priced at $45. Your ticket purchased for this event is good February 4, 5, 11 or 12, 2012, regardless of your purchase date. Our YUMMY Wine and Chocolate pairings are shown below: Retreat Hill Cellars: Pick your pair of wine ... http://retreathill.com/articles/sunday_football_and_wine_at_retreat_hill_cellars Make Retreat Hill Cellars your Sunday football headquarters. The "Cellars" is open Noon  to 6:00 p.m. We will feature $3.00 pizza by the slice, football and great wine to help enhance your fan experience. Star Club members get FREE pizza by the slice with any wine purchase. FREE pizza is another great reason to become a Star Club member. It's free to join and the savings start before the ink dries on the membership application. Come by the "Cellars" and enjoy the game on our flat screen TV. Send us an email to rhw-events@retreathill.com to reserve your table at the "Cellars" on Sunday afternoon. ... http://retreathill.com/articles/we_are_making_our_mark_with_award_winning_wines We opened our first winery in August 2009 and our second winery in August 2010. Since opening day, we have worked to create fine wine that is value priced. Since opening, we have crafted 16 wines and have won a total of 15 medals in International competitions. Our latest awards are from the 2011 New York Finger Lakes Wine Competition, announced in early April 2011. For the second year in a row, our Riesling placed high, winning GOLD this year. Our SILVER medal finalists included Sunset Syrah and Gewurztraminer. Our BRONZE medal winners included our Texas Chardonnay and our Reserve Cabernet Franc. In February 2011, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, International Wine Competition revealed the winners and for the second year in a row, Cabriolo and Rustic Red Reserve won. This year our Cabriolo won BRONZE in the Bordeaux class and our Rustic Red Reserve won SILVER in the Bordeaux class PLUS a SILVER buckle after being named Reserve Class Champion. ... http://retreathill.com/articles/retreat_hill_winery_opens_second_location We are pleased to announce the opening of our second winery in downtown Montgomery, Texas. The new location, Retreat Hill Cellars compliments our winery and vineyard operation in Navasota. It is located in the old First State Bank Building, 14343 Liberty Street (Hwy. 149 about two blocks north of SH 105). We make wine, blend, barrel age and bottle our wines in Montgomery. We will continue to grow grapes, harvest, crush and produce wine in Navasota. This expansion will allow us to further expand into the Houston market in 2010 and beyond. Both locations are available for private parties, weddings and special events. Retreat Hill Cellars is open on Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. We offer lots of Retreat Hill merchand ... http://retreathill.com/articles/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 the tasting room, we can’t sell it just yet because we are still waiting on label approval. We are accepting pre-release orders until the release date of February 13, 2010. Shipping is FREE on all pre-sale orders of three or more bottles. ... http://retreathill.com/articles/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. We will offer tours of the vineyard and demonstrations of the wine making process. So bring your jacket and enjoy a day in the country winery and vineyard. ... http://retreathill.com/articles/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 was steeped in German heritage and wine making traditions. In 1997, Ben Droemer, Carl's son, became interested in wine making and tried his hand with a few wine making kits with mixed results. In 1998, Carl and Ben picked wild grapes and made 42 gallons of mustang grape wine, along with raisin wine and some other fruit wines. When this first batch of wine was complete, it was served at numerous gatherings in the area. Local residents asked Carl to consider building a winery ...