Hilmy Cellars

Amazing wine with the amazing hosts. Love the cheese platter. Really appreciate owner and his wife to explaining us about their wine. I highly recommend the place.

CJ from Lost Draw recommended this winery to me, and she definitely did not steer me wrong. They do some nice, heavy, and most importantly, delicious pours at this winery. I had the pleasure of having Casey do my wine tasting, and he was phenomenal. Very good company to have and very knowledgeable. They have a beautiful view of the vineyard with plenty of seating that I’ll have to come back to see this summer and fall. This is truly a hidden treasure!

Delicious wine. Great service. Beautiful tasting room and property. Sweet doggies

The wine tasting is $ 12 for 6 dry wines. The staff was very friendly and eager to recommend other places to visit as well as being knowledgeable on their wines. The temp was my favorite! I would recommend visiting this Winery if you don’t like sweet wines as their focus is dry wines.

Great service. Great wines. Really enjoy the dogs and pesticide free grapes. Buy three bottles and your tasting is credited back. We love this place and the wines.

Casual relaxed wine tasting. Wines we tasted were good. Reasonably priced by the bottle compared to some of the other wineries around. Free to join their club which gives you a discount on bottle prices as well as allowing you to have only 3 bottles per shipment, which makes it a little more affordable than some. Much less commercial than some of the vineyards on the 290 ‘wine trail’. Patio was very casual with picnic tables and some small tables and chairs. Weather was not a patio kinda day do we didn’t stay and linger over a bottle, but I imagine that would be a great way to spend an afternoon. The mellow dogs laying around is a nice touch, assuming you like dogs.

We had been disappointed with our experience at Fat Ass Winery and headed next to Hilmy where we had the complete opposite experience. Whereas Fat Ass felt like they were going through the motions just to get us to leave Ace was the man. He took super great care of us. My wife had her 21 year old cousin in town and this was his first wine tasting day. Glad we were able to improve on the lameness that was Fat Ass.
Hilmy is a newish place and they were very welcoming. When we checked in they let us know their wines weren’t going to be the typical Fredericksburg Sugar Bombs (apparently that what a lot of people actually want, which blows me away). We like our wines to be bigger, bolder and drier anyway so this was perfect.
We have low expectations about the quality of Texas Wines and mainly go just for the experience of meeting new people and hanging out with friends. This place had very drinkable wines and all of the staff was super nice and friendly with Ace going to another level. They should give him a raise ;)

We stopped in on a chilly Saturday afternoon. The tasting room seemed understaffed for a Saturday and we should have known to just leave.
Unfortunately, the lack of staff meant we endured the slowest tasting of some very average wines.

Great wine. The Temp is the best. Ask for Josh. He is good people and knows his wine.

This was my favorite winery I went to in Fredricksburg. Everything we sampled was just A+, and the gent doing our tasting was well-​informed, funny, and conversational. Two frumpy dogs (one an ENORMOUS Great Pyrenees) lay around and accept love and pets from patrons. The atmosphere is cozy, and local art available for purchase lines the walls. I was very into the whites here, but their house wine, the DooWaZoo is to die for. I can’t wait to get another bottle in my hands. Stop here!

This was the first winery I ever visited in the Fredericksburg winery region. Located pretty far to the east on Hwy 290, it made sense to stop there first and work my way back to Fredericksburg.
The highlight of this winery was definitely the décor and ambiance. The place was very modern and clean with some nice featured art covering the walls. It also had a lot of dogs and hens wandering around which made me happy while tasting my wines. The tasting costs $ 10 plus tax and features six different wines. The experience was perfect as the pourers were involved and present but didn’t hover and rush tasters through their samples. I liked hearing about each wine and what makes it unique but also having some alone time to taste them and talk with my partner about what we tasted. I also appreciated how they kept the hen parties separate from the small groups who were not part of a party. It was nice having a «grown up» area and a «party» area that were separated. This place really nailed the wine tasting experience.
The wine itself was good. I have never had Texas wine before but it was actually a lot better than I expected. I’m no wine expert but their wines agreed with my palate. I didn’t buy any but I thoroughly enjoyed my tasting experience. I would recommend this winery for the experience and feel.

My husband kidnapped me for a birthday getaway to Fredericksburg on a Wednesday/​Thursday. Obviously touring the wineries was on the agenda! After recommendations from friends and reading Unilocal reviews, we added Hilmy to the list of stops.
So glad we did! $ 10 for 6 tastings but the best part was the staff there. Ace was super friendly and very knowledgeable. The vineyard itself was very pretty and a nice place to kick back and enjoy a glass. Can’t wait to bring some friends back here!

Such a beautiful place to visit for a fun day adventure, especially if you love wine. I’ll be stopping by this winery with my sister for her bachelorette party come September. I’ve visited nearly all of the wineries in Fredericksburg and I put Hilmy on my list of 4 places to taste for our group because I think they are in the top 4 best wineries out there.
Hilmy specializes in a few very tasty wines. Their staff are extremely friendly and knowledgable. We were guided around the winery and shown the cellar! Added bonuses include friendly big dogs to pet, chickens, guinea fowl and their eco respect for clean growing. No pesticides!
FYI push the door really hard to get in :) It’s just heavy.

My husband and I just spent a couple days in Fredericksburg, and Hilmy Cellars was one of our last stops on our way out. The customer service was great, and we really enjoyed talking to Ace. We enjoyed most of the wines, but really enjoyed the environment. The patio had misters and a great view of their vineyard, so it was relaxing enjoying a glass of wine outside.

I’m going to guess that those that wrote a very positive review of this winery haven’t been to Napa, Sonoma, Tuscany, Rhone or Burgundy. As well, I would guess that most are not any older than 30.
Visited this past weekend with 5 other couples for a birthday celebration. Of the 6 tastings offered, only 1 was not immediately dump into the spittle. The other 5 were immediately poured out of our glasses after 1 sip. Nasty. This winery is trying to crank out wines quickly to make a profit, as the wine business is not very profitable. You could tell the wines hadn’t aged long or were not given time in the barrels or bottles before dispensing to unsuspecting tourist. One possible sign that it was not a winery of caliber, our host pourer was probably no older than 19 and wore his baseball cap backwards in Justin Bieber style.
Take a pass on this winery as there are other choices.

Love the labeling
DooWazZooooooo!!!
Hilmy accomodated our ladies’ trip and squeezed us in prior to a bus group. Despite the group coming behind, the tasting wasn’t rushed; our hostess walked us through the wines at an appropriate pace, allowing us to savor the wines. DooWaZoo, a bright, light, Ugni Blanc and Chenin Blanc blend is perfect for the hot Texas heat. The Temp, is a fruit-​forward Tempranillo that runs a little hot. As always, the appellation labeling is much appreciated!
Do note due to the local dog (who’s super awesome and cuddly), rooster, Guinea fowl, chickens, other outside pets are not allowed. Enjoy the atmosphere and the natural approach to wine, just leave the pups at home.

After much fanfare by Unilocalers I found myself disappointed after this visit. There wasn’t anything that made me think this was great. The winery tasting room was pleasant and clean with knowledgeable servers. The wines were good, not great. We bought two of the four tasted (a little skimpy on number of tastings) but don’t see a compelling reason to come back. We’ve had much better wines and tastings.
Overall it’s not a «must see» at the same time if you do go it is a solid experience.

This is one of the newer wineries to the Fredericksburg area and it was not hard to see that they are still working out the intricacies of their wine tastings. We walked in and were not quite sure where to go for the wine tasting. Some people told us to pay first at the cash register, some told us to go straight to the bar and grab a glass — needless to say we spent almost 30 minutes getting in and out of line and looking absolutely confused.
We decided to split a tasting since the prices were steeper than some of the other wineries and we didn’t want to spend a ton of money at just one place. It ended up working out for us although the pours did not seem to be uniform across patrons. We did not get as much as other people, unfortunately, but we gave the server the benefit of the doubt. They do not have as many white wines to taste as reds which was a little disappointing to my boyfriend who can only drink white wine. They also did not give out glasses with the purchase of a wine tasting — also disappointing when compared to some of the other wineries who offer this in the area.
The patio was amazing, though, and the fact that they have working animals on their land is very impressive. It was great weather to lounge outside and enjoy watching the farm dogs roam the patio along with the chickens and rooster. Their indoor décor and ambiance was very classy as well. If they focus as much attention on their customer service as they do on their interior (and exterior) design, this place will become a great winery to join the ranks of the other more seasoned places in the neighborhood.

This was one of our stops on the Wigged Out Wine tour. My grrl and I love to play dress up for no reason and we were decked out in new wigs and cute outfits to visit some wineries. It seemed, too the farther from Austin we got, the chillier reception at certain wineries (ahem, Hye (falutin) Meadow). Therefore, this spot got stars alone for the reception we got when we walked in the door. The (hot muscular) guy behind the bar growled «Raaaawrrrr!» and then he changed the music for us to blare out Hendrix and Zeppelin. They just GOT us here.
They currently only have 4 wines to try and they were pretty tasty. We bought a couple, including the Doo.zwa.zo just so we could say the name over and over again, and made sure also to pet the wine pooch, a great Pyrenees that looked part polar bear and is supposedly there for deer control (altho by the looks of her rotundness, her idea of «control» means chicken fried deer :).
I believe in the next few weeks they will have some new wines to explore so I have plenty reason to return… in another new wig!

My first experience with Hilmy was during a special event, in which due to an unfortunate set of circumstances a bottle of wine ended splashing and breaking on me. The Hilmy representative was very apologetic, saw to my bleeding toe, and all was well. You know that a winery is good, if you come back for more following that experience. No, it wasn’t just the cute labels either.
Once I got a chance to visit the Hilmy Cellars I was sold. The only downside is they don’t allow dogs, due to the fact that unlike other vineyards they have attempted to avoid pesticides by utilizing a variety of animals. Guinea fowl and a peahen for bugs, cat for rodents, dogs to guard against deer at night, they even tried goats for a bit for weed control. Love the efforts this vineyard makes to stay as natural as possible.
The tasting room is small yet charming and intimate, which is exactly what I like. They also have a beautiful outdoor patio. The servers are highly informative and friendly — they know their stuff (also another plus for me). Scott was phenomenal. For $ 10 we got to taste 5 wines. Their wines which come from 100% Texan sourced grapes are under the Hilmy label, and the grapes sourced elsewhere under Erik Hilmy’s a.k.a label. There is nothing I didn’t like, everything was above average, but there was also more than just 1 standout. I loved the tempranillo and Doo.zwa.zo (Viognier & Chenin Blanc). The gewürztraminer with some spicy food = excellent. The Naked Viognier was also good with a citrus kick.
As they only have limited productions the prices are higher. But, the overall quality is worth it. Thus, I joined the flock. Plus, they have some nice wine pick up events, complimentary tastings up to 4 people, quarterly allocation, and 15% off bottle prices, no cost to sign up.