We are thrilled to have you visit our website and learn more about us! As we prepare to open the doors at Smiling Snake Vineyards later in 2026 (hopefully!), we want to share just a little about us and the ideas behind the plans for our cozy, boutique-style, yet family friendly winery.
Foremost for us, we want you to feel comfortable at our place, whether you are a long time wine connoisseur, or you are new to exploring wine. Our plans for the future include serving both dry and sweet wines, and to slowly expand our wine selection menu over time. (It's not good to rush wine!)
Speaking of menus, we plan to serve pizzas and charcuterie when we open, and perhaps invite a food truck or two to join us for special events. Unless we are having a special event, you are welcome to bring your own food.
We believe that faith, sunlight, hard work, and tender loving care result in the blessing of great harvests of some of the best winemaking grapes in the world.
At Smiling Snake Vineyards, we are passionate about supporting Texas agriculture by offering high-quality wines, made with Texas fruit.
Explore our website to discover more about us.
Thank you for joining us on this journey! We look forward to meeting you.

"She considers a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
. . .
Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she smiles at the future."
Proverbs 31:16, 25

We are located in northeast Texas in Van Zandt County. We are about:
Our place is very quickly and easily accessed from Interstate 20 via either the Willow Branch Road or FM 314 exits.

We planted four varieties in April 2024: Paseante Noir, Errante Noir, Caminante Blanc, and Ambulo Blanc. Never heard of them?
Click HERE to learn more.

In mid-June 2026, we finally broke ground on the winery building! We will open our tasting room as soon as we can. We KNOW -- we can't wait, either! We don't yet have licensing to make or sell wine here, so we will all just have to wait.
(We don't have to wait patiently, but we do have to wait.)
We are proud to say that, in 2025, our vines were hearty enough to allow them to develop fruit, and we harvested 1.5 tons of grapes from our one year old vines. This fruit was sold to friends of ours for their lovely nearby winery, and we know they will soon be serving up some delicious wine there from it.
Due to the late spring freeze of St. Patrick's Day 2026, our primary buds and shoots were very much affected, and our harvest did suffer a bit for it. Sadly, we have numerous damaged (and several dying!) vines that will have to be retrained or replaced. Despite this bad news, our 2026 harvest was relatively successful,
and we harvested about 1.8 tons of grapes from our two year old vines.
3941 VZ County Road 4912, Van, Texas 75790, United States
CALL: (903) 871-6181 (Text is not yet available.)
Mon | By Appointment | |
Tue | By Appointment | |
Wed | By Appointment | |
Thu | 03:00 pm – 05:30 pm | |
Fri | 11:30 am – 07:00 pm | |
Sat | 11:30 am – 07:00 pm | |
Sun | 01:30 pm – 04:30 pm |
With plenty advance notice, we will endeavor to open for groups of 8 or more even when we would normally be closed. We will be especially accommodating to our club members, and we will likely have different hours for our events, as well as for your small events being hosted on our premises.