Top Austin Food Tours

Evan was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and asked each person what they wanted to see and learn about Austin. After self-introductions the group loaded into a very comfortable air conditioned van for the two hour tour. The stop at the Capitol at the halfway point afforded a restroom break. Very informative—highly recommend! Evan answered every question! Note that you check in at the desk in the visitor center.

We had a small group tour starting in Austin driving out to the Hill Country. We had never been outside Austin and wasn't aware that there was a wine country region (Texas Hill Country) near Ausitn about an hour away. Frist stop was the eat lunch at the Salt Lick BBQ restaurant in Driftwood. BBQ was amazing where you'd want The Thurman's Choice plate of brisket (best in the world), Pork Ribs and Sausage or splurge for a Family Style (everything) with all sides being delicious. If you want wine with your meal then walk back to the Salt Lick Cellars (tasting room with souvenirs) building behind the restaurant. We ordered the Salt Lick BBQ Red wine since it sounded like it should be with a BBQ plate (very tasty). We also bought some flavored olive oils that were awesome. We crossed the street to the Fall creek Vineyards. A high-end small winery (low production) with nice wines but a little pricy for the value of the wine they produce (closer to Napa prices). Then drove to Duchman Family Winery that is a large scale winery with high production yields, large selections of various wines and rental facilities for events. The wines are very affordable for the quality of wines they produce. We were surprised that we enjoyed many of the wines since we tasted all of the ones they had opened, We then joined their wine club to have a case of wine shipped to Georgia a few times a year (cost per bottle with shipping fee was way below local wine store prices of comparable wines so that was a no brainer decision). That was the tour so if you love great Texas BBQ and wine the this is your tour. And think about joining a wine club if you can since it helps local family owned wineries to stay in business and also provides you with interesting/hard to obtain wines to share with your friends (or not).

I thoroughly enjoyed the trip to the hill country to taste the famous Texas BBQ and do some wine tasting. We visited 3 wineries and had the chance to sample 5 or 6 wines in each of them. I bought 3 bottles of my favorites. The selection of BBQ place was excellent (the famous Salt Lick) and we wisely visited there prior to the wine tasting. The 2 guides (Moe and Koh) were very nice and lots of fun. I highly recommend tours with this company.