Back in March, I spent two weeks in India (that was the main reason I missed my monthly post last month). When I was in Bangalore, my host took me to the Heritage Winery. The Winery is located about half way from Bangalore to Mysore along the Bangalore-Mysore Road.

We had a pleasant drive down to the Winery, without bad traffic it being a Saturday morning. The turn off to the winery is well marked, but it is a dirt road. The facility is clean and well maintained. This is the main entry sign.

Before the tour, you can watch an informative video on the company, wine making in general, and Heritage’s products. Their primary product is fortified wine. They purchase most of their grapes, ferment the grapes in stainless steel containers, and then blend the wine with grain alcohol and sugar to get to the desired taste and 16% alcohol content. The also make a “fizzy wine” which is a carbonated wine. They are just beginning to produce varietals. I tasted a cabernet, a shiraz, and a chenin blanc while I was there. All three were decent.

Here is the video presentation area with a big picture of the founder.

Introductory video explaining wine making and Heritage’s products

The tour takes about 20 minutes. You get to see the production facilities (they were doing a bottling run while I was there). No pictures were allowed inside of the facility. Here is a picture of our tour guide and the general manager.

Our tour guide and the manager of the facility

After the tour, we visited the vineyard at the back of the facility. While they do purchase the grapes for their wines, it wouldn’t be much of a winery tour if you didn’t get to see grapes.

The vineyard at the Heritage Winery facility

The grapes were nearly ripe and quite tasty.

Grapes in the Heritage Winery vineyard

The vineyard had a couple of dogs wandering around in it. One of the employees was also walking around banging a pan to keep away the birds.

The vineyard is guarded by some not-so-fierce dogs

After the tour and our walk about in the vineyard, we had a very nice lunch. They a planning on expanding the facility and to offer more food and entertainment. The new facility is under construction and looks like it will be very nice.

New facility under construction

On our way back to the highway, we saw a group of goats and there was a very cute little goat. Who doesn’t like a cute little goat?

Who doesn’t like a cute little baby goat?