As they close in on 17 years on the Square, Georgetown Winery owners Dan and Becca Marek decided to give their tasting room—and former production facility—a face-lift this year.
Now nearly complete, except for some finishing touches, the tasting room has doubled its seating capacity from 30 to 60 with a row of six-seat, high-top booths now lining the right side of the room across from the reconfigured bar. At that bar, guests can select a flight of four wines—from a list of over 30—ranging from drier reds and whites to an array of fruit and dessert wines.
“I grew up making wine with my dad,” Marek said. “I learned how to make sweet, fruity wines and dessert wines with him. So when I got in the business, I had to take classes to learn how to make whites and reds.”
While he started making wine as a hobby, Marek’s wines have consistently won awards since 2008. This year the Lone Star International Wine Competition handed out five medals to Georgetown Winery, including the Grand Star Award for its Funky Monkey Pineapple wine—one of only eight wines to take that honor out of over 700 entrants—and a wine more in line with the sweet fruit ones he made with his dad.
