Harvest Grape Stomp at Windy Winery

4232 Clover Rd., Brenham, TX

A time of merriment, celebrating the end of the intense work involved in planting, growing, and harvesting. The grape stomp fee is $25 for adults and $15 for children, and includes a hayride to the vineyard, picking and stomping grapes, marking a keepsake T-shirt with wine-tinted footprints and a glass of Windy wine. Children will receive a glass of sparkling grape juice.

Crush for Fun at Pleasant Hill Winery

1441 Salem Rd., Brenham

Come on out to Pleasant Hill Winery and enjoy a fun filled day of stomping grapes! You get purple feet and a special T-shirt that says, “I picked. I stomped. I made some wine.” Bring the kids and don't forget your camera! This “PLEASANT” experience is only $25. Kids get purple feet, too! You also get some grape juice and a T-shirt for $15.

Heart of the Tin Trunk

Round Top Festival Institute, 248 Jaster Road, Round Top, TX 78954

An Exciting Not-to-be-missed Texas Heritage Musical

"Heart of the Tin Trunk" has been written to celebrate immigrant struggle and the traditional roots and spirit of Fayette County that has been home to countless Czech and German immigrants, who came in the nineteenth century. The two cultures have been learning to cooperate, to combine families and to live side-by-side over the span of three centuries in Texas. Their educational stories are about courage, faith and dedication necessary for dreams to be fulfilled in places like Schulenburg, La Grange, Swiss Alp and Praha. These towns are only a short distance from the metropolitan areas of Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Dallas, where descendants have settled and are expressing interest in remembering, revisiting or relearning the settlement of Central Texas.

July 27, 2012 – 8:00 PM ($15/$10)
July 28, 2012 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
July 29, 2012 – 2:00 PM
Aug. 3, 2012 – 2:00 PM
Aug. 4, 2012 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Aug. 5, 2012 – 2:00 PM

The Wizard of Oz

Unity Theater, 300 Church St., Brenham,TX

When a tornado whisks her away to the magical land of Oz, young Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale teams up with a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodsman and a Cowardly Lion to avoid the clutches of the Wicked Witch of the West and find the mighty Wizard who can send her home.

Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail, Harvest Trail

10 member wineries along the trail

Experience the Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail! Located between I-45 and U.S. Highway 290, the Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail offers visitors spectacular views and award-winning wines in Southeast Texas. Our member wineries include, Bernhardt Winery, Plantersville, Texas, Colony Cellars, Waller, Texas, Cork This! Winery, Montgomery, Texas, Messina Hof Winery, Bryan, Texas, Pleasant Hill Winery, Brenham, Texas, Retreat Hill Cellars, Montgomery, Texas, Retreat Hill Winery & Vineyard, Navasota, Texas, Saddlehorn Winery, Burton, Texas, Texas Star Winery, Richards, Texas and Windy Winery, Brenham, Texas. All of the member wineries are located in close proximity to the greater Houston area.

Throughout the year, the member wineries on the Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail each offer unique wine experiences including wine tastings, grape crushing and stomp, mystery dinners, music concerts, wine paired dinners, vineyard tours, a variety of wine-related gifts and much, much more. In addition, the member wineries along the Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail work together to produce FIVE very different, seasonal wine trail events each year.

Touring the Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail on the Harvest Trail is your opportunity to celebrate grape harvest and crush in southeast Texas. On the last two weekends in July, the 10 member wineries along the trail will offer a select pairing of two wine tastings and a fabulous food pairing. Plus, each ticket holder will receive a unique, commemorative 2012 wine glass charm at each winery you visit. If you visit 8 of the 10 member wineries, you will receive a special "2012 Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail charm." The value of this ticket is over $50 per person, so take this opportunity to visit local Texas wineries at half the price.

Your trail tickets are good on any of the dates, July 21-22 and July 28-29, 2012, regardless of when you purchase them. Blaze your own trail and pick where you want to start and where you want to end. You have four days over two weekends to visit all 10 wineries. The official hours for this event are 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and Noon to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday for each trail weekend.

All wineries are open during the official trail hours. Several wineries open earlier or close later than the official hours, so please check the Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail website for specific winery hours. The Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail wineries remind you to drink responsibly and designate a driver.