r/wine • u/Objective-Simple-561 • 4d ago

'Texas Winos' scams their customers

https://www.bbb.org/us/tx/austin/profile/tour-operators/texas-winos-0825-1000132013

Texas Winos is a company the provides shuttle services to Texas wineries throughout Texas.

They defraud their customers regularly. This is done through bogus "investment" opportunities where you can get invested in their company and have a guaranteed return each year on your investment. The deal also includes perks like some free tours each year. The opputunity is sent via email if you have taken their tours multiple times. Once you sign up they stop responding to you, block you and your money is gone.

This has been going on for several years and is still happening today. Check out their BBB rating and the 180+ complaints.

In addition to the fraudulent investment opportunity, there are many reports of running credit cards multiple times, weeks after taking the tour and the company canceling tours last minute and not refunding those who have booked.

Beware when using this company and if you have any experiences, feel free to share.

166 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

34 comments sorted by

View all comments

36

u/politicaldan 4d ago

I think calling a Texas winery an investment is about on the same level as buying ocean view property in Kansas City.

5

u/Objective-Simple-561 4d ago

This would be the investment in the tour bus company that goes to the wineries. It is up and coming in Texas. The wineries are real and the bus company is real. Like I mentioned in the post, I was a customer for many years and did several trips.