Messina Hof’s Harvest Festival spans 5 weekends, from the 3rd weekend of July to the 3rd weekend of August, filled with many exciting wine-related activities.

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• Festival activities include:
  - Grape picking
  - Grape stomping
  - Vineyard cuisine luncheons
  - Touring and tasting
  - Wine and food pairing parties
  - Special dinners featuring unique menus
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  Your Fun Begins in the Vineyard at 8:00am…
  After a brief orientation, you and your group are sent off to our 42-acre estate vineyard to pick the grapes that will be placed into service! You may even break into a Sicilian song with the winemaker himself, Messina Hof Co-Founder, Paul Bonarrigo. These are the very grapes that will go into the making of Messina Hof’s award-winning port.

  The Big Kahuna Competition – While in the field, make sure to look for the most interesting and unique cluster to enter the Big Kahuna We award the person with the best looking grape cluster and talent; this person is the Kahuna for the day!

  Once your finished picking, enjoy a little grape stomping – complete with your very own souvenir t-shirt, “signed” with your purple feet! And when the Messina Hof Ports hit the shelves in your favorite store or wine shop, you get to say that you were a part of something special!

View 2009 Harvest pictures here.

Next… Dine at our Harvest Luncheon
Our Chefs from The Vintage House Restaurant use on the freshest ingredients for our trademark “Texas Vineyard Cuisine”. Perfect after a historical day of Harvest. Enjoy hand-selected and hand-cut meats, herbs and vegetables from our vineyard garden, and, of course, our award-winning wines that are part of every recipe.

Then…Our Food & Wine Pairing Party
At this unique seminar, you’ll learn how to match the right foods with the right wines, like a pro! That’s because a pro will be guiding you through every step. These interactive seminars are conducted by Messina Hof Co-Founder and Cookbook Author, Merrill Bonarrigo.

And Don’t Forget About our Fabulous Dinners…
- Murder Mystery Dinners
- Moonlit Harvest
- Vintner Dinners featuring succulent food courses complemented by Messina Hof wines
- Grand Finale Celebration

 

• Moonlit Harvest
  The fun begins on the first Friday at our Moonlit Harvest. We’ll teach you the basics of grape harvesting, and then turn you loose in the vineyard to pick the ripest clusters of grapes while the sun goes down. After stomping the grapes, we then head over to the Vintage House Restaurant to enjoy a special menu created just for our Harvest Festival schedule.

View 2009 Moonlit Harvest pictures here.

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2010 Harvest Calendar:

JULY

Weekend #5
13th - Lights, Camera, Murder! Murder Mystery Dinner 6:30pm
14th - Harvest Daytime 8:00am
14th - Grande Finale Dinner featuring Palm Bay Imports 6:30pm
15th - Harvest Daytime 8:00am

Here are a few suggestions on how to prepare for picking and stomping outside.
- bring sunblock
- wear closed toed shoes
- wear comfortable clothes
- recommended to bring gloves
- drink plenty of water
- bring a hat
- We recommend wearing light-colored loose-fitting clothing.

We recommend  wearing light-colored loose-fitting clothing.

You can email your registration form to event@messinahof.com or by fax 979-778-4197 today!
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To make reservations, or to get more information about the Festival, you can also call (800) 736-9463 ext. 234

These fine organizations have generously contributed to Messina Hof’s Harvest Festival, so please be sure to get more information about them!

Vintage Sponsor

 

 

Private Reserve Sponsor 

Reserve Sponsor

 

 

 

Vintage Sponsor