Our Story

We often get asked, why a winery? In 2016 we had been married for 30 years and Moira had taught for 30 years. Our only plan was that we wanted to do something together. We have always enjoyed wine and visiting wineries in our travels. Somehow Brian found a Grape Growers Field Day event in Fredericksburg in April of 2016. He then learned about the Winemaking Certificate Program at the Texas Tech campus in Fredericksburg. And that’s how it all got started! Moira claims that she was asked if she would like a lifetime supply of wine. She didn’t realize how much work it would take to get the winery going.

At first we looked into purchasing an existing winery but couldn’t find anything in our budget that we liked. So we started looking for property between San Angelo and Waco. When we saw the property in Early, TX, we knew we found our place! In hindsight, we couldn’t have selected a better location. Brown County is home to some of the most wonderful people in Texas!

We opened the Spirit of Texas Winery in April of 2017. In August of 2022, we changed our name to Skies Over Texas Winery.

This has been an adventure with a few downs, but many ups! We like to say our winery is a work in progress. There is always the next project.

The sign that hangs over the entrance states: ‘Enter As Strangers, Leave As Friends’. We hope you come visit us, try some of our award-winning 100% Texas wines and leave as friends!