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Grapes on the Brazos - Wine Committee

We are offering three levels of wine for your tasting pleasure, value wines, premium wines, and new this year two super premium wines. One super premium is a special choice made by our Fair President, the other super premium wine is the special choice of the Wine Committee Chairman. The value wines will be priced at $2.00 for a 2oz taste, $4.00 for a 5oz glass, or $20.00 for a bottle. The premium wines will be priced at $3.00 for a 2oz taste, $6.00 for a 5oz glass, or $25.00 for a bottle. The super premium wines will be priced at $5.00 for a 2 oz taste, $10.00 for a 5oz glass, or $45.00 for a bottle.

A few pictures at Building W.

We are located in our new Building W.  Find us on the map here

Grapes on the Brazos: A High-Style Wine Event Served With Texas Hospitality! Within the Fort Bend County Fair there is an exciting new event where you can explore a variety of wines in an attractive, friendly, and affordable venue. It’s a place where guests can enjoy learning about and tasting wines especially selected to enlighten the palates of both new and experienced wine-drinkers, while also contributing to scholarships and other educational opportunities for the Youth of Fort Bend County. Come join us and let’s have some fun!

Restaurant Appetizer Plates

Monday, September 28, 2009
Texas Roadhouse
Known for their hand-cut steaks, award winning ribs, fresh baked bread and made from scratch side items!

• BBQ Ribs – award winning ribs, slow cooked with a unique blend of seasonings and signature BBQ sauce
• Chicken Critters – all white meat tenderloin strips, hand dipped in signature batter, fried to a crispy golden brown
• Pulled Pork Sliders – tender pork covered in signature BBQ Sauce

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
La Cocina Mexican Restaurant & Catering
Your home for authentic Tex-Mex food ~ hand made flour tortillas and award winning fajitas!

• Shrimp Flautitas – mini crispy fried corn tortillas stuffed with shrimp
• Bruschetta – with cream cheese and pico-de-gallo
• Stuffed Tortilla – shredded pork, mango, black beans topped with Tomatillo sauce

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Italian Maid Restaurant & Catering
Serves homemade Italian / American Cuisine

• Tasty Italian Meatballs – delicious bite-size homemade meatballs made with their own secret recipe
• Crab Stuffed Mushrooms – fresh mushroom caps stuffed with homemade lump crab meat stuffing and broiled to perfection
• Antipasto on a Stick – Italian meats, cheeses and Kalamata olives on fancy toothpicks on a round Foccaccia loaf

Thursday, October 1, 2009
Pier 36 Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar
Fresh Gulf Seafood ~ The Cantu family has been feeding the citizens of Fort Bend County for decades!

• Mini Shrimp Empanadas – Mexican style cornmeal dough stuffed with fresh Gulf Shrimp and lightly fried
• Crab Stuffed Mushrooms – fresh mushroom caps stuffed with Jimmy’s own fresh crab meat and garlic butter sauce
• Acapulco Shrimp Cocktail – Mexican style shrimp cocktail served with tortilla chips (Best kept secret in Fort Bend County!)

Pictured above is the 2009 is the Wine Committee for the Fort Bend County Fair, also known as “Grapes on the Brazos.” The Fair begins Friday, September 25th, and runs through Saturday, October 3rd. Grapes on the Brazos will be open every day of the Fair this year.

We are still in the process of choosing our wines, and we will reach the final decision soon. There will be many new and exciting choices from around the world, California--and yes, from Texas. The wines will be available by the taste, glass, or bottle.  Grapes on the Brazos will also have a new venue, with many new and exciting features, including gift items, wine infused jellies, appetizers from various local vendors, and souvenir glasses.

We will also have presale discount tickets books. There will be 25, $1.00 tickets at a presale price of $20.00. The tickets may be used to purchase any items at the Grapes on the Brazos venue.

Watch the Fort Bend County Fair website, www.fbcfa.org for updates such as what wines will be featured, the date that the discount books will be available and where they can be purchased, the pricing structure for the wines, the hours that Grapes on the Brazos will be open, and the exact location of our venue this year.

Please visit us this year. You will meet some of the friendliest people in Fort Bend County-- the members of Grapes on the Brazos! So prepare yourself for a fun time at our venue, visit the rest of the Fair, and come back to Grapes on the Brazos for some more samplings of the grapes!


EDITOR’S NOTE:
PICTURE 1 - Top Row: Linda Hutchinson, Sherry Schulze, Jennifer Cox, Cheryl Normann-Petersen, Ganene Steinhaus, Gary Steinhaus, Lisa Deats, Becky McKay, Karen Wright.
3rd Row: Pat Scholes, Melissa Marroquin, Diane Herring, Rick Herring, Anne Ondrusek, John Ondrusek, Shannon Ferguson, Joanne Crouch, J. C. Haigh, Officer-in-Charge Elizabeth Duff, Drozd, Craig Wright, Carl Drozd, Charles Normann-Petersen.

2nd Row: Dorothy Nall, Laurie Mercado, Committee Vice-Chairmen Mike Mercado, Louise Blair and Avin Hubenak, Brian Deats, Leslie Ferdinand, Noell Myska.

Bottom Row: Carolyn McDaniel, Carolina Whitmore, Committee Chairman Larry Deats, Judy Deats, Laurie Cavins.

Not Pictured: Louis and Joan Katz, Debbie Hubenak, Theresa and Mark Gonzalez, Sharla Crawford, Lucas Chavez, Tracy Davis, Robin and Kevin Herring, Chuck Hutchinson, Brenda Lopez, Jake Messinger, Amy Mitchell, Sam Morales, Ernest Riojas, Angela West, Richard Whitmore. Claudia Scott Wright Fair President.