2026 April Release
Featuring 2024 Artist Blend
Revealing the 2024 artist blend
Desert Daydreamer
Spring has arrived at Hye Estate, and with it comes one of our most anticipated releases of the year, the 2024 Artist Blend.
Renée D’Arienzo is a Texas native who discovered her passion for art at an early age. She went on to earn a BFA in Studio Art from Texas State University.
What began as small house projects soon turned into a mural business that became her primary focus. She uses and appreciates all paint but house paint has become her favorite medium. For over 16 years, Renée has specialized in custom commissions and large-scale murals across Texas. She particularly loves capturing the unique personality of pets in her portraits and collaborating with clients to transform spaces into something truly personal and meaningful.
Her work can be seen in prominent locations, including Texas Children’s Hospital, one of the 3D Stars sculptures on Mercer Street in downtown Dripping Springs (titled Everlasting), and various interior and exterior installations for local businesses throughout the Austin and Dripping Springs areas.Along the way, Renée has cherished sharing this creative journey with her children, showing them firsthand how pursuing your dreams can lead to a deeply rewarding life.
She currently lives in Dripping Springs, Texas, with her family, where she continues to create custom artwork and murals that bring joy and character to homes, businesses, and public spaces.
Renée D’Arienzo is a Texas native and graduate of Texas State University, where she earned a BFA in Studio Art. For more than 16 years, she has created custom artwork and large-scale murals across Texas, often using house paint as her preferred medium.
Her work can be seen at Texas Children’s Hospital, in the 3D Stars sculpture series on Mercer Street in downtown Dripping Springs, and in numerous installations for local businesses throughout the Austin area. Renée lives in Dripping Springs with her family and continues to create artwork that brings character and joy to homes, businesses, and public spaces.
April Release Wines
2024 Artist Blend
Vintage Press Vineyard
This year’s Artist Blend features the traditional varieties Grenache, Mourvèdre, and Syrah, along with our usual “twist” of Tannat, all from Vintage Press Vineyard, down the road from Hye Estate. Inside the bottle, the wine has clear layers from each grape variety – aromatics, savoriness, structure, and softness. It transforms in the glass or decanter from light-hearted to serious, with an ever-loosening “grip” and subtle cedar dryness. Medium-bodied.
*Very Limited; On-Site Bottle Sales Only
4, 6, & 12 Bottle Club
2024 Grenache
Vintage Press Vineyard
Taking the primary slot in GSM blends such as the Artist Blend, just a small amount is left over for bottling individually. This rare Texas Grenache from the same vineyard as our flagship blend is truly classic for the variety. – plus and floral, with the delightfully boozy cherry quality that it’s known for. In a blend, it’s clear in this wine that Grenache becomes the bringer of weight, aromatics, and playfulness.
*extremely Limited; club release only
4, 6 & 12 Bottle Club
2024 Mourvèdre
La Pradera Vineyard
The classic savory characters of Mourvèdre play up in this wine with wild berries, smoke, and Texas herbs. As a cornerstone of our program, Mourvèdre finds itself as a more significant portion than typical in blends and in an array of single-variety, single-vineyard wines that shine a light on this variety’s chameleon-like expression of the land.
4, 6 & 12 Bottle Club
2024 Syrah
Dell Valley Vineyard
A grape variety of character and depth, Syrah brings dark fruit and savoriness to a blend that is different than the meaty qualities of Mourvèdre. Herbs, tomato, leather, slate, and terra cotta can all be found in this Dell Valley Syrah, grown on the ancient river bed at the foot of the highest range in Texas – Guadalupe Peak. This wine expresses its sense of place through indulgent weight, grand tannins, and a berry compote finish.
*Extremely Limited; Club release Only
6 & 12 Bottle Club
April Release Parties
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