The Texas Steak Cookoff is one of my favorite events every year, but last year they began incorporating a wine tent into the event. Thus – The Texas Steak Cookoff and Wine Festival.
For the Wine Festival:
Tickets to the wine tent are $20 per person, which includes a souvenir glass. Each person is allotted 10 tickets, one ticket per tasting. This year there were 13 wineries participating, spread out among two tents, which allowed everyone to grab a pretty good selection and lots of room to move about. Each ticket also comes with a raffle submission (see the cookoff post describing the prizes for this year).
It’s not just about tasting the wines, you are also the judge. Each person receives a voting ticket for the best white and red wines.
You could also buy bottles from the wineries attending.
Participating Wineries
(Note – All Texas based Wineries)
Dionisio Winery
Dionisio Winery
Bluff Dale
Flat Creek Winery
D’ Vine Wine
Texas Lagato
Sunset Winery
Red 55 Winery
Fiesta winery
Lost Oak Winery
Blue Ostrich Winery
Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards
Red Caboose Winery
My personal favorite was the Red Caboose Winery and Vineyard. I actually tried three of their wines and they were all fantastic. Coming from someone who is relatively new to the “wine world” and still trying to figure everything out – I really fell in love with their wine and even ended up buying a bottle (below).
This years winners:
White — Fiesta Winery – Happy Trails
Red — Red Caboose – Range Rider
The wine tent was definitely the way to spend the afternoon! It allowed you to get out of the sun and cool off with some ice cold wines. The tent was also filled with members of the backyard chef teams that were cooking. I think I found a new enjoyment and if you have a chance to enjoy the tent next year, give it a go!
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Disclaimer: I was not compensated for this post, however I did receive free admission to the event in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are 100% my own.
What an AWESOME event!! Steak and wine- how can you go wrong? I’ve had many of those wines that were listed. I will need to put this on list of things to do next year.
haha you can’t go wrong – the Texas wines are amazing!
Wine tasting is always so fun!! I imagine it’s especially fun at a steak cookoff!
It went so well together! It was the perfect break from the steaks in the afternoon!
Fun! That wine looks sooooo good right now! Ugh. 🙂
You’ll be able to have some soon enough and then you’ll be wondering where the 9 months went! You’re looking great by the way with that little belly!
Yea wine! I’ll definitely have to pick up some of that Red Caboose!
I loved it! Let me know what you think!