Drink Stop 06 Republic Wine Castle
Wine castle, boot shop & tasting room · Johnson City
A medieval castle on the 290 Wine Trail where you can taste Texas wine and design your own cowboy boots in the same afternoon.
Friends of Blanco Hill Co
A year of weekends in the Texas Hill Country, one stop at a time.
These are the people and places that make Blanco County worth the drive — the breweries, wineries, kitchens, porches and back roads we keep coming back to. New stop most weekends.
Nothing in that bucket yet — but the year is young.
How it works
Every stop is a place we actually went — a brewery, a winery, a kitchen, a porch, a swimming hole — photographed on the day and added here. Each time we go back, more photos land on that stop's page. Know a place that belongs on the list? Tag @blancohillco and tell us.
Planning a trip rather than browsing? Start with the weekend guide — it puts these stops in the order we'd actually do them.