Overnight Trip to College Station
The Stella Hotel
Messina Hof Winery
Banquet Dinner & speaker
August 12 & 13, 2023
College Station, Texas

Twenty-three folks joined the Houston Section for great weekend.  The first stop on the trip was at the Messina Hof Winery in Bryan, Texas.  Texas is now one of the leading states in the wine industry and the winery has four locations in Texas.  The winery is located in a beautiful location with beautiful buildings which houses a restaurant and a gift shop that has all things for folks who love wine. 

We began with a great lunch and folks got to visit and get to know each other.  The group had folks from the Houston, North Texas, the Lone Star Section. and the Bryan area.   After lunch we took a tour of the winery, including a look at the wine making process and a and a wine tasting session.   For the evening banquet we had a wonderful speaker, Dr. Robert Holzweiss, Acting director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

Dr. Holzweiss gave a great presentation regarding the library and the upcoming addition, the Railway & Locomotive Museum.  The Railway Museum will be finished by June of 2024.  A reason to make another visit to College Station and the Bush Museum. 

On Sunday morning we were to go to the Aggieland Wild Animal Safari, however the day was forecasted to have temperatures in the 100’s so it was decided that the group would do that on another trip to College Station.  A great day and special thanks to Erroll Hines and the Houston Section for hosting this special weekend!