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Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest
A Big Taste of Texas
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After a year’s pause due to Covid, the Fredericksburg Food and Wine Fest is slated for a return Oct. 21-23 marking its 30th year.
The event will be held on Marktplatz, featuring Texas food and wine with a mix of top vintners, gourmands and music, and some special events.
Twenty-one Texas wineries will be on hand pouring over 100 wines. Guests will have an opportunity to visit with some of the wine makers and learn about their wine.
Joining the event this year are Axis Winery, Becker Vineyards, Blue Lotus Winery, Blue Mule Winery, Cicada Cellars, Fiesta Winery, Georgetown Winery, Grape Creek Vineyard, Haak Vineyards, Hye Meadow Winery, Hilmy Cellars, Kfire Winery, Landon Winery, Llano Estacado, McPherson Cellars, Messina Hof Winery, O’Farrell Country Vineyards, Texas Heritage Vineyard, Texas Mead Works and Wedding Oak Winery.
For beer drinkers, a selection of craft beers from five Texas brewers will also be available.
The Grape Expectations Cooking School starts Saturday at noon, showcasing award-winning Texas chefs paired with a Texas winery.
Seating is limited to the first 100 persons and the cost is $75 per person for all four sessions, plus admission into the Fest. Cooking will be: • Boo Eaker, chef/owner of Eaker Barbecue in
Fredericksburg, a new joint that mixes traditional barbecue with Korean flair. • Ross Burtwell, chef/owner of Cabernet Grill.
Burtwell specializes in preparing only the freshest seafood, Certified Angus Beef, wild game and ranch fare and desserts for his Fredericksburg guests. His restaurant also has one of the largest selections of
Texas wine anywhere. • Fischer & Wieser’s Leo Aguirre, cooking school chef, enjoys teaching at Fischer & Wieser’s Culinary
Adventure Cooking School. • Lois Rodriguez from Texas Highways Magazine also will be on hand as a cooking school chef.
The event also hosts the annual Go Texan! Dinner Thursday, Oct. 21 at Messina Hof Hill Country; Friday’s Celebration of Texas Wine & Food at Becker Vineyards; and the Saturday Patron Party on Marktplatz catered by Delicious Details.
Tickets to all three are limited and available online or by calling 830-997-8515.
The Texas Specialty booths offer a variety of Texasmade products for sampling and purchase. Some items available are 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.
Live entertainment will include music by Texas artists Koncrete Kings, Little Elmo & The Mambo Kings and El Tule.
The Fredericksburg Food and Wine Fest opens at noon Saturday and continues until 7 p.m. General admission is $25 for adults, $5 for those under 21, and free for children under 5. Tickets available on-site the day of the festival.
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 festival go toward the continued upkeep of Marktplatz.
Standard-Radio Post file photo Samples of food and wine will give visitors a big taste of Texas at the 30th Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest.
