McReynolds Winery

Seriously a hidden gem. It is one of the oldest vineyards in hill country and the wines are absolutely delicious. You can tell they have spent years refining. The tasting is cheap ($ 5 plus you get to keep the glasses). The lady doing the tastings was just great. She told a story about each wine and was really informed on the area. I definitely recommend this winery. It’s worth the stop for good company and good wines.

It’s been a couple years since we’ve been here, but it is something we look forward to doing again on our next trip out to Austin. Super quiet and quaint atmosphere. They have some really great wine (We absolutely fell in LOVE with the Le Noir). We call every year to see if they have made anymore of it. Definitely worth the stop!

— Not quite. I’m not picky. Sight and sound are great, seats are comfy, service friendly. This review will give details of why I didn’t give a fifth star. All 3 of us ordered before the movie started. Mine took a lot longer to arrive. I didn’t even mind that. What was awful was, never seeing it in the pitch darkness, and when I did find it, closing my fingers around cold thick sauce on the «handles.» I’m offering a constructive solution: if you’re delivering food after the movie starts, take a small flashlight and give the customer a peek at it. Other customers will be understanding. I had no clue. I didn’t want to dig for my purse, and my phone, to shine a light on it. Screen room 3 has no light at all on the food trays. The chicken lollipops had refrigerator-​cold sauce poured all over the wooden handles. I didn’t learn until the movie ended that there were carrot sticks on the plate. Yikes.

This is one of my favorite spots along the Texas Hills Winery scene. It’s small — very small! — and has an intimate feel lacking in many of the larger places in the area. The setting, which is off the main road by a fair distance and almost ‘log-​cabin’ like, makes you feel like you’re the first one to have discovered the place.
The people here are friendly as all get-​out, and the wine is quite good. IMO, the reds such as the merlots are fairly standard, but the white muscat and the white merlot are delish, with unique bouquets and delicate flavor.
Highly recommended.

Wife and I took advantage of a gift certificate that I won on the KLRN auction, and took a day trip up to the McReynolds Winery. Located out in the country (YES!) about ten miles from Marble Falls, about right between Marble Falls and Johnson City on a small country lane, it is secluded and small, but the owners are awesome! Mac and his wife are warm, welcoming and certainly appreciate visitors to their small vineyards. Had no trouble locating it, thanks to GPS and easy to find signs on the route.
Wife and I enjoyed trying the various wines produced by the winery. Mac pours and enjoys one with you as you sip and talk about… well, anything! Mac brought up his time as a yachtsman on the Great Lakes, meeting and studying with his wife at the University of Chicago (I especially loved hearing about his working alongside Enrico Fermi, one of the «fathers» of the atomic bomb!), and his life and times with the winery. Mac, if persuaded (and he wasn’t…he insisted), will even take you to the small and intimate production area. But be careful… in a Texas summer, insects and other critters are lurking about. But the dog is very friendly!
The wines were excellent, even for this wine novice. I especially like the whites (not a fan of red, though), and the Chardonnay was, IMO, the best. Of course all wine enthusiasts have their preferred favorite (wife likes a sweet) and I really didn’t know the difference… they’re all made from a grape. But just enjoying a wine tasting without feeling rushed or intimidated by wine «snobs» like a few Unilocalers here made me really enjoy what a wine should do, feel, and taste like on the palate. I especially liked the laid-​back atmosphere; even though McReynolds is usually open on the weekends, I asked for a weekday tasting due to the wife’s strange weekend work schedule, and they happily accommodated us!
After the tasting, wife and I enjoyed a late lunch at Doc’s in Marble Falls. More on that in another review. But we were extraordinarily impressed with McReynolds Winery and we hope to visit again in the future!

This is place is quaint, small, and secluded but don’t let that fool you. The tasting room is in a log cabin and not some big stone building with dark wood counters. But once you enter, you won’t regret it. The staff are wonderful. They make you feel at home. Shelby and Donnie are cool. Then «Mac» the owner comes to have a drink with you. That’s when the fun begins. He’ll give you a tour of his process. Very small, but we got to taste right out of the barrels, and ss tank. He makes you feel like family. The bottles of wine are reasonably priced. We were enjoying ourselves so much, We stayed to continue drinking glasses way after they had closed. We were never told to leave. Mac stayed and drank with us the whole time. I hope this place continues to get 5 stars. They deserve nothing less. If you are a winery snob, then don’t go. They don’t deserve your negative opinion.

I am not really sure why anyone would rate this place so low but I loved this place — they treat you like family and not a customer.
Just a home feeling.
Love that the owner will sit with you and tell you stories of his life — so awesome!
Wine is wonderful!

My fiancé and I travelled to Marble Falls and decided to stop at a couple wineries on the way home to La Vernia. We were travelling with our lab and African Grey and they let us bring them into the winery during our tastings. The wines were mediocre until the last bottle… it had gone bad. My fiancé didn’t think we should say anything because they let us bring our pets in but I thought we should. We didn’t say anything. If you buy a bottle the glasses are free so we bought a bottle of 2004 Merlot. We opened it this evening and it had gone bad. I saw someone else had a similar experience. Not sure if they are storing their wines incorrectly, but we will not be back.

This small family owned winery has been opened since 2000 and have been cranking out Texas wines every since. Founded by Mac and Maureen McReynolds, their winemaking beginnings actually started off in California. After visiting, learning, and working at various wineries, they purchased their own five acre estate in 1989 and thus began their small part in the Texas wine making pioneer history. They have had some success with their own personal vintages in the 1990’s as medal winners before opening. The tasting room is located in a decorative small log cabin style home. With views of their surrounding vineyard, it makes a peaceful place to sip and relax. Earlier visitors may remember their tasting room located in the metal frame building which is used to produce their wines. Today, you can sample four wines when you visit the tasting room plus you get to take your glass with you as a souvenir. Their Sauvignon Blanc is sourced from California and is a smooth and enjoyable wine that can be paired with food or enjoyed on its own. They have a ten year old Merlot (2004) made from grapes sourced in the Hill Country. Keep in mind, a wine that old may be a bit «strong» for some as this is not overly oaked, yet has some acidity to it. They have a 2008 Syrah made with Washington grapes — «steak material» wine. Lastly, is their red blend made from estate Ruby Cabernet, Syrah, and Sangiovese varietals. The folks here are pretty cool and enjoy chatting with you when you stop in to enjoy a glass. Say hello to Sangria when you step in, too, who is the official wine dog who likes to lay in front of the doorway. She may give you the official sniff inspection when you come in, but it’s just her way to happily greet you.

Come for the entertainment not the wine.
This is a very small vineyard. We were told that the grapes they use are purchased from a California vineyard. But that it’s Ok as the owner is from Texas. LOL
We did the tasting. Think we tried 5 different wines for 5 dollars. Plus you get to keep the McReynolds etched wine glass. The store itself is very small, they have about 8 chairs around the bar. The rest of the building is a small gift shop. You can also enjoy your wine on the covered back porch while watching the humming birds.
The owners Mac and Maureen were very personable. Mac had a lot of interesting stories and was pretty funny. He will surely keep you entertained during the tour.
This is without a doubt the most memorable and one of the most enjoyable wine tour that I have been on.

Very quaint winery to say it nicely. The tasting room has seating for approximately 10 people. There is a small porch for maybe 4 more people. The restroom is awkward. It’s in the corner of the tasting room, and the whole room can hear what is going on in there.
The tasting price will go towards the purchase of wine. I wasn’t very impressed, but my husband liked the Syrah so we left with that. The staff is nice. The owner was mowing the yard-​parking with a glass of wine on the mower.

Ok STOP IT TEXAS. You can’t have someone growing grapes in their backyard that presses a few grapes and call it a Winery. This is why some people don’t take Texas Wineries and Vineyards seriously. The
put this «winery» on its list. Are you kidding me?! By doing so you take away from some terrific vineyards and winery in Central Texas that actually deserve national recognition.
The ONLY reason you would go to this «winery» is because, like me, you want to fill up your Texas Wine Trail Passport. This is not a winery. Stay home, pull out the Welch’s, leave it in a cupboard for a few months and enjoy. Trust me the experience would be the exact same.
C’mon Texas Wine Country… you’re better than that!

After going to Spicewood Vineyards (which is awesome by the way) we decided to stop by McReynolds Winery because it was close by. We did a tasting. Most of their wines were just ok, some were really bad, but we did like the 2002 Merlot, so we bought a bottle. With the $ 15 price tag i was expecting it to be just as awesome when we got the bottle home as it was in the tasting room, but we were disappointed. The wine had separated and tasted awful. it was probably just my bottle, but since they bottle everything by hand its bound to happen.
Its really too bad because the woman at the tasting room was very nice and alot of fun to talk to. Maybe this is just a place to do a tasting and not buying. The tasting was $ 3 for 5 or 6 wines, but they waived the tasting fee if you bought a bottle.

This was by far the worst winery I have ever been to and that seemed to be the general consensus among the group I was with. The wine was terrible — I have never dumped out so much wine before. The tasting area is cute and quaint, but it’s just not worth the drive. Thankfully Lost Creek is in the area and you can go there which is totally worth it.

Small local feeling winery. Maybe tied for 2^nd amongst the 4 we went to. Very good wine and really nice people. This winery is not as polished as some of the others but to me it had a good Texas stamp on the winery deal and it felt like I was in the Hill Country.

This was our second stop, and probably the most memorable.
Texas Hill Country Wine Passport: #13
Tasting: free and very generous. Water, crackers and «dump» available.
Tasting Staff: The owner/​winemaker, Mac.
Facilities: New tasting room, nice atmosphere, on the small side.
Wine Dogs (we have noticed that most winerys have «house» dogs): Blanca and Sangria
We wouldn’t have gone had it not been for the folks at Spicewood Vineyards, who suggested that we call over to McReynolds. «If they’re home,» they said, «they’ll probably open up the tasting room for you». We called, and they did. The phone call was amusing. I asked if they were open and could we come over. The goofy-​sounding guy on the other end said, «Well, we’re not open, but y’all come over anyway. I’ll try to get some clothes on». He proceded to tell us about the various exotic llamas and black indian antelope that we might see on our way over. Its about a 20 minute drive from Spicewood Vinyards (unfortunately the llamas and antelope were hiding).
When we arrived we noted the smallness of the place and the very young vines. An older gentleman waddled out of the house sporting a «Wine-​O» t-​shirt and said, «See, I got some clothes on». This is the owner, «Mac», who also makes the wine. He took us over to the newly-​built tasting room; a small, but pleasant room with a very antique piano and various other relics from Mac’s long and storied life. We sat at the two-​seater tasting bar and Mac got out all the wines, a tin of crackers, and poured us each a generous swig of the first wine. He poured himself a glass as well and we got to talking…
Mac is a trip and he told us lots of stories about his past adventures (I’m sure some of which are true). Turns out he and his wife know some of my professors (including my advisor!) at UT, so that was cool. We probably shot the shit for about an hour, and tasted some good, and some really bad (watch out for the 2002 and 2004 merlots, which were very acetone!). When we were done Mac said, «What do you want to drink next?»! I think he could have gone on all day drinking and talking with us. If only we could have — but we had more wine country to see. He invited us into his home and introduced us to his wife before we left and invited us to return. We certainly will. Even though there were a few bad wines, this was probably one of our favorite experiences.
We purchased the 2006 Merlot and the 2005 Blanca’s Muscat Love (named for the wine dog). Macs wines aren’t estate bottled yet, but he gets grapes from Texas only.