The Nice Winery

06/18/2026

Harvest season is here, and we would love your help bringing in the grapes. 🍇
We have two harvest days coming up, and both are open to you and your friends. Whether you can make one or both, we appreciate every pair of hands.

🍷 Harvest at Nice Winery
🗓️ Friday, June 26th at 6:30 PM
📍 1220 Lumpkin Rd, Houston 77043
☀️ Plan to arrive by 6:30 PM. Carpool if possible as parking is limited due to a wine dinner that evening. Dress for the heat, bring water, and bring pruning shears if you have them. Should take no more than three hours.

🍷 Harvest at Ken & Marilyn Wuensche's Vineyard
🗓️ Saturday, June 27th at 8:00 AM
📍 17655 Cypress Fields Ave, Cypress 77429
☀️ Arrive at 8 AM. There is a gate at the entrance — you'll see the vineyard, and the gate will be open. Dress for the heat and bring water. Ken expects harvest to take about two hours, and once it's done there will be wine to enjoy while you watch the pressing and crushing of all the grapes.

Email [email protected] if you can join for one or both dates. We hope to see you out there!

06/18/2026

06/15/2026

Father’s Day is right around the corner. If you’re still figuring out what to get him, here are a few ideas from Nice Winery:

🍽️ Upcoming dinners worth gifting:
• Wine Dinner Featuring the Recipes of Giada de Laurentiis — June 19th & 26th at 6pm. A five-course Italian-inspired dinner paired with award-winning wines.

• Ratatouille Interactive Movie Wine Dinner — July 3rd at 6pm. A five-course French dinner served as the film plays on screen.

• Winemaker’s Reserve Six-Course Lunch — July 11th at 11:30am. Six courses with reserve wine pairings, inside our cedar cabin.

🎁 Build a gift set:
• His favorite wine from our wine shop
• A character-topped aerator for the perfect pour every time
• Nice Winery keepsake wine glasses to celebrate every moment

💌 To slip in a card:
• A Nice Winery gift card, for the dad who likes to choose his own

Visit NiceWines.com or visit our winery to shop and reserve.

(713) 744-7444
1220 Lumpkin Rd Houston, TX
Open Tuesday-Saturday 12pm-6pm
Closed Sundays & Monday

06/03/2026

Don’t miss this 50th Anniversary Dinner on Friday!

Raise a glass to history. Join us as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the legendary Judgment of Paris with the iconic, award-winning Chateau Montelena. This unforgettable evening will take you on a journey through the remarkable wines that helped put Napa Valley on the global map. You may recogn...

06/01/2026

June at Nice Winery is worth clearing your calendar for. Take a look at our featured wine experiences below!

Raise a glass to history at our Chateau Montelena 50th Anniversary Wine Dinner on June 5th (seats still available) and 12th, celebrating the iconic Napa estate whose Chardonnay stunned the world at the 1976 Judgment of Paris. You may know the story from Bottle Shock. Now you can taste it.

On June 13th, step inside our cedar cabin for the Winemaker's Reserve Six-Course Lunch, a guided tasting journey through our most distinguished reserve wines, each paired with a culinary creation from our open kitchen theater and ingredients sourced from our organic estate gardens.

Coming June 19th and 26th, join us for a five-course dinner featuring the recipes of Giada de Laurentiis, each dish inspired by her signature Italian style and paired with an award-winning Nice wine.

Book at NiceWines.com!

05/29/2026

Ever wonder how we clarify our wines without a factory or a shortcut?

This is wine racking. We transfer our Texas Blanc from tank to tank, allowing the natural sediment to settle and drain out. We do this about six times until the wine is clean and clear.

Most large-scale producers use clarifiers made from animal byproducts. We don’t. Our wines are organic and vegan, so we let the process do the work the natural way. It takes more time and more hands, but that’s exactly the point.

Small batches. No shortcuts. Real wine! Learn more about us at NiceWines.com. 🍇

05/26/2026

They’re here. Our Blanc du Bois grapes are on the vine and growing beautifully at Nice Winery.

These grapes will be harvested in June, along with grapes at Alta Mira Vineyard in Anderson, Texas, and crafted into our gold medal winning Texas Blanc; one of our most celebrated wines and a true expression of what Texas terroir can do. Stay tuned for the next vintage coming in July!

From vine to bottle, right here in Texas. Get on the waitlist for pre-orders ASAP!

NiceWines.com
(713) 744-7444

05/25/2026

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05/24/2026

Sediment in Wine is a good thing.

It’s a sign that the wine was made with minimal intervention.

Most of the time, sediment in wine is either tartrate crystals (“wine diamonds”) or spent yeast, called lees, which are both natural byproducts. Neither is harmful.

A new wine is full of skins, seeds and bits of stems, as well as used-up yeast cells from the fermentation process. A portion of these stay in the wine.

Tartrate crystals are bits of potassium bitartrate that have fallen out of solution in the wine. They’re more common in white wine and usually happen when wine has been refrigerated.
(Potassium and tartaric acid are two natural components of grape juice that can be finely ground and sold as “cream of tartar” for baking use.)

After many months or years in bottle, some of that stuff will form a fine silt or sediment of lees at the bottom. This happens in almost every good, ageworthy and tannic red wine, whether Bordeaux, Barolo, Rioja or California Cabernet Sauvignon. The fine sediment can form a visible lengthwise strip if a bottle lays on its side undisturbed for years or decades.

Cheers!

05/24/2026

Red beet “dumplings” filled with walnuts and goat cheese. Paired with Nice Winery Rose of Pinot Noir