Haak Vineyards & Winery hosts board meetings, seminars, workshops, holiday parties, product launches and weddings for up to 200 guests at its original vineyard in Santa Fe, Texas, about 30 minutes from Houston. Three event rooms and a small chapel sit among the vines on Avenue T, and the property has parking for 150 cars.
Seminars and company events
The winery sells a full corporate program. Meetings, seminars and workshops use the Tasting Room or the Underground Wine Cellar, while larger celebrations, appreciation events and shareholder gatherings move to the Pavilion. Audio-visual equipment, furniture and on-site staff are provided. Team activities draw on the vineyard itself: guided tours from vine to barrel, winemaker tastings, pairing banquets, wine etiquette courses, vineyard picnics and, in season, harvest days. Virtual tastings can be run for remote teams after wine boxes are shipped. For client gifts, the winery produces custom-labeled bottles with a company logo, gift baskets, gift cards and wine club memberships.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a core part of the business. Ceremonies take place in a small old-world chapel that looks over the vines, and receptions move to the covered spaces nearby. The wine cellar, lined with barrels and old bottles, gives couples a setting for photographs or a quieter moment during the evening. A professional chef and event staff work on site, and couples can download an information pack or request details through the winery.
Rooms and capacities
The Pavilion is the largest space, with high ceilings and roll-up walls that open to views of the vineyard and the chapel; it holds up to 200 guests. The Tasting Room takes up to 70 and has floor-to-ceiling windows over the vines and a bar backed by a 40-foot wine wall. The Underground Wine Cellar, lined with vintage bottles and aging barrels, takes up to 60. The chapel is used for ceremonies.
Accommodation
The estate offers a small number of vineyard cabins and rooms, including a Treehouse Room, which are booked separately. These suit a wedding couple or a few team members rather than a full group, so larger parties will need hotels in the Houston and Galveston area.
Catering
The site has a full-service kitchen and a professional chef, and event menus are arranged with the winery team. Wine comes from the estate's own range of whites, reds, sweet wines and fortified wines.
History and setting
Raymond and Gladys Haak started the business in 2000 as a backyard vineyard, planting Blanc Du Bois vines in Santa Fe. It has since grown into a full production winery that reports more than 570 national and international awards and makes what it describes as the only Madeira produced in Texas. The family also runs a tasting room in Brenham and Odin's Table at the Texas Renaissance Festival.
Getting there
The winery is at 6310 Avenue T, Santa Fe, Texas 77510, a few minutes from Interstate 45 between Houston and Galveston. Houston's William P. Hobby Airport is the closest major airport, and George Bush Intercontinental handles most international flights. There is no rail link, so most groups arrive by car or by chartered coach.
