The Fredericksburg Food and Wine Fest is Saturday, October 27, 2018. The Fredericksburg Food and Wine Fest features the best of Texas wines and beer, food, and entertainment.
Twenty-three Texas wineries will be on hand pouring over 100 wines. Guests will also have an opportunity to visit with some of the wine makers. Joining us are Barons Creek Vineyards, Becker Vineyards, Blue Lotus Winery, Chisholm Trail Winery, Cicada Cellars, Fall Creek Vineyards, Fawncrest Vineyard, Flat Creek Estate, Fredericksburg Winery, Georgetown Winery, Grape Creek Vineyard, Haak Vineyards, Hye Meadow Winery, Kfire Winery & Vineyard, Llano Estacado, Lost Draw Winery, McPherson Cellars, Messina Hof Winery, O’Farrell Country Vineyards, Texas Hills Vineyards, Texas Mead Works, Thirsty Mule Winery, and Zero 815 Winery.
We also will have a nice selection of Texas craft beer from Real Ale, Karbach, Altstadt, Rahr & Son, Shiner, and Pedernales Brewing.
A variety of Texas-made products will be available for sampling and purchase as well. Look for lavender products, salsas, jams and jellies, candies, seasonings, cheese, olive oils, beef and lamb, items made from used wine barrels and hand-painted glasses, among many other great selections.
Our ever-popular Grape Expectations Cooking School starts Saturday at noon, showcasing four Texas chefs. The Texas chefs participating are Chef Steve Sommers, Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods; Chef/Owner Ross Burtwell, Cabernet Grill; Pastry Chef Lois Rodriguez; Chef James Manzon, Otto’s, Fredericksburg. Seating is limited to the first 100 persons. Cost is $50 per person for all four sessions and admission into the Fest.
Local Harper, Texas, artist Jan Miller created the 2018 poster art and will be at the Fest to sign posters. Her original artwork will be one of the items offered in the silent auction.
Lively entertainment will include music by great Texas artists Hit & Run, Zydeco Blanco, El Tule and Josh Dodds.
We’ll feature our annual Go Texan! Dinner Thursday, October 25 at Messina Hof Hill Country, catered by Chef Bryan Gillenwater, Bryans On 290 Johnson City; Friday’s Celebration of Texas Wine & Food at Becker Vineyards with food by Feast & Merriment of Stonewall; and the Saturday Patron Party on Marktplatz catered by Delicious Details. Tickets are limited and available on-line.
The Fredericksburg Food and Wine Fest opens at noon Saturday and continues until 7:00 p.m. General admission is $25 for adults, $5 for those under 21, and free for children under 12. The $25 admission includes one souvenir fest glass, 6 sampling tickets (which can be used for three 2 oz. sample pours or one glass of wine), and Texas specialty booths, Texas wineries, a silent auction, entertainment, food court and the Great Gargantuan Grape Toss. Tickets available on-site day of Fest.
Sponsors of the Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest include the City of Fredericksburg, Real Estate Advisory Team, Gastehaus Schmidt Reservation Service, Clear River Pecan Company, Security State Bank & Trust, Atmos Energy, and HEB.
More information on the event, and advance ticket purchase, is available by contacting the Fest Office at 830-997-8515, or by visiting www.fbgfoodandwinefest.com. Proceeds from the Fest go toward the continued upkeep of Market Square.
