The new Messina Hof Harvest Green Winery & Kitchen in Richmond, Texas
The Bonarrigo family (left to right): Karen Bonarrigo, chief administrative officer and wife of Paul M. Bonarrigo, chief executive officer and head winemaker; their children, Sophia and Paul Anthony; and Merrill and Paul V. Bonarrigo, co-founders of Messina Hof Wine Cellars.
When Paul V. and Merrill Bonarrigo first opened Messina Hof Wine Cellars in Bryan, Texas in 1977, they had one acre of vineyard planted with 50 different varieties of grapes. Over the years, the winery grew, and couple added two more locations. Messina Hof Hill Country Winery and Manor Haus in Fredericksburg, TX opened in 2011 and the Messina Hof Grapevine Winery in Grapevine, TX followed in 2014. This month, their son, Paul M. Bonarrigo and his wife Karen, launched the Messina Hof Harvest Green Winery & Kitchen in Richmond, TX, just outside of Houston.
Messina Hof winery breaks ground with interactive labels
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Messina Hof has been a groundbreaking Texas winery since Paul and Merrill Bonarrigo actually broke ground in Bryan in the 1970s. And they have done it again with Texas’ first interactive wine labels on a new tier of wines released to help celebrate the COVID-19-delayed launch of Harvest Green Winery & Kitchen, Messina Hof’s farm-to-table spot in the Richmond area that opened for on-site dining recently.
The labels, which come to life before your eyes on a smart phone, were created in partnership with Houston-based Vision Production Group. Is it a tad gimmicky? Definitely. But, if the juice inside the bottle checks all the boxes, gimmicky is perfectly OK, and each in this trio of 100 percent Texas wines has its own compelling attributes. Vitality is a floral, minerally, slightly citru