Heart of Texas Wine Tours

My girlfriend and I had a fantastic time on this tour. To be honest, the cost seemed a bit high at first but having never been on a wine tour before and I really had no idea. Afterward I realize it was worth every bit of it. Dale picked us up at our BnB along with everyone else on the tour that day and we were off to the first tasting.
He seem to know everyone along the tour and at each place they were very welcoming and grateful to have our group. It really was a fun time and we had the chance to try many different wines that we would not have normally picked.
Lucky for us it was a beautiful day and everything was just perfect. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone interested in checking out some Texas wines, for a nice weekend getaway, or just to try something different.
It definitely helped that we had a good group of people who were also on the tour that day as well. It was a blast… I just wish we had taken more pictures.

We used Heart of Texas for our company outing. Dale was flexible and easy to work with, the van was clean and comfortable, and the whole thing was very stress free. His suggestion to go to Garrison Brothers distillery was awesome. Thanks for making our outing great.

We just finished our third annual trip and will never use anyone else! Our group is very large and though it may feel like herding cats, Dale’s crew did a great job of keeping us on task. Each tour is tailored to our interests an included a stop at a brewery and Vodka distillery in addition to two wineries. I’ve also used HoT for a family trip and was treated just as well! TOP NOTCH!

I have now used Heart of Texas Wine Tours for our annual Girl’s Weekend for 4 years in a row, and we will continue to use them in the future! Dale and his staff of drivers are attentive, knowledgeable, and friendly. They are able to guide our very large group to the best wineries, breweries, and distilleries that the central Texas Hill Country has to offer, and they are always up for testing new places that pop up along the way. This year, we changed it up a bit and went to two wineries, an independent brewery, and the new Deep Eddy distillery! All in all, this tour is a great value when you have a large group of people, and you want both a designated driver and a knowledgeable person to guide you to the best places!

We paid nearly four hundred dollars and it was a joke. What was supposed to be a winery tour was a tour of places that sold wine. We went to a store in downtown marble falls, an art studio, a grocery store and at the very end an actual winery. This constituted our day.
This is NOT a day of going to wineries in the hill country. Everyone was disappointed on Valentine’s day.
The guy who led the tour was nice but they clearly got kickbacks where we went.
When we went to lunch no one got their order and right when we were leaving this sandwich shop the tour guide asked, «everyone went to the tasting room, right?» We’re talking about a sandwich place being a stop on the wine tour people.
Horribly disappointed. Considering tastings were at most $ 10 for each of the four «wineries» we went to, it was a rip off in value.
The company clearly avoided going to respectable wineries and instead went to dead end places where they could maximize their profit margin.
Avoid at all costs!

HORRIBLE! After communicating back and forth with Dale via phone and email for 3 weeks to schedule my best friend bachelorette weekend. We have decided not to go based on the terrible customer service, VERY rude and disrespectful voicemails and emails. Im very glad we decided to drop this tour because if we would have gone he would have ruined our trip anyways. He was always super short with me on the phone like he didn’t need our business, and left a voicemail on my friends phone that said «Im calling about your friends bridal wine tour, and I suggest you not hang up on my if you want to go, call me back with your credit card number if you want to go.» First of all her phone had no service, she didn’t hang up on him second of all, im not giving my card information to anyone that speaks to me like that. We also have a girl who doesnt drink, so she was asking if there were any discounted rates, and he replied with «If you dont drink, then you dont need to come.» Who says that to a paying customer? He also said he would charge us more to pay on separate cards because it was «inconvenient» for him. Another thing was that i told him not to call them for payments until a certain day, he didnt listen and decided to call sooner. So a couple girls didnt answer because they werent expecting him, so he sent me a hateful email saying since no one had answered i need to get all card information and numbers and addresses and security codes and zip codes for the girls credit card information. But im sorry that is not my job that is his. After explaining to him that I think he has been disrespectful and rude the whole time we have been communicating and telling him how uncomfortable and stupid he made me feel, I told him we would take our business else and he replied with «Sounds good» I mean how unprofessional.

Had a great time. Dale is very knowledgeable, friendly, and keeps the tour fun. Took us to some places off the beaten path that we never would have found or thought to visit.

Dale is great! He helped us find some Texas wines that we actually like! We went to a few places I never would have thought to stop by and helped us pick out some good wines to try. He kept the ride fun even though we were with 2 other groups of people we didn’t know. The van was comfy and well air conditioned and stocked with bottled water. Would definitely recommend!

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to actually go on a Heart of Texas wine tour, but after my experience trying to book one I can wholeheartedly say that I never will. I called 2.5 weeks in advance, trying to book a tour for my husband’s and my first anniversary, as part of a weekend we were spending at a cabin. I called three times and no one picked up, so I left a message. I never received a call back, so I tried again 5 days later. The owner, Dale, told me that he was about to go into a funeral and asked if I could call back the following week. I was very apologetic and quickly got off the phone. I did call back a week later and gave him the information that was in my initial voicemail: we were staying at a cabin in Spicewood and wanted to book a tour for June 7. He said that he had another couple interested in a tour on that date who wanted to swap a couple wineries for breweries. I said that would be fine and he said he just had to check with his driver. I asked if there was a chance that the tour would not happen, because if that were a possibility then I would try to book a back-​up tour. He said he «really didn’t think so» and seemed very confident that the tour would happen. He took down the address of the cabin we were staying at and said he would call back later that day (Tuesday) or the next day (Wednesday).
I never heard back, so on Thursday I gave him a call. He barely seemed to remember speaking to me or telling me that he would call me back. When I asked about the tour, he bluntly told me that he didn’t have a driver and the tour would not happen. I was understandably upset, as this was supposed to be a special part of our anniversary weekend and he had reassured me that the tour was almost a sure thing. Again, he barely seemed to remember me and I don’t think he realized that I had been trying to book this for over 2 weeks. He was not apologetic at all and did not seem to care at all that he couldn’t fulfill his promise. I expressed my disappointment in his terrible customer service and quickly hung up.
In retrospect I shouldn’t have kept trying to give this company my money since they were extremely difficult to get a hold of and clearly weren’t interested in my business. I would not recommend this company to anyone unless they want to be frustrated and disappointed.

What a great thing to do in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Took a friend and went just for fun. Dale makes it all so much fun with his great knowledge of wine and the local vineyards. My girlfriend and i felt so relaxed and entertained. I have never been on a wine tour and I will definately do it again soon. So much to see and so many Winery’s to explore. If you want a last minute change that will not be a problem on this tour. Thanks so much for a great tour and we will be back!

We had such a good time on our tour. Dale was very nice and helpful. He encouraged us to stay and enjoy our last winery even though I’m pretty sure we were already later than we planned.

I’m currently in the midst of a great weekend getaway in Texas Hill Country. While planning the trip (for my bf and myself) I was torn over how to tour the Texas Wine Trail. Having been to other wine regions I thought it might be a good idea to leave the driving to someone else so we could take in as much as possible in such a short time.
We considered hiring a car but found it was just too pricey for a full day. Initially I had no desire to take a «tour» in the traditional sense. Having researched the area we had our own list of places we wanted to visit and had no desire to be driven around and lectured to. I found Heart of Texas Wine Tours quite accidentally. While I was pricing out car services I called Aarios and ended up speaking with the lovely Annie.
I asked about the tour stops and Annie told me about two: Texas Hills & William Chris. When I asked where else, she said we’d see where everyone wanted to go. I loved that we could make it our own, but was a bit skeptical because there were going to be 2 other groups on the tour as well. But I figured she does this regularly. If getting strangers to come to a consensus on additional stops was a real problem they just wouldn’t do it. So at a great price for a full day tour, tasting fees included, we decided to go for it. And boy am I glad we did!
Annie was an absolute delight! It was like visiting an old friend and getting the insider tour. And would you believe it, coming up with our other stops was absolutely painless! We went to Texas Hills, William Chris, Messina Hof, Fredericksburg (for lunch) and finished with the tasting and tour at Garrison Brothers Distillery. Annie would have kept going if we wanted (but we were just plain tuckered out). It was an AMAZING day! I couldn’t have asked for a better way to see the sights!

What a great (and safe!) way to really enjoy and make the most of visiting Hill Country wineries. Annie, our driver, was knowledgeable and super friendly which made the trip even better. I highly recommend Heart of Texas Wine Tours!