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 Join us in Fredericksburg, Texas for the 3rd Annual Hill Country Wine & Music Festival! Celebrate Wine, Music and Food! We are bringing together vibations, libations and cuisine to benefit the establishment of the Texas Center for Wine and Culinary Arts in Fredericksburg, Texas. The Wine and Music Festival is scheduled for April 27 - 28, 2012. The 2012 festival will be held at Wildseed Farms. The festival hours are TBA. Enjoy wine from Texas wineries, accompanied by delicious offerings from participating hill country restaurants and specialty food manufacturers. Participating Texas wineries will sample and sell wine by the glass and bottle. Each restaurant will offer free samples for customers to enjoy during the festival along with "finger" foods for purchase. The specialty food purveyors will provide products for sale and sampling. "A local wine and culinary center could draw as many as 34,000 new visitors to Fredericksburg each year and contribute more than $11 million to the local economy, according to an economic study completed last week by New York-based Fairweather Consulting."
THE HILL COUNTRY WINE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL "Hill Country center to pair wine, food... Ernie Loeffler, director of the Fredericksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau, knows that when people come to Fredericksburg, one of the big reasons they are coming is for a taste of the German heritage of the settlers who founded this city in the 19th century, and in the past 10 years or so, wine has quickly become a top draw, as well. All that's fine and dandy, Loeffler says, but a few years ago, he and his staff started to think about ways to stay ahead of the curve. What they came out of those brainstorming sessions is the Texas Center for Wine and Culinary Arts, a facility dedicated to the awareness, understanding and celebration of Texas food, wine and agriculture. Loeffler says that in some ways, they are modeling the center after the New York Wine and Culinary Center in Canandaigua, N.Y. Plans for the center are still under way, but the city is looking at three potential sites for the center, which would act as an events center, a culinary school, exhibit space and a training center for servers and locals who want to get into the food and beverage industry. A study in 2009 found that such a center would bring in an addition 34,000 visitors and $11.2 million to Gillespie County. Loeffler says they've estimated the cost to be about $10 million and are trying to raise funds for it to open in October 2013. Among the big donations have come from Torre di Pietra Vineyards in nearby Stonewall and from Edible Austin, which raised $10,000 at the Edible Texas Wine-Food Match at the Carillon in June. Plans are already under way for the 3rd annual Hill Country Wine & Music Festival (hillcountrywineandmusic.com), which is one of the biggest annual fundraiser events for the center. Next year's event will take place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on April 28 at Wildseed Farms, just east of Fredericksburg." Austin 360, October 4, 2011 2012 FESTIVAL MUSIC
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