Make the most of your trip to Fredericksburg, Texas, a German frontier town in wine country with a Main Street bustling with shops, galleries, restaurants, and biergartens.
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.