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2008 TEXAS 2008 (see 2007)
TEXAS FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS & SHOWS
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January 25-27, 2008 The Way Out Wineries Mardi Gras Road Trip!
Texas
February 7, 2008 Taste of Laredo
Laredo, Texas
February 11, 2008 Epicurean Evening
Houston, Texas
February 22-23, 2008 Jalapeņo Festival
Laredo, Texas
March 1-4, 2008 SNAXPO 2008
San Antonio, Texas
SNAXPO is the world’s largest trade show devoted exclusively to the snack food industry
March 3, 2008 Set a Course for Texas Wines
San Antonio, Texas
Sample local flavors at an evening event presented by the Texas Department of Agriculture and Wine & Food Foundation of Texas. Enjoy Texas wines – from chardonnay and cabernet to tempranillo, sangiovese and viogner – during this inaugural Lone Star event that celebrates Texas as the fifth-largest wine-producing state in the country. In addition guests can sample an array of Texas artisan foods.
March 3-22, 2008 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup & Best Bites Competition
Houston, Texas
This event features the announcement and tasting of award-winning wines from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo International Wine Competition and the signature dishes of regional culinary institutions and restaurants. Prizes are awarded to the culinary institutions and restaurants for the Best Bite as voted on by the guests. There will be musical entertainment for the evening as well as the saddle and chap presentations to the top 10 winners.
March 6-9, 2008 29th Annual Fulton Oysterfest
Fulton, Texas
Each year the Fulton Volunteer Fire Department sponsors Oysterfest, a salute to the tasty bi-valve found in our local waters. Oysterfest features carnival rides, games, food, an oyster eating contest, live music, unique vendor booths and most of all - FUN!
March 7-8, 2008 4th Annual Savor Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Including the Arts District Wine Stroll, Victory Park Celebration, celebrity chef cooking demos and wine tasting seminars with the pros, and The International Grand Tasting, an extravaganza of over 500 wines and 50 top chefs serving signature samples.
March 7-9, 2008 3rd Annual Austin Chocolate Festival
Austin, Texas
Participating vendors offer samples to festival guests and they compete in up to 12 categories. The public & industry professionals judge the competitions and the winners are based on their votes.
March 7-9, 2008 Shoulda Been A Cowboy Association BBQ-Cookoff
Houston, Texas
March 11-12, 2008 13th Annual Crawfish Festival
Clear Lake, Texas
Crawfish eating contests, a gumbo cook-off, live entertainment, a silent auction, arts & crafts booths, games for the kids and lots of great crawfish!
March 28-29, 2008 Bluebonnet Brew-Off
Houston, Texas
The Bluebonnet Brew-off is one of the largest single site homebrew competitions in the United States. It is the first leg of the Lone Star Circuit of homebrew competitions.
March 31, 2008 Set a Course for Texas Wines
Dallas, Texas
This inaugural event celebrates Texas as the fifth-largest wine-producing state in the country. Sample premium wines and foods produced only in Texas and experience cooking demonstrations. More than 25 wineries and 10 food purveyors will be in attendance to provide Dallas-area wine and food lovers an authentic Texas tasting opportunity.
April 4-5, 2008 Party In The Patch
Kilgore, Texas (no website)
Features sanctioned barbecue cook-off, art show, horseshoe pitching, rod run, music, motorcycle show, kid's area, Friday Night Street Dance. Kilgore City Park.
Contact Merlyn Holmes - Phone: 903-984-5571 Alt Phone: 903-736-4265 email: merlynh@easttexastreatment.org
April 9-13, 2008 Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival
Austin, Texas
Over 100 restaurants, 60 wineries and 30 events.
April 10, 2008 Grand Tasting Tour
Houston, Texas
Houston-area oenophiles, wine enthusiasts, and people that love to drink wine are invited to discover Paso Robles, California's fastest growing wine region, while meeting the local winemakers and tasting their wines. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Trees For Houston, a non-profit organization.
April 11-13, 2008 Poteet Strawberry Festival
Poteet, Texas
One of the oldest, most popular events in the state and is recognized as the largest agricultural festival in Texas
April 12, 2008 Prairie Dog Chili Cookoff & World Championship Pickled Quail Egg Eating
Grand Prairie, Texas
April 14-15, 2008 Expo Comida Latina
Houston, Texas
The number one B2B community for anyone involved in the business of U.S. Hispanic food and beverage.
April 18, 2008 17th Annual Côtes du Coeur International Fine Wine Auction and Celebrity Chef Dinner
Dallas, Texas
1,200 guests, 12 of the area's most celebrated chefs, and 24 of the world's finest wineries will come together for one spectacular evening of gourmet delicacies and fabulous wine.
April 19, 2008 Cajun French Music & Food Fest
Anhalt, Texas
April 22, 2008 Houston Highlights, a Celebration of the Chefs
Houston, Texas
Once again, the Texas Neurofibromatosis Foundation (NF) has teamed up with Houston’s finest chefs to raise money and help find a cure for NF.
April 23-27, 2008 The Grand Wine & Food Affair
Houston, Texas
Whether you're a culinary connoisseur, or you simply enjoy wine, food and fun, don’t miss this annual event that showcases talented winemakers and chefs for a five-day gourmet extravaganza!
April 23-27, 2008 - Dallas Wine & Food Festival
Dallas, Texas
April 25-27, 2008 Real. Texas. Festival.
Mesquite, Texas
TXA 21 Flavor of Mesquite Food Contest, Carnival, Rodeo, Entertainment, etc.
May 9-11, 2008 Annual Taste Addison
Addison, Texas
May 16-18, 2008 35th Annual Pasadena Strawberry Festival
Pasadena, Texas
May 17, 2008 5th Annual Texas Steak Cookoff, Beef Symposium & Tourist Trap
Hico, Texas
May 17-18, 2008 Annual Cajun Festival
Grand Prairie, Texas.
May 18, 2008 13th Annual Big Batch Brew Bash
Houston, Texas
The largest single style beer competition in the world.
May 24-25, 2008 12th Annual Festival of Wines & Culinary Arts
Rockport, Texas
May 24-26, 2008 Austin Wine Festival
Austin, Texas
Wineries from Lampasas to New Braunfels and Fredericksburg to Dripping Springs have bloomed from a pioneering few, into an internationally awarded and recognized wine region. The number 2 wine destination in the nation, second only to Napa!
May 30, 2008 Tour de Champagne
Houston, Texas
Bringing chefs and sommeliers together from Houston’s finest restaurants promises to be the culinary treat of 2008. During Tour de Champagne, a silent auction benefiting a local non-profit organization will take place.
May 31-June 8, 2008 Wine & Food Week
The Woodlands, Houston, Texas
A Taste of what's to come... One of America's largest and most comprehensive wine & food events. 8 days, 50 events, 500 Wines, 50 Restaurants!
June 9-14 2008 117th Dr Pepper Birthday Celebration
Dublin, Texas
Dublin Dr Pepper is the oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant in the world.
June 12-15, 2008 36th Annual Chisholm Trail Roundup BBQ
Lockhart, Texas
With Music Festival & Kiwanis Rodeo - Always 2nd week in June.
June 15, 2008 Real Men Cook
Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Houston, Washington D.C., Phoenix (dates may vary in some cities)
June 17-18, 2008 HFTP Club and Hotel Controllers Conferences
Austin, Texas
Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals
June 21, 2008 DairyFest
Stephenville, Texas
DairyFest is held each year to recognize and promote the influence of the dairy industry in Erath, Comanche, and Hamilton counties. Bring the whole family and remind your employees, neighbors, and friends to come enjoy all the dairy-related food, games, and entertainment.
June 22-24, 2008 Southwest Foodservice Expo
Houston, Texas
June 26-29, 2008 Luling Watermelon Thump
Luling, Texas
Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest, Melon Eating Contests, Music, Midway, Food, Arts & Crafts, Car Show, etc.
June 29, 2008 Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation
Dallas, Texas
Savor the finest dishes and drinks prepared by the nation's hottest chefs and mixologists, enjoy the best wines and bid in exciting live and silent auctions. All this to catch the more than 12 million children at risk of hunger and surround them with the nutritious foods where they live, learn and play! 100% of ticket sales help ensure no kid in America grows up hungry.
July 18-Aug 17, 2008 Harvest Festival 2008
Bryan, Texas
Messina Hof Winery - Harvest is an exhilarating five-week event featuring a wide variety of food and wine events to choose from.
July 20-22, 2008 Texas Food and Fuel Expo
Grapevine, Texas
July 21-22, 2008 Latin American Food & Beverage Expo
Grapevine, Texas
July 26, 2008 5th NAS BBQ, Chili Cook-off, & Music Festival
Tahoka, Texas
Come eat BBQ & enjoy talented local West Texas musicians & artists. There is something for everyone!
July 27-30, 2008 NFSSC Annual Seminar & Exposition
Grapevine, Texas
National Food Service Security Council
October 22-23, 2008 TexasAgExpo
Stephenville, Texas
This annual event, sponsored by TriCounty Agribusiness Association, gives agribusiness suppliers the opportunity to reach area dairymen, farmers, ranchers and wildlife enthusiasts.
2007 TEXAS FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS & SHOWS 2007
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April 7, 2007 29th Annual Spamarama
Austin, Texas
Austin's annual pandemonious potted pork festival, does its part to “Keep Austin Weird”
May 25-26, 2007 Gustine Homecoming Bbq Cookoff
Gustine, Texas
In cojunction with the Gustine Homecoming & Rodeo held annually on Memorial Day Weekend, The Gustine Bbq Cookoff categories include: Brisket, Chilli, & Beans. $500.00 Cash Prize To 1st Place Brisket.
July 13-14, 2007 2nd Annual K-Town BBQ Cookoff & Sausage Party
Kosciusko, Texas
September 7-8, 2007 4th Annual Barbeque Cook-Off
Groves, Texas
September 13-16, 2007 21st Annual GrapeFest
Grapevine, Texas
Join wine novices and connoisseurs at the largest wine festival in the Southwest. Sample award winning Texas wines at this 21st annual event offering four full days of fun.
September 22-23, 2007 8th Annual Houston Hot Sauce Festival
Houston, Texas
This sizzling festival draws over 20,000 Chiliheads to the area. Hot sauce, salsa, spices, marinades, chips, dips, jam, jellies, pickles, peppers, bloody mary mix, condments, gourmet food, recipes, etc.
October 7-10, 2007 AACC International Annual Meeting
San Antonio, Texas
Theme: 'Dynamics of Grain Utilization'
This year's theme addresses development in science, research, technology, ingredients and processes for baking, cakes, breads, milling, breakfast foods, snacks, pasta, rice, convenience foods, and more.
October 12-15, 2007 Fresh Summit, PMA's International Convention & Exposition
Houston, Texas
Produce Marketing Association event.
October 12-13, 2007 Oktoberfest 2007
Lancaster, Texas
We'll be serving traditional German food, beer, and wine. Come and sample out "MKT Märzen beer", which is being brewed exclusively for our event by award-winning home brewer Charlie Walker of The North Texas Home Brewers Association.
October 13-14, 2007 24th Annual Int’l BBQ Cookers Association Cookoff
Grand Prairie, Texas
One of the largest BBQ events in Texas. Over 100 cookers will prepare over 600 judging samples, in the two days of competition. Thousands of dollars in prize money will attract BBQ cooks from across the state and beyond. The event is free to the public both days
October 13-16, 2007 National Frozen & Refrigerated Food Convention
San Antonio, Texas
October 25, 2007 Laredo Wine Tasting
Laredo, Texas
Enjoy and evening of fine wine and food sampling at the 14th Annual Laredo Wine Tasting. This event, that is embraced each year by the community, benefits KLRN- TV, Public Television for Laredo.
October 27, 2007 17th Food & Wine Fest
Fredericksburg, Texas
A full-course celebration of Texas food, wine, music, specialty booths, food court, and fun for all.
Nov 1-3, 2007 41st Annual Original Terlingua Int'l Chili Championship Cook-off
Terlingua, Texas
Includes a barbecue cook-off. There is live music each night, plus many other activities not listed on the web page.
November 6-10, 2007 National Ice Cream Retailers Assn Annual Convention
San Antonio, Texas
November 15-17, 2007 Messina Hof 2007 Wine Premiere
Bryan, Texas
Join us for Messina Hof's annual Wine Premiere of our new vintages.
November 16, 2007 24th Annual Beaujolais Wine Festival
Dallas, Texas
Organized by the French-American Chamber of Commerce Dallas/Fort Worth. An estimated 2,000 wine and food lovers will be among the first to taste the 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau as well as many excellent Beaujolais vintages.
November 27-29, 2007 Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show
Amarillo, Texas
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