The 11th annual Hill Country Wine Symposium will take place January 13-15, 2025, at Horseshoe Bay Resort. Texas Hill Country Wineries established the Hill Country Wine Symposium in 2015, and its popularity has grown every year.
2025 will bring changes compared to previous years. The popular Symposium Reception will be held the night before the Symposium starts as the Welcome Reception. The ticketed Winemaker Dinner will be held the next evening instead of before the Symposium.
Two full days of seminars, lectures, and panel discussions will take place with over 20 sessions curated across four dedicated tracks: Vineyard, Winery, Business, and New Vineyard/Winery. The theme of the Symposium will be Vintage Roots | Modern Growth: Next Generation of Texas Wine.
Some seminars already scheduled are:
- Neoprohibitionism
- Viognier
- Operational and development costs of a vineyard
- Navigating Demographic Change
- Enhancing Winery Operations
- From Tending Vines to Selling Wines panel
- Targeting lifestyle magazines as a wine producer
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Grower/Winemaker Panel
- Phenolics
- Wine Clubs: what’s next, allocation programs, evolving beyond the wine club
- Free the Grapes – History of winery to consumer direct shipping
- Picpoul Blanc
- Wine Marketing: best practices in harnessing social media for driving traffic
- Distribution from a Winery Point of View panel
- Verjus
- Beyond Basic Training – How to Empower Your Staff and Create a Work Environment That Employees Take Pride In
- Authenticity, a sense of place, how Texas wine is represented in restaurants and with Sommeliers
- Teroldego
- Maximizing Sales: Turning Fewer Visitors into Greater Revenue
Be sure to download the Sched Symposium App which will be used to help navigate the Symposium. Tickets are on sale now and purchase early to save money!