This year, Delaney Vineyards is celebrating
more than twenty years in the wine business. Jerry Delaney remains
founder and sole owner of two operational vineyards and production
wineries in the state of Texas. The winery is located in Grapevine,
Texas and the main vineyard is in Lamesa Texas, a small town 60
miles south of Lubbock.
The Grapevine winery was completed in 1996, three
years after the vineyard was planted. The first bottling production
was summer of 1997. The Grapevine facility contains 10 lush acres
of Cynthiana grapes. The Cynthiana grape remains the best southern-bred
hybrid vine to grow in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for a number
of reasons. It thrives in the hard clay soil, or "red rock,"
found in the area. It also responds well to high humidity and hot
summers.
The Lamesa facility, located in West Texas is twenty-one-years-old
and is the larger of the two vineyards, with more than 100 acres.
The west Texas region provides a wonderful environment for grape
production with its hot days and cool evenings. The Lamesa vineyard
grows the bulk of our varietal grapes including Cabernet Sauvignon,
Merlot, Chardonnay, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc.
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