Out in Maury County, Keg Springs Winery makes its home on the western edge of Hampshire, down a tangle of country lanes well away from the interstate. You feel the city fall away with each turn, and when the vineyard finally comes into view, Nashville seems much farther off than the mileage suggests.
Why not hand those lanes to us with our Keg Springs Winery tours? We send a chauffeur to gather your party in Nashville and bring everyone home again, and once you arrive, the Hamm family’s team pours the wines and hosts every event.
Brian Hamm picked up winemaking while serving as a U.S. Army helicopter crew chief. After his service, he and his wife, Becky, opened the winery in 2003, and their first 200 gallons of handcrafted wine sold out almost as soon as they went on sale. He has since collected more than 100 medals in regional, national, and international competitions and earned recognition as Tennessee’s winemaker of the year in 2011. Every glass you taste here traces back to that Army-era curiosity.
The business is still family-owned and family-run after two decades on the Tennessee Wine Trail, and Brian still tinkers with existing wines and new varieties. Veterans’ groups and service clubs book this trip for the story as much as the wine, and 50 of them fit in our Mini Bus with the service stories flowing long before anyone lifts a glass.
Brian makes the wines on site from carefully selected regional grapes, and you can move from dry reds such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot to crisp whites like Vidal Blanc and on to sweet fruit and Muscadine wines.
Whichever you pick, you save 20% on purchases in between shipments.
Warm-weather weekends move the fun outside to a deck with a wide view of the Tennessee countryside, while the colder months bring everyone indoors.
Bingo evenings are a favorite tradition, full of friendly competition, and nobody expects you to be a seasoned player; plenty of guests simply come for the wine. Instead of cash, players win Keg Springs Dollars and spend them in a live auction to wrap up the night, bidding on prizes from gift baskets to unique surprises. Our Sprinter Limo has room for the baskets as well as the twelve people who won them, which matters more than you would think on auction night.
Free concerts run on the deck from 2 to 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays from spring into fall, drawing a crowd from well beyond Hampshire. They are open to all ages, with slush tastings for the adults in the crowd.
Chilly afternoons turn the tasting bar into a warm escape. Decorations change with each season, and Halloween and Christmas get the most festive treatment. The shop stocks wine accessories, glassware, jewelry, and seasonal décor, which come in handy when a few names remain on your gift list.
We can leave the SUV’s cargo area empty on December runs, because six shoppers in a gift shop fill it. For a private party, the winery’s events team handles the booking at events@kegsprings.com, and we run the shuttle, as up to 56 guests at a time fit in our Motor Coach. Spring adds a Mother’s Day brunch to the calendar, a treat for the mom in your life who already has everything.
Once the auction ends, daylight may be gone. Getting to the highway then takes four separate stretches:
Country lanes that seemed charming on the afternoon arrival are much harder to read at night. For anyone used to city streets and streetlights, that stretch can feel like the one downside of an otherwise great outing. We drive every mile of it, gate to highway, while your group settles in for the long stretch toward the city lights.
Around the winery, Hampshire goes by Napa Hollow, and after an afternoon on the deck, you may start using the nickname too. Booking with Whiskey Trail Tours takes one conversation, and our team can hold a chauffeur and the right vehicle for our tours to Keg Springs Winery as soon as you pick a date.
We are a phone call away at (615) 942-1033 and an email away at info@whiskeytrailtours.com, and our contact page takes requests around the clock. Whatever event you have circled, a look through our Google reviews lets you meet the passengers who went before you.
Tour distilleries, wineries, breweries and the city of Nashville in a private chauffeured vehicle, for groups of 2 to 56.
