From The High Plains Wine Growers Association:
The first ever High Plains Winegrowers Wine Music Festival
will be held at the Mallet Event Center in Levelland on June 14 15. The Wine Music Festival includes wine
tastings, a trade show, wine appreciation classes, Texas Country Music, and
more.
Attendees will enjoy tasting Texas wines
from Texas Wineries as well as a Go-Texan food court promoting Texas grown and
Texas made foods. In addition to fine
Texas wines and foods there will be an IBCA sanctioned BBQ Cook-Off with $5,000
in cash prizes to be awarded; categories include ribs, chicken and brisket and
a jackpot category: beans.
The trade show will be held in the Expo
Hall of the Mallet Event Center. The
expo hall will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on
Saturday. Admission is free to the
public. The Expo features vendors from
ag machinery, vineyard supplies, wine making equipment, to men’s and women’s
fashions, landscaping and patio ideas, and much more. There is truly something for everyone.
Wine appreciation classes will be held on
Saturday June 15. The first class, WINE 101, is a great introductory wine course that focuses on terms
and concepts, wine making, sensory components in wine and proper wine
evaluation. The second class, TEXAS vs THE WORLD TASTING, is a head-to-head
varietal comparison of wines made in Texas, by Texas grown fruit compared to
that same varietal in a wine from another world-class growing area. This
tasting is intended to be relaxed, social and fun; and a great way to
experience the great wines being made in Texas. Both classes are taught by
Executive Sommelier and GUSTO Tastings founder Daniel Kelada. Cost: $12 per session or $20 for both. (Typically these cost $50/person)
Entertainment at the event includes an
incredible lineup of Texas Country artists. Friday night gets started at 6:30 p.m. with entertainment from Mark
McKinney and is headlined by “The Outlaw” Charlie Robison. Mickey The Motor Cars and William Clark
Green will heat up Saturday night with performances from 6:30-11:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $30-60 – please see
highplainswinegrowers.org for information and ticket purchases.
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