Quality
From the vineyards to production to consumption, we focus on new and innovative methods to make the best wine while minimizing our impact.
Local
We love Austin as much as we love wine. Locals have had casual craft breweries, energetic distilleries but no winery within the city limits. So we created one. But not just any winery.
Snob-Free
No crowns needed here. We believe wine should be enjoyed in an approachable environment, without taking itself too seriously.
WE'RE PROUD TO PLAY A HANDS-ON, LEADING ROLE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
GRAPE GROWING, HARVEST, TRANSPORTATION OF THE GRAPES TO AUSTIN, FERMENTATION, AGING & BOTTLING IN OUR URBAN WINERY.
ULTIMATELY, WE HANG OUR HAT ON HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTION IN A SNOB-FREE SETTING. WINE IS A SOCCER BALL - THAT IS TO SAY - WINE IS MEANT TO BRING ALL Y'ALL TOGETHER. NO EXCEPTIONS - EXCEPT AGE (21 AND UP)
Featured Wines
Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast
$ 32.00
The California Sea Otter adorning the label represents the playful nature of this wine and emphasizes the maritime influence. This Pinot is extremely fish-friendly, while also having the depth to pair with light, red meat dishes. Share this special bottle with someone you love - Otters are communal creatures.
Composition: 100% Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2013
State: California
Region: Sonoma Coast
56 Cases Produced. Very limited
Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands 2013
$ 36.00
Garnet in color, the 2013 SLH Pinot Noir is rich, layered and complex. Dark berry fruit and forest floor dominate the nose and palate. The black fruit gives way to an earth driven mid-palate. Notes of spice, clove, dried herbs, violets and toasty oak are balanced by cool-climate acidity and a velvety finish.
- Composition: 100% Pinot Noir
- Vintage: 2013
- State: California
- Region: Santa Lucia Highlands
Violet Crown
$ 27.00
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The drawing-rooms of one of the most magnificent private residences in Austin are ablaze of lights. Carriages line the streets in front, and from gate to doorway is spread a velvet carpet, on which the delicate feet of the guests may tread. The occasion is the entrée into society of one of the fairest buds in the City of the Violet Crown.
- The phrase is generally thought to refer to the atmospheric phenomenon more commonly known as the Belt of Venus. The phrase is also said to be connected to the moonlight towers of Austin.
- Another explanation: during the 19th century, residents began to call Austin the "Athens of the South" for its university. With his sly reference to the poetry of Pindar, O. Henry may have been satirizing Austin's ambitious claim of a cultural link to ancient Athens.
- Composition: 75% Tempranillo, 15% Merlot, 15% Syrah
- Vintage: 2015
- State: California
- Region: Sierra Foothills
Chardonnay, Russian River Valley
$ 32.00
The six barrels The wine was aged for 18 months in light and medium toasted French and American oak barrels from Billion and Radoux.
Composition: 100% Chardonnay
State: California
150 cases produced. Very Limited.
Old Vine Zinfandel
$ 23.00
The nose features dried fruit – blackberries and black cherries with light notes of spice, clove and black pepper. The wine was aged for 14 months in French oak barrels, giving notes of vanilla and soft tannins. A small amount of Petite Sirah was added to round out the tannins, and to elongate the finish with a hint of chocolate.
370 cases produced.
State: California
Pinot Noir, Sonoma County 2013
$ 27.00
The Sonoma County Pinot Noir is the color of dark cherries, with strong aromas of blackberries, toasted fig and stewed fruits. The body is slightly fuller than the RRV and even still the SLH, but still maintains the light weight that draws people to Pinot. French oak helps maintain a smooth, yet structured profile of fruit, spice, leather, and vanilla.
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Texas High Plains Rosé
$ 24.00
This provençal-style Rosé was made with a saignée method (free run juice), without skin contact, in order to extract soft, pale pink color and maintain crisp aromatics. The cooperage was 1 month in a stainless steel tank at 45 degrees.
Rosé is best paired with shellfish, seasoned french fries, spicy fried chicken, and other cajun cuisine.
Vintage: 2015
State: Texas
Region: High Plains
Friends with Benefits
$ 18.00
Chenin Blanc & Ugni Blanc are friends with benefits like the crocodile and the Egyptian pluver (the bird that cleans the crocs teeth). Alone, they are fine and dandy, but together they become greater than the sum of their parts, articulating a complexity that neither grape could do on its own.
Chenin Blanc is crisp, clean and lightly floral. The Ugni Blanc shows a rounder mouthfeel, notes of stone fruit (apricot & peach). Together, they create a balanced blend that pairs well with spicy thai dishes featuring fowl and shells (poultry and seafood).
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Reserved Syrah
$ 50.00
- Sourced from a single, secret vineyard in Walla Walla, Washington.
- COLOR: Dark as squid ink
- NOSE: black fruit (blackberries, cassis) allspice
- MOUTHFEEL: full, rich, robust, yet balanced
- FINISH: lengthly, varied from fruit to chocolate to deep, terroir-driven earth tones
- LABEL: Black Rhino = extremely rare, 1 barrel production (25 cases).
Texas Work Horse, Red Blend
$ 20.00
This Texas blend is predominantly comprised of Merlot sourced from the Texas High Plains, a region with enough altitude to free grapes from scorching Texas heat, and generate gentle juicy watermelon notes, with hints of black pepper. Dark, rich and chalky Malbec help minimize edgy tannins and leave a more refined, velvety mouthfeel.
Petit Verdot adds a depth of color, dark fruit, and length to the finish. The tannins are layered and complex - from chalky to velvety and rich.
The artwork is a Goya study done by Nic Mathis. At $20/btl, the Work Horse is meant to be in reach of any hard worker.
Composition: 90% Merlot, 10% Malbec
Vintage: 2015
State: Texas
Region: High Plains
305 cases produced.
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Quarter Horse
$ 22.00
If you loved our Work Horse, we think you will appreciate the more refined sister of Quarter Horse. This 100% Texas High Plains Sangiovese is made in a style more reminiscent of the Old World Red plum, candied rose petal and, French toast (breakfast and barrels) aromas the nose- with a juicy onset of favor that gives way to earth and spice driven mid-palate. The lengthy finish shows off leather, chalk, and white pepper. Light fruit, balanced with acidity and tannins render this wine "food friendly".
Composition: 100% Sangiovese
State: Texas
Region: High Plains
Barrel Aged Chenin Blanc
$ 24.00
This Chenin Blanc is grown in the Texas High Plains, the premier growing region in our State. While most of our Chenin Blanc is used in our Friends with Benefits (Chenin Blanc + Viognier) blend, we portioned two barrels for this special project.
Fermented in barrel and aged for 3 months, this wine features soft vanilla and honeysuckle on the nose and a gentle, round mouthfeel afforded by partial malolactic fermentation. Subtle acidity and minerality balance the wine and brighten the palate.
An extremely unique and limited wine.
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Hip young Austin entrepreneurs filter snobbery out of winemaking
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Ross & Cooper named in Culturemap's Top Texans Under 30
Cooper Anderson, 29, and Ross McLauchlan, 27
Co-founders, Austin Winery
Cooper Anderson and Ross McLauchlan co-founded Austin Winery on the premise that it should be as relaxed and local as possible. The first of its kind within Austin city limits, the urban winery is distinctly Texan. Although the grapes are grown elsewhere, everything — from the fermentation and filtration to the bottling, serving, and enjoyment — takes place in town.
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