Just north of Dallas, where the tollways end and the cornfields begin, is a little slice of wine paradise. Towering vines, friendly staff, and distinctive wines make Eden Hill Winery a delightful day trip from anywhere in the Metroplex.
The 10-acre property is equipped with a tasting room, wine-making facilities, and two acres planted with Tempranillo. Anyone can stop in for a glass, or you can pre-book tours and tasting experiences on their website.
Eden Hill proudly makes all their wines from 100% Texas grapes. There is one estate wine made from the Tempranillo that’s grown on-site. (The vineyard was planted in 2006.) The other grapes are sourced from the Texas High Plains AVA up in the Panhandle.
I’d heard good things about the place from wine friends. So on a recent Saturday, I made the trek up to Celina to check it out! (Celina is a growing DFW exurb north of Frisco. The winery is just off State Highway 289–a.k.a. North Preston Road–about one hour’s drive from downtown Dallas.)
The doors opened promptly at 1 PM and soon the wine lovers began to trickle in. The sun-filled tasting room is furnished with two- and four-person tables, a long counter with barrel seats, and couches for larger groups.
We checked in with the host and were shown to our table in a cozy, windowed spot next to the cellar room. (I had requested a reservation the night before. It’s easy to book a tasting for 1 to 6 people on the website. Reservations are secured with a credit card, which is charged at the time of your visit.)
Eden Hill has two pre-set tasting options consisting of five wines each. Each flight showcases some of the winery’s most popular pours, including recent award-winners. As first-timers, we were excited to try as many different wines as we could manage. If there’s a style you don’t drink–for example, sweet wines–they’re willing to make a reasonable substitution.
I opted for the mixed Red and White tasting ($22). My wife, Sarah, chose the Premium Reds ($35). We tasted the wines in sequence, each one introduced and explained by our friendly wine ambassador, Neil.
Both flights were front-loaded with some of the best wines we’ve had from a North Texas producer. Standouts included a bright and floral 2024 Albarino and the 2021 Divine Red (Tempranillo with Tannat). We also loved the Good Texan, a 2023 Tempranillo-based multi-blend with a firm structure and bushels of ripe red fruit. (Yes, I’m a wine student who’s currently cramming for exams…so please indulge my detailed tasting notes that I’ve hidden all the way at the bottom of this post.)
Eden Hill also offer numerous current-vintage wines by the glass/bottle, and a special collection of rare wines by the bottle only. Eden Hill’s first bottling was in 2010–from back when their Tempranillo vines were just toddlers, aww! The library list has previous-vintage wines going back to 2016.
I enjoy sweet whites, so I ordered a glass of the Muscat Canelli for dessert. Sarah, a lover of hearty reds, opted for a glass of the Wine=MC2 Montepulciano blend.
At the end of our visit, we enjoyed a vertical tasting of three consecutive vintages of Divine Red. A lot of people have yet to realize that Texas makes some age-worthy reds. While all the wines we tasted were still young-ish, it’s striking how much complexity a few years in the cellar can add to our state’s robust Tempranillo-based blends.
About food: Eden Hill doesn’t open until the afternoon (1 PM), so we ate before we got there. When traveling up Dallas North Tollway, there are dozens of tasty, trendy places to stop for brunch.
But should you happen to get the nibbles while tasting through Eden Hill’s wines–or have friends who forgot to eat–charcuterie boards and dips are available from their kitchen. The tasting room also has pre-packaged snacks (chips and cookies) and gourmet chocolates for sale.
Curious about the wine-making process? Eden Hill offers private and group tours of their production facility and vineyard. The cost is $75 per person (private tour for 2) or $50 per person (groups of 3 or more) and can be booked in advance online. Tours include a cheese board and a tasting session.
After sipping all the wine I could responsibly manage, I took a little stroll around Eden Hill’s beautiful grounds. The rows of vines had begun to blossom, the clouds were rolling by, and flowers were blooming in the driveway and rustic potting shed. Behind the main building was a large gazebo/deck with pond and pasture views.
So, Eden Hill checks all the boxes. Cheerful scenery, attentive service…but the focus here is really the wine, and I loved it!
Y’all know that I am a loyal defender of Texas wines. I do believe our small producers are capable of making wines that rival the best anywhere. Texas wines are a taste of home, and they’re getting better all the time.
However, one of the keys to enjoying Texas wines–going off on a bit of a tangent here–is managing your expectations. A lot of globally popular styles just don’t work in the American South. They can’t be (and shouldn’t be) forced. If you go to Texas wineries expecting to re-create the tasting experience you had in Napa or whatever, you’re going to be disappointed.
For example, Texas doesn’t tend to make great dry whites and sparkling wines (it’s too hot). It generally doesn’t make thick and jammy California-style reds (the growing season is too short). Many Texas wineries continue to focus on sweet, simple, and flavored styles because they are in demand with casual drinkers, and that can turn off “serious” wine enthusiasts. Vintage variation is huge (due to our unpredictable weather) and the wine you adored last year may not taste the same in next year’s bottling.
However, if you have an open mind and are willing to try wines that thrive in Texas’s climate, you’re in for a treat. Heat-loving Spanish and southern Italian varieties do well here. Wineries pursuing Tempranillo–especially as a blending partner to classic Bordeaux grapes–are on the right track, I think. And there are pleasant surprises to be found even in the white wines: Eden Hill’s new-vintage Albarino kinda blew me away, to be honest.
So, from one vino-tourist to another, Eden Hill deserves a stop on your North Texas wine trip. The winery is championing some emerging Texas styles (Go, Tempranillo, go!) plus adventurous bottles you won’t find anywhere else. The combination of award-winning wines and country charm is a taste of heaven that’s easily within reach.
When: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 1 PM – 6 PM
Where: Eden Hill Winery, 4910 Eden Hill Ln, Celina, TX, 75009
How much: Wine flights are $22 (red and white) and $35 (premium reds). Wines by the glass are $10 and up. Current vintage bottles are $19 up to $66.
Other things to know: The Celina winery hosts family-friendly concerts and events, some of which are free! Eden Hill also has a tasting room at the Dallas Farmers Market. Wine club members get complimentary tastings for themselves and up to three guests at either location.
Walk-ins are welcome in the tasting rooms. (But winery reservations are strongly recommended by this blogger, especially on holidays and good-weather weekends.)
All right, let’s get to the wines!
Eden Hill Winery Tasting Notes
I tasted these at the winery on May 10, 2025. Starred wines are my top picks. Prices are retail (bottle) before any wine club discounts.
⭐ 2024 Eden Hill Albarino (Texas High Plains AVA)
Youthful and aromatic Albarino with surprisingly bright acidity for a Texas white. Lemon meringue, yellow pear, honeydew, floral nectar. Finishes with fresh white peach flavors and barely perceptible sweetness. A home run! It’s up there with some of my favorite Spanish Albariños. $29
2022 Eden Hill Tempranillo (Texas High Plains AVA)
Vibrant ruby-colored, fragrant with fresh fruit and light baking spices. Distinctive aroma of fresh red rose buds and petals. Palate of ripe raspberry, blackberry, coffee grounds, and cocoa. Concentrated tannins that are not quite supported by its medium acidity and body.
Enjoyed this a lot, but it’s too delicate to be a grilling wine, IMHO. It’d be a shame to sacrifice those pretty florals to BBQ sauce and char. I’d drink it instead with a snack of salty Parmesan or Manchego. 100% Tempranillo. $43
2023 Eden Hill Cabernet Sauvignon Black (Texas High Plains AVA)
Medium ruby, leaning pale. Served lightly chilled. Bright redcurrant, red plum and blackberry with subtle oak-derived aromas of cedar and vanilla. Red-fruit dominant with nutty, red-bean and custard flavors adding smoothness to the palate. It’s as light a Cab as I’ve tasted in a while. Thin, juicy, pleasantly dry with some moderate astringent tannins. Aged one year in half French oak, half neutral barrels. 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petit Verdot. $65
⭐ 2023 Eden Hill Good Texan (Texas High Plains AVA)
Pronounced aromas, big alcohol (but it handles it well), lots of complexity and balance. An exciting and versatile wine from Eden Hill. Black cherry, Roma apple, red plum, liqueur cherries. More richly extracted than some of the other wines with its tannins and abundant fruit backed up by firm acidity. 75% Tempranillo, 21% Cab Sauv, 3% Cab Franc, 1% Petit Verdot. $48
2023 Rainy Day Dark Rosé (Texas High Plains AVA)
A novelty of a rosé from 100% Negroamaro grapes. (Stronger vintages of Negroamaro are used for Eden Hill’s Midnight in the Vineyard dry red.) Herbal, vermouth-like aromas waft from a base of pink cherry juice. Magenta in color and medium-bodied. A simple, moderately sweet wine with light agreeable tannins. $19
2021 Eden Hill Tannat (Texas High Plains AVA)
Medium garnet, leaning pale. Leather and dried cherry on the nose. Sour cherry and cranberry flavors with noticeably sharp acidity and a drying finish. It’s fun to find a 100% Tannat, but I like it better as a component of the Divine Red Tempranillo blend (below). $43
⭐ 2021 Eden Hill Divine Red (Texas High Plains AVA)
Two bold grapes step out together and it’s a love match: Tempranillo offers a splash of ripe red fruit and Tannat brings some age-worthy structure and acidity. A developing wine with nicely integrated oak aromas and intriguing flavors of dried fruit. Medium garnet in the glass, medium body and acidity. Red plum, dried red cherry, Amaro cherry, vanilla, pipe tobacco, and new leather. Black tea and hibiscus tea contribute to a lingering dry and leafy finish.
My backlog of bottles from winery visits is getting dangerously high, but this is the one wine I allowed myself to bring home. 70% Tempranillo, 30% Tannat. $39
2022 Eden Hill Divine Red (Texas High Plains AVA)
Hard to believe this is only a year younger than the wine above. Medium ruby in color, very aromatic and bright in comparison. Fresh red cherry with some herbal, gamey, and sanguine notes. Trace of iron and a hint of the rose-like perfume that marks the 2022 Tempranillo.
It was a treat to try it side-by-side with the 2021! Both tasters preferred the ’21 but it will be exciting to revisit this in a couple of years and see if it catches up. 70% Tempranillo, 30% Tannat. $39
2020 Eden Hill Divine Red (Texas High Plains AVA)
A richer and black-fruited version of the Divine Red, beefed up with Aglianico in place of Tannat. Opaque red tinged with purple, some sediment in the glass. Black plum, prune, dried cherry, vanilla, dusty cinnamon and black pepper, hint of cocoa. Soft mature tannins give a mellow and slightly earthy finish. Tempranillo and Aglianico. $55
2020 Estate Tempranillo Reserve (Eden Hill Estate Vineyard)
The only North Texas-grown wine on the list, made from Eden Hill’s 20-year-old vines. The 2020 vintage yielded just 133 cases, which was then aged in oak for one year and in bottle for two years prior to its recent release.
Medium ruby color with aromas of sour cherry, cherry candy, menthol, horehound and camphor. More fruit and herbs in its flavor profile than oak. Lighter bodied than expected for Tempranillo and very high in alcohol, with assertive tannins and acidity. The flavor is strikingly medicinal…although I confess I don’t know enough about Texas terroir or wine-making to speculate on why that would be. It’s certainly unusual! Given its fresh aromatics and dryness, I would serve this wine as an apertif. 100% Tempranillo. $66
2022 Eden Hill Wine=MC2 (Texas High Plains AVA)
Blackberry, black cherry, dusty herbs. Moderate alcohol and balanced. A savory finish of tomato skins, sage, and basil would make this one an excellent pizza wine. (“MC” is Montepulciano-Cabernet, cute!) 54% Montepulciano, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Cabernet Franc. $43
2022 Eden Hill Muscat Canelli (Texas High Plains AVA)
Starting and ending my tasting with white wine. 😊 This Texas Muscat Canelli was subdued on the nose but loaded with delicious citrus and floral flavors. Fresh orange peel, lemon pastry cream, bergamot/bitter orange, pear, stone fruit, and a whiff of magnolia. Full-bodied with a generous glycerol-laden texture. High in alcohol (which I prefer in a dessert wine or final pour) and not overly sweet. $26
Review disclosure: I was not compensated or provided any free products for this review. Opinions expressed on The Wine Fairy blog are entirely my own.
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