The “picker” in Pickers Creek is a guitar picker. The founders named their Lewisburg winery for Mack George, the family patriarch and a world-class picker in their telling, and songs have filled the property ever since. You leave I-65 at exit 37, under an hour’s drive south, then follow Highway 50, also known as New Columbia Highway, four miles east to a driveway that disappears straight into the woods.
Wine and music are the winery’s department, and the miles from Nashville are ours, a simple split that defines our Pickers Creek Winery tours. That leaves you with nothing to steer except the conversation.
Four steps make up our side of the outing:
Private tours start at $250 and suit anywhere between two and 56 people, and you can ask our team for a quote on your exact date.
Over a dozen wines here carry music-themed names, made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Chambourcin, Muscadine, and other grapes that thrive in the Tennessee climate, and the range covers both dry reds and sweet fruit wines. According to the family, a tasting resembles the original Volunteer Jam, minus the fiddle-bow rosin. Even if you only know the songs, these labels will get a conversation going at the counter:
Spring through fall, Music on the Porch fills Saturday nights with live bands, food trucks parked on site, and a bonfire when the weather cooperates.
Kenneth George, brother of co-founder Phil, still lives in the original homeplace and tends the vineyard. He also picks the performers and sometimes takes a turn singing himself. The wraparound porches look out on the sunset over the vines, the old rock wall, and the creek that lent the winery half its name. Claim a seat early if you want that view.
Fall hours run 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays, and 12 to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Because they shift with the seasons, check the winery’s website before you pick a day, and we will head south in time for it.
Hushed rooms, careful swirling, and plenty of standing still: if you came to Nashville for the music, that may be the winery afternoon you are picturing. If that picture has you on the fence, the mood here runs the other way, with more easy conversation than polite whispering and lots to do beyond the glass:
That same easygoing manner comes with us onto I-65, so the day already feels like an outing with friends well before exit 37.
On our side, a single Saturday at the winery can play out like this, with a different vehicle for each group we bring in.
We drive an art club of 14 down aboard our Executive Sprinter, and the members begin their visit among the paintings. When they get home, everyone has a favorite piece to argue for.
A civic club from Nashville makes the winery its summer social, and we fit all 28 members into our Limo Coach, leaving the meeting minutes for Monday.
We pull up with 12 friends in our Sprinter Limo as the band tunes up, and no one cuts out before the encore.
Groups of every size end up around that bonfire, and at Whiskey Trail Tours, we would be happy to bring yours. Our team will make space for your whole crew and set up our tour to Pickers Creek Winery for the date you choose.
One call to (615) 942-1033 gets the conversation started. For written requests, you can complete our booking form or email us at info@whiskeytrailtours.com. Picking a date gets easier once you have read what earlier groups said in Google reviews.
Tour distilleries, wineries, breweries and the city of Nashville in a private chauffeured vehicle, for groups of 2 to 56.
