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#Grape creek free
That seems to be their desired model, and they really take care of their wine club members, offering discounts, waived tasting fees, discounted or free shipping, parties, and access to their own spaces and facilities. The Wines:  As mentioned, Grape Creek is unapologetically a wine-club-based winery. We worked with Mary, who was a soft-spoken sweetheart who graciously put up with six rambunctious wine lovers who passed tasting glasses back and forth so much, it’s a wonder she could keep up with whose glass was where! She provided us with extra literature (very professionally done) on the wine club Stouts, Grape Creek’s trattoria and Heath Vineyards, a partner winery located in the Paso Robles region of California. Fortunately, there are plenty more to choose from. Pay for your tasting first, and you’re given a glass wine club members’ glasses look different, and as we soon learned, there are several wines that ONLY wine club members are allowed to buy and taste. We opted for the tasting and were directed inside a spacious, high-ceilinged room with tasting counters along two walls, with staff stationed appropriately behind the counters.
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We were greeted as we approached from the parking lot and asked if we wanted to do a tour or a tasting. The People:  Grape Creek is well staffed and prepared for a busy Saturday afternoon of wine tasters. There is a separate covered pavilion set aside for wine club members this is one winery where membership definitely has its privileges. There is a large outdoor patio on the day we visited, there was a guitarist and singer providing live music, and a lot of people were sitting outside and enjoying the show despite the heat. The grounds feel large and sprawling Grape Creek’s slogan is “Tuscany in Texas,” and the location does have a Tuscan look and feel about it. Driving in, you take a meandering road that winds around the vineyards and culminates in a parking lot, which was remarkably busy on the hot Saturday afternoon when we visited.
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The Place:  The entrance to Grape Creek is marked by a brick tower that bears its name and seems to guard the grapevines like a sentry. Grape Creek Vineyards distinguishes itself in a number of ways: its old-world-feel facility, its highly informative website, and best of all, its excellent wines. With more than 45 wineries near Fredericksburg, and more “coming soon,” it takes a bit of effort for one winery to stand out among the crowd. Address: 10587 East Highway 290 Fredericksburg,Texas 78624.