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The Piney Woods Wine Trail is made up of 20 wineries scattered throughout the rolling hills of East Texas and near small towns from Mount Pleasant to Nacogdoches. Many produce award-winning wines. 

Check each winery’s website for hours and amenities. Some are tasting rooms and require reservations while others have restaurants and hold tours and special events. 

You can sample wines from all the wineries during the 10th annual Pine Woods Wine Festival set from 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 6 and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Picker’s Pavilion near downtown Lindale. 

The festival also will feature live music from area bands, plenty of food selections and a marketplace full of crafts vendors. 

Tickets cost $10 to enter the Wine Garden where there will be $1 wine tastings! Tickets can be purchased online at Eventbrite or VisitLindale’s Facebook page

Piney Woods Wine Trail wineries: 

• Bella Stella Winery
  •  818 County Road 4440, Winnsboro, bellastellawinery.com, 903-975-0020.
• Briar Creek Vineyards
  • 10488 County Road 2180, (Yarbrough Lane) Whitehouse, briarcreekvineyards.com, 903-530-0286.
• Cannon Creek Vineyard
  • 5518 Texas 198, Canton, cannoncreekvineyard.com, 903-520-0447.
• Della Terra Farm
  • 2530 County Road 3425, Brashear, dellaterrafarm.com, 903-334-6600.
• Dixie Wine Company
  • 47549 U.S. Highway 69, Mount Selman, Facebook. 
• Enoch’s Stomp Vineyard and Winery
  • 870 Ferguson Road, Harleton, enochsstomp.com, 903-736-9494.
• Kiepersol Vineyards & Winery
  • 21558 A Merlot Lane, Tyler (Bullard area), kiepersol.com, 903-894-8995.
• Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards
  • 658 County Road 1334, Pittsburg, lospinosranchvineyards.com, 903-855-1769.
• M6 Winery
  • 201 W. Main, Bullard, m6winery.com, 903-360-0369.
• Naca Valley Vineyard
  • 9897 FM 1878, Nacogdoches; nacavalley.com, 936-615-6432.
• O’Farrell Country Vineyards
  • 7152 FM 995, Atlanta, ofarrellvineyard.com, 903-846-2054. 
• Pelle Legna
  • 18655, County Road 418, Tyler, pellelegna.com, 903-521-6266.
• Red 55 Winery/Miranda Lambert Store
  • 114 E. North St., Lindale, mirandalambert.com, 903-882-9305.
• Red House Winery
  • 108 E. Pilar St., Nacogdoches, redhousewinery.com, 936-305-5068.
• Red Road Winery & Vineyard
  • 105 W. Front St., Naples, redroadvineyard.com, 903-897-9353.
• Silver Lake Cellars
  • 25378 U.S. Highway 80, Silver Lake, silverlakecellars.com, 972-898-8931.
• Tara Vineyard & Winery
  • 8603 Henderson County Road 3914, Athens, tarawinery.com, 903-675-7023.
• Texas Vineyard & Smokehaus
  • 2442 Anderson County Road 2133, Palestine, texasvineyard.org, 903-538-2950.
• Valle della Pace Vineyards & Winery
  • 17840 Texas Highway 110 N., Garden Valley, valledellapace.com, 903-730-6721.
• White Fox Vineyards
  • 14491 FM 773, Murchison, whitefoxvineyards.com, 903-469-3702.

For more information about the Trail, go to pineywoodswinetrail.com.