Spend a lovely day here. The owner gave us a great tour and was very knowledgeable about olives and... read more
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Bella Vista Ranch - CLOSED
3101 Mount Sharp Rd, Wimberley, TX 78676-4319
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“Fun learning about olives”
Arlene L
“Educational”
The owner and his wife have a nice place of olive trees and grape vineyards. He gives you some... read more
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Kvilliva612
So. TX Gulf Coast
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Amazing People, Wonderful Olive Oil
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Date of experience: August 2017
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texascinzia
Wimberley, Texas
6116
We take our out-of-town guests here to taste the wine and olive oil made right on the premises. Almost like Tuscany. And the man who owns it, an ex-IBMer, does a great job of telling you the history of wine and olive oil making.
Date of experience: July 2017
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tanyams05
Houston, Texas
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We loved Bella Vista Ranch. The staff was super friendly and very knowledgeable about their olive oils, vinegars and wines. Based on her tastings, we purchased a couple of bottles of wines plus a few bottles of vinegars. Even the kids loved it!
Date of experience: August 2017
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William H
Arlington, Texas
7440
About 3 years ago my wife and I took the whole tour. It was very informative.
Afterwards we purchased some oil, Jalapeño stuffed olives and balsamic vinegar.
We come back to Wimberley roughly twice a year and hit up Bella Vista Ranch just about every time. I myself love the stuffed olives for martinis.
I never knew raw olives were hot.
Date of experience: July 2017
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HG30
Mentor, Ohio
15666
These guys are very knowledgeable about olive oil and vinegar and have some great local ones to taste. The wine wasn't very good - either very sweet grape juice tasting or very sour. The olive oil tasting is free. Wine is $10. Skip the wine tasting.
Date of experience: June 2017
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June C
Dallas, Texas
3546
My husband and I visited Bella Vista Ranch, at the completion of a 3-day Italian Cooking School at the Blair House Inn. The ranch, designated as a traditional Mediterranean family farm was the first commercially producing olive orchard in Texas. On our guided tour, conducted by owner, Jack Dougherty, we learned about the history of olive trees and oil oil throughout the world, California, and Texas. We walked among some of the 1,200 olive trees, and visited the "frantoio" olive mill and tasting room. Although we did not visit it today, Bella Vista Cellars is a winery also located on the ranch!
Date of experience: June 2017
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