05/20/2026
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Eat, Drink, Explore Fredericksburg, Texas
Fredericksburg is an authentic Texas-German community established in 1846 that is filled with historic charm blended with contemporary chic. Just an hour's drive northwest of San Antonio, it is a delightful destination offering a small town feel with a giant dose of Texas hospitality.
Recently we visited Fredericksburg for a taste of Hill Country cooking, local produce and Texas wines and spirits. Here, the German-American heritage is evident throughout the walkable main street, from the historic buildings and museums to the biergartens with live music and many shops and galleries.
Hill Country cooking blends the best of locally grown products with contemporary flavors. Naturally, the Texas beef is first rate, and portions are generous. Restaurants we visited included The Wellhouse at the AlbertHotelTX, and . Add to that a welcome caviar and sparkling wine tasting at and morning pastries and coffee at just opened Dot's Bakery. Both are in town.
Fredericksburg and its surrounding area are home to over 100 wineries. In fact, Hill Country is the largest AVA in Texas and one of the largest in the U.S.A. blessed with alluvial soils from the Pedernales River Valley and its nearby “Luckenbach loam” providing a fertile area for growing wine grapes. Wineries we visited included and which is also the nation's largest working wildflower farm.
We visited the peach farms just a few days before harvest began, and it was a small crop this year we were told. While it was a tad too early to taste a fresh-picked Texas Hill Country peach, we sampled plenty of peach jams, peach salsas, peach butters, peach ice cream and cobbler and even a peach wine. Show these farmers some love if you visit:
Our last night included a specially prepared meal at family-owned 's cooking studio where we tasted dishes prepared with their award-winning specialty jams and sauces. Next door we sipped cocktails (also in the same family). The family's Das Peach Haus is part of a working farm, beautiful lake setting many specialty foods to taste, the cooking studio and even airstream trailers to stay in.
Venture further to visit wineries, breweries, distilleries and numerous parks including President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Texas ranch, now a state park and historical monument. So much to see!
We stayed at , about 4 miles from town. At night we could see hundreds of stars, as it is located in a Dark Sky area. Each individual themed and decorated suited is inside a large shipping container.
The only we lacked in Fredericksburg was more time to explore and the chance to see the famous Texas Bluebonnet wildflowers whose season is April. But we will be back!
Many thanks to for hosting us and Geiger PR for inviting us.
In this episode of The Connected Table Live we recap our trip and impressions as well as where to stay, dine and wineries we visited. More to come when we write it all up for The Connected Table blog on Substack.
Texas wines, seasonal fresh peaches, fields of wildflowers and authentic Hill Country cooking are among the many delights you will experience on a visit to F...
