Grape Stomp and Harvest Festival
Whether you know a lot or nothing about wine, you’ll find yourself having a blast this weekend at Fall Creek Vineyards, with its dramatic setting on the western shore of Lake Buchanan, not too far from Burnet and Marble Falls, surrounded by magnificent Hill Country beauty. This Saturday, the winemakers are hosting their 18th annual Grape Stomp and Harvest Festival, an event that celebrates the bringing in of the 2007 harvest. Very much a family event, it’s the place to enjoy a jumping castle (“bouncy-house” to the kids), listen to live music on the vineyard patio, and have your moment of imitating Lucy’s famous bare-foot grape stomping, complete with an “I Love Lucy” video playing in the background. Be sure to come hungry, too, as students from the Texas Culinary Academy in Austin will be making shrimp cocktails, herbed chicken salad on croissants, pork on baguettes, and goat cheese with roasted peppers on baguettes ($5/plate), plus myriad salads, hot dogs, and cookies. But if you really want a gastronomy tour, book right away for one of the two-course cooking demonstration lunches ($22/person) with a menu that includes crab salad with curry vinaigrette and spicy peanuts, sautéed chicken breast with chipotle bacon cream reduction, or check into one of the wine- and-food pairing classes in the afternoon ($15/person). For reservations, call 325/379-5361 or go HERE.