TASTE Wine + Art

Great art and wonderful wine! Highly recommend. Warren is so educated with the wine, every tasting is unique and memorable. Susan has a great display of artwork by reputable artists. Great place.

Kirchman Gallery has wonderful and accommodating service. They have a collective selection of Texan and international wines inside their beautiful local Texan art gallery.

Really enjoyed visiting this little hidden gem. The storefront was a bit misleading w/​t Kirchman Gallery on the doors & Taste Wine & Art on the street signage but all that was needed was to step through the doors.
After taking care of some passport needs at the wonderful Johnson City courthouse I was in need of some refreshment! Noticed the neon open sign glowing in the window & wine on the sign so I was drawn in to this cool little dive/​art/​wine tasting haven! I was welcomed by a very nice gentleman who could see my need almost immediately for a sip of red wine! I explained my love for dry reds & he opened a bottle of Zinfandel that rocked my world! The tasting was free w/​t the purchase of a bottle wine which I knew would be the way I would go. He did not hesitate a bit about opening a new bottle for me to try like many wine tasting rooms seem to do to you especially on weekdays. The wines I tried were very nice & not local wines at all but wines from all over the world which can be a refreshing change. Please don’t get me wrong I do love my Texas wines but sometimes a girl has got to explore the world!
1. Ask if you can explore the outdoor area.
2. Do try the chocolates especially prepared to go w/​t the wines.
3. Dive into the art collection w/​t a glass of wine in hand.
4. I am so thankful this little place exists & the owners share it with all who decide to visit!

We stopped by here on way to bed and breakfast in Fredericksburg and this place was wonderful. Retired Aggie art professor… Great hospitality, conversation, and art!

It was really nice stuff, but unfortunately a bit out of our price range. Most items were over $ 500… I know you need to pay for quality, but hey… The owners were very nice.

Loved the owners and the way they display local art. The wine wasn’t local, but very good!

Came across this place kind of by accident while driving through Johnson City. What a nice, unexpected gem.
They offer wine tastings from wines around the world — not just Texas Trail wines.
And they have rotating art installations, some of which were just über cool when we stopped in (please see pics).
The proprietor’s Warren and his wife (sorry, I didn’t get her name) were very welcoming and took time to show us around. We will definitely be back! Wine and art without pretentiousness. Yee haw!!!

This art gallery is also a wine tasting bar. Well, not exactly a bar, but he does sell wine and have tastings. We were looking for one last stop before going back to the hotel and this was the only place open. Johnson City isn’t a happening place on a weeknight, it seems. We enjoyed tasting here, but just couldn’t find the right one to buy. Not for lack of trying, though! You could walk around and look at the art while sipping the generous sized portions he poured, but we mostly stuck close to the bar and chatted. I would go back again, he was friendly and the atmosphere was pretty nice.

My husband and I attended the After Dark Arts Festival ’06 in November, and this was one of the stops of the festival. Here, we got a free print that’s a beautiful watercolor in a vineyard. We saw these awesome prints of one artist who was going to give a talk, but had left for a few minutes to go to the next gallery on the tour, so the owner of the gallery showed us, because she was really nice like that.
The artist used a digital camera, would go out into the desert, and set up all these crazy lights with colored gels, then took pictures when there was a full moon, so it’d look like a burning bush/​neon pink tumbleweed, etc., in the middle of the regularly colored desert at night. They were pretty incredible, but too expensive for us to buy one.
This gallery overall was interesting, a cool mix of high art and small town.