Fredericksburg, TX - Recommendations

Wife and I were there after the Grand Prix in October and thoroughly enjoyed it. The only place you mentioned that we went to was Vaudeville and our experience as a brunch was fantastic. I think a late night boozing dinner there would be epic.
We really liked Otto's German Bistro for dinner one night. It's a smaller place and not fancy at all but has that whole hipster-farm-to-table and unique cocktails thing going on and our food was good.
We ate at Cabernet Grill one night and it was a lot more relaxed and food was good after a long day of drinking.

Anyway, on to the wine. I would say my favorite wine and experience was at Lewis wines. Small operation putting out great wine and the server and the winemaker were the only other two people in there and they treated us like best friends after being there for 15 mins. Not fancy at all but a nice large patio/barn deal to sit outside attached to the tasting room. Great Reds Whites and Rose. Tinto Cao, Tempranillo.
William Chris was really good wine(Bought plenty to bring home) and a nice place and we were treated well at the tasting but they kind of process you through there it seems.
Spent a good bit of time at Ron Yates which is out by Lewis and William Chris.
Lost Draw Cellars had a casual tasting room in town with good wines.

Went to Pedernales winery and the property was beautiful and the wine was good, but didn't love the vibe we got when we went to talk about buying wine from them and/or joining their wine club.

The only place we went back to a second time was Lewis. Owner?/Operator took us out to the barn where they store all of the wine and let us taste stuff that was still fermenting and not yet finished. You could tell he was super passionate about wine and treating people well.

Otto’s

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Otto’s

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I second this. I went last year and everything was excellent.

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So far, Grape Creek has been pretty uniformly recommended as the best winery. I have also heard Becker and Fatass. Thoughts?

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No, no, no, no

Those three are now where near the best. Here are a couple that are head and shoulders better.

Calais, Innwood Estates, William Chris, Lewis

Then you start getting into the

Lost Draw, Kuhlmann, Becker, Grape Creek range

Go to Luckenbach and spend all day there drinking and listening to country music

Hilltop cafe for dinner

It’s off the beaten path a bit.... but there is a cool joint called alberts ice house in b/w Hye and Fredericksburg. It’s a locals bar, open air type place. Always have live music and there is a bbq truck there.

The people were very welcoming... but were asking how the frick we found the place.

Bump - any new recs since 1/19?

We go to Fred pretty often, Hilltop is a must when we are in that area. It’s a freakin awesome little funky Cajun Greek joint with incredible food. Family owned and run with incredible service. It’s maybe 7-8 miles out of town. Oysters Bruton and the flaming cheese are great apps.

Totally agree with Hilltop Cafe.