The B&Bs and vineyards in Fredericksburg, Texas, help get people in the mood. With it’s frontier fields and world-class wines, Becker Vineyard attracts would-be suitors and those who might not even know they’re that serious yet.
Fredericksburg is a Texas hill country Hamlet with old-world charm.
This uniquely German city in Gillespie County, Texas, did well in nearly all of our criteria, but when it came to weather, unemployment rate, a median home price of $204,700, and education, this city did simply wunderbar.
To get a sense for the origins of Fredericksburg, all you have to do is stroll down Main Street.
A little over an hour’s drive north of San Antonio and west of Austin, Fredericksburg is the only sizable town in the county — and it’s making quite a name for itself on the tourism circuit.
Everything really is bigger in Texas: It’s the No. 5 wine-producing state in the U.S., the Texas Hill Country AVA is the second largest in the nation and its most promising wines boast supersized flavors.
