The Austin Winery

Specialties

The Austin Winery is an urban winery and tasting room located in Austin’s industrial East Side, about 10 minutes from downtown. We work with established, family-​owned vintners and grape growers from select regions of TX, CA, & WA to showcase most expressive varietals of each vineyard’s terroir.

We pioneered urban winemaking in Austin, with a focus on high quality wine and snob-​free education. We are the first full production winery in Austin and the highest rated on Yelp. Come visit us an find out why.

For tastings during the week, please make an appointment at www​.theaustin​win​ery​.com. Walk-​ins welcome on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday.

History

Established in 2014.

Ross McLauchlan and Cooper Anderson started The Austin Winery with a combined age of 50. They saw a gap in the market: there wasn’t an urban winery catering to the growing, and increasingly thirsty population of Austin. They set out with a specific plan: make high-​quality wines from their favorite regions and serve them in an approachable, snob-​free environment welcoming everyone from beer drinkers to wine connoisseurs.

Meet the Business Owner

Ross M.

Business Owner

After working in the wine business in the Texas Hill Country, California and abroad, Ross McLachlan, at age 25, started The Austin Winery, a boutique, urban winery that handcrafts small-​lot wines from Texas, California, Washington and Oregon. «My Italian roots (my mother’s maiden name is Calamari and my older brother lives in Milan) helped me gain an early exposure to wine and led to my passion for wine and soccer,» he says.