Messina Hoff Breaks Ground on Winery in Harvest Green!

The Bonarrigo family — owners and operators of Messina Hof Wine Cellars, Inc. —
alongside Johnson Development team members and local dignitaries toasted the start
of construction, which is estimated to take 10 to 12 months to complete.

"We are very excited about the Messina Hof Harvest Green Winery,” said Jerry Ulke,
General Manager of Harvest Green, which is located in Richmond. “The Bonarrigos’
plans for the winery perfectly align with our vision to create a community that values our
natural resources and wants a closer connection to Mother Nature.”

Messina Hof Harvest Green Winery will include a tasting room and wine bar, as well as
an open-kitchen restaurant that will seat approximately 130 guests across all indoor
spaces. A 2,600-square-foot covered patio will allow for larger, private events and group
tastings. Two private tasting rooms will be available for corporate use, group bookings
and private dining. The wine production and barrel room will be anchored by wooden
foudres and oak barrels acting as both a focal point and an opportunity for guests to
taste wine in process. Much like Vintage House Restaurant located at Messina Hof’s
Estate in Bryan, the restaurant at Messina Hof Harvest Green will make use of the on-site
gardens and Harvest Green’s neighborhood farm to put forth a hyper-local menu
focused on Vineyard Cuisine™ .

“Our first brick-and-mortar presence in Houston will be on a grand scale, allowing us to
connect with our large family of consumers in Houston and Southeast Texas,” said
Messina Hof’s Paul M. Bonarrigo. “The project not only expands Messina Hof’s presence
throughout Texas, but we are integrating into a new community in a very organic and
dynamic way. As Houston’s only farm-centric community, Harvest Green was a natural
choice for our new craft winery and kitchen.”

When complete, Messina Hof Harvest Green Winery will be the winemakers’ second
largest production facility, with both vineyard harvesting and wine processing aging
taking place on-site. Messina Hof Harvest Green Winery will also become the home for
all wine shipping operations including the Messina Hof Wine Club. A later phase will
include a large indoor event space. Eventually the project will also serve the local
community with an abundance of educational programming, work with the community
farmers on seasonal tastings and start to harvest and make wine from the experimental
vineyard plots that are currently being added.

One of the nation’s top-selling communities, Harvest Green is anchored by the 12-acre
Village Farm. It offers homes by 11 nationally recognized homebuilders priced from the
$240,000s to the $700,000s. For more information about Harvest Green, visit
https://www.harvestgreentexas.com.

Messina Hof Winery is the state’s largest producer of Texas wine and the most awardwinning winery in Texas. It has more than 70 Texas wines currently available in multistate distribution and currently owns and operates its Estate Winery in Bryan, Messina
Hof Hill Country Winery in Fredericksburg and Messina Hof Grapevine Winery in
Grapevine.

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