All Aboard The Wine Train

The Details:

Where: Departs from Cedar Park, travels to Wedding Oak Winery in Burnet, Texas.

What & When: A scenic wine-tasting train ride through the Texas Hill Country. Departs at 11 AM and returns at 5 PM.

Tickets, please: (here) Includes a two-hour train ride and a tasting flight of five wines. Full-sized pours, bottles to-go, and food are available for purchase at Wedding Oak Winery during the two-hour layover.

You’ll Get All The Bells And Whistles With Wedding Oak Winery’s Award-Winning Wines: All aboard for a journey through the Texas Hill Country, where fine wine and breathtaking landscapes come together for an unforgettable experience. The Wine Train offers a rare opportunity to savor Wedding Oak Winery’s award-winning wines, including their celebrated 2023 Castanet Rosé, which recently took home Best of Show at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo International Wine Competition.

Crafted from Cinsault grapes grown in Lamesa, Texas, the ‘Castanet Rosé is a vibrant, fruit-forward wine known for its bright flavors of strawberries, citrus, and tropical fruit. It has been recognized across multiple competitions, including earning Grand Star Winner at the Lone Star International Wine Competition. With its refreshing acidity and balanced finish, this rosé pairs beautifully with a range of seasonal dishes.

Upon arrival at Wedding Oak’s Burnet tasting room, housed in the beautifully restored 1888 Badger Building, guests will have two hours to explore, sip, and relax on the rooftop terrace or patio. Additional glasses, bottles, and food will be available for purchase.

A Taste of Texas Wine Excellence:

Wedding Oak Winery has built a reputation for producing 100% Texas-grown wines, with a commitment to showcasing the state’s unique terroir. The winery’s Roussanne and Riesling also garnered top awards at the 2025 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, further solidifying its place among Texas’s best.

On the return trip to Cedar Park, non-alcoholic beverages and snacks will be available for purchase to ensure a comfortable ride home. Alcohol is not permitted on the return trip.

Raise a glass, take in the scenery, and savor the best of Texas winemaking.

Dive Deeper Into The Texas Wine Scene

For those looking to explore Texas’s booming wine culture, here are three stories that highlight some of the best wineries, events, and award-winning bottles across the state:

• Fredericksburg’s Booming Wine Country: “Fredericksburg’s wine industry continues to grow, with more tasting rooms and vineyards adding to the town’s already impressive offerings,” that’s The Houston Chronicle, which put together this helpful guide for anyone “looking to swap city life for upscale Hill Country charm.”
  

• Raise A Glass To The Wine Lovers Celebration: Wineries across the Hill Country are already gathered for the 2025 Wine Lovers Celebration, an annual event that invites visitors to explore “ more than 40 Hill Country wineries”—some of the best in the region—with special tastings, pairings, and experiences throughout the first three weeks of February. Here’s the Kerrville Daily Times with a profile of this year’s gathering.
  

• “Tiny Texas Hill Country Winery Tops The Nation, Dethrones California”: Singing Water Vineyards, which “has been growing grapes and turning into vino for nearly three decades,” took home the Best Cabernet of 2025 award earlier this year, My San Antonio news reported—further cementing Texas’s growing reputation as a serious force in the wine industry. But, as the newspaper noted, getting your hands on a bottle requires a trip to San Antonio: “you’ll have to join the winery’s club, or visit [one of these eateries in the city] Cypress Grille, Peggy’s on the Green in Boerne, Kirby’s Steakhouse, or Chama Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse.”

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