Boerne’s wine scene is getting another pour this spring as Missick Cellars, a family-owned winery with roots in New York’s Finger Lakes region, prepares to open a new tasting room on School Street in downtown. Co-owners Chris and Laure Missick, who relocated to Boerne in 2024, plan to spotlight white and sparkling wines while pouring a mix of bottles from their Finger Lakes library and wines made by Texas Hill Country vintners. The couple is still working through permitting and buildout before they can circle an official opening date on the calendar, as reported by Community Impact.
Plans and partners
According to Community Impact, Missick Cellars plans to open its tasting room this spring at 941 N. School Street, after the owners formed an LLC following their move to Boerne. Chris Missick has been making much of the wine slated for the new spot, and the outlet reports the couple will focus on white and sparkling styles. The article notes that some bottles will be pulled from the Missicks’ Finger Lakes library while other offerings will come from Texas Hill Country producers.
Where it will sit
The downtown address is already listed in local business directories, with the Greater Boerne Chamber showing Missick Cellars at 941 N. School St. That puts the tasting room a short walk from Main Street and the Hill Country Mile, right in the thick of Boerne’s most strollable strip. The chamber listing signals that Missick Cellars is planting its flag in the town’s core retail corridor, not on the outskirts.
Permits and timing
The rollout still has a few regulatory hoops to clear. The Missick Cellars site previously noted an opening delay tied to compliance with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality involving well use, and a local business roundup reported the project was waiting on a septic application with Kendall County. Those reviews are routine for new Hill Country tasting rooms and go a long way toward explaining why the opening window is still listed as spring rather than a specific weekend.
Joining a growing wine scene
Missick Cellars is stepping into a Boerne wine scene that has been steadily filling out, with several new tasting rooms and wine bars opening in recent months as the town leans harder into wine tourism. Local coverage tracing that growth has pointed to a cluster of specialty wine spots around the Hill Country Mile and downtown Main Street, turning casual strolls into informal tasting crawls.
The Missicks arrive with a track record from their Finger Lakes operation and have outlined plans to produce Texas-grown wines while continuing traditional-method sparkling production as they transition westward, a move documented in the family’s earlier press materials. For updates on the opening date and tasting-room details, the Missick Cellars website offers an email signup and ongoing progress notes for both visitors and industry folks keeping tabs on the project.
