Stone House Vineyard
24350 Haynie Flat Rd.
Spicewood, TX 78669
(512) 264-3639
Website: www.stonehousevineyard.com

A winery located near Austin is Stone House Vineyard. Stone House is located off Highway 71 on Haynie Flat Road, just past Barton Creek Lakeside Country Club. The 6½ acre vineyard is densely planted with 100% Norton. Stone House is owned by Angela and Howard Moench. Angela is in charge of the vineyard, and she is also the winemaker. Her family owns vineyards in the Barossa Valley, but she learned her winemaking in Texas.

Most of the 15 wines produced at Stone House are made from Australian grapes, but Angela makes two wines from Norton grapes grown on the property.

The first wine is called Claros, and it has won lots of awards. Unfortunately, it is sold out at the winery, and the next vintage will not be available until late summer. However, we found a bottle at the Austin Wine Merchant for $21.25 and tried it the next day. The wine has a surprisingly complex nose showing current, spice, plum, and mocha. In the mouth the wine offered cherry, spice, and plum. Good acid and a long clean finish make this wine easy to pair with lamb or veal. Claros is a good bottle of wine, and one that you should try if you can get a hold of it.

The other Stone House wine made from Texas Norton grapes is Scheming Beagle Port ($24.95 for 500 ml). Ripe fruit flavors with spicy notes highlight this simple port.

The other wines offered at Stone House are made from imported grapes. We tasted the Lyre wine series and brought home a 2005 Mersanne from Wrattonbully ($15.95) and a Tempranillo from Barossa ($17.95). The XO 50 Year Tawny Port ($55 for 500 ml) was the best international offering we sampled. A classic tawny with caramel, dried fruit, and orange peel, this excellent dessert and after dinner wine is one that I also think you should try.

Angela Moench is an example of a talented winemaker producing wine in and around Austin that is complex and interesting. As a proponent of Texas wine, I can only hope that she finds more Texas grapes worth her time and talent.

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Central Texas Wineries

Alamosa Wine Cellars • Becker Vineyards • The Bella Vista Cellars • Bell Mountain Vineyards • Brennan Vineyards • Chisholm Trail Winery • Comfort Cellars Winery • Driftwood Vineyards • Dry Comal Creek Vineyard & Winery • Fall Creek Vineyards • Fawn Crest Vineyard • Flat Creek Estate • Fredericksburg Winery • Grape Creek Vineyards • Lost Creek Vineyard • Mandola Estate Winery • McReynolds Wines • Pillar Bluff Vineyards • Poteet Country Winery • Rising Star Vineyards • Sandstone Cellars Winery • Singing Water Vineyards • Sister Creek Vineyards • Spicewood Vineyards • Stone House Vineyard • Texas Hills Vineyard • Texas Legato • Three Dudes Winery • Torre di Pietra Winery • Wimberly Valley Winery at Driftwood • Woodrose Winery

North-East Texas Wineries

Barking Rocks Winery & Vineyard • Bluff Dale Vineyards • Brushy Creek Vineyards & Winery • Carmela Winery • Collin Oaks Winery • Crossroads Winery • Cross Timbers Winery • Delaney Vineyards at Grapevine • Grayson Hills Winery • Guerra Vineyard & Winery • Homestead Winery at Denison •  Homestead Winery at Grapevine •  Homestead Winery at Ivanhoe • Inwood Estate Vineyards • Khatter Vineyards • Kiepersol Estates Vineyards • La Bodega Winery • La Buena Vida Vineyards at Grapevine •  La Buena Vida Vineyards at Springtown • Landon Winery • Lightcatcher Winery • Lone Oak Winery • Lone Star Wine Cellars • Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards • LouViney Cellars & Bistro • Maydelle Country Wines • Paris Vineyards • Red Caboose Winery • Red Road Vineyard & Winery • San Martino Winery & Vineyard • Sunset Winery • Su Vino Winery • Sweet Dreams Winery • Tara Vineyard & Winery • Texoma Winery • Times Ten Cellars • Triple “R” Ranch & Winery • Wales Manor • Weinhof Winery • Wichita Falls Vineyards & Winery

South-East Texas Wineries

Bernhardt Winery • Bruno & George Wines • Circle S Vineyards • Colony Cellars • Frascone Winery • Haak Vinery & Winery • Lehm Berg Winery • Messina Hof Winery & Resort • Piney Woods Country Wines • Pleasant Hill Winery • Purple Possum Winery • Rosemary’s Vineyard & Winery • Tehuacana Creek Vineyards & Winery • White House Winery • Wimberly Valley Winery at Old Town Spring • Windy Hill Winery • Yepez Vineyards

West Texas Wineries

Bar Z Wines • Cap*Rock Winery at Lubbock • Delany Vineyards at Lamesa • La Diosa Cellars • Llano Estacado Winery • Luz de Estrella Vineyards • Pheasant Ridge Winery • Ste. Genevieve Wines • Val Verde Winery • Zin Valle Vineyards