Most individuals are extra enjoyable at jams with a glass of wine in hand. Chasing that feeling, the Texas Wine Jam is combining concert events and “off-the-beaten-path” wines September 4, for six hours of grape and foot-stomping enjoyable.
The pageant at Vinovium Vineyard in Johnson Metropolis advantages group causes in each wine and music. Every ticket sale contributes $2 every to the Texas Hill Nation Wine Business Scholarship program and the SIMS Basis, an Austin-based group supporting psychological well being and substance abuse sources for music business professionals. The latest information on wine scholarships reveals that Texas Hill Nation Wineries awarded a complete of $12,500 to 9 college students at Texas faculties.
On the wine facet, this showcase consists of 15 Texas wineries together with Vinovium, which provides 13 wines on its web site, together with a Tempranillo mix from three completely different vineyards referred to as “Social Distance.” It additionally sells bottled wine cocktails like El Niño, impressed by a Darkish and Stormy, with Cardamaro from Italy, lime juice, and ginger beer. The vineyard has common occasions starting from very informal standup and trivia, to severe wine certifications.
Bringing the tunes, three native bands are visiting Vinovium. Bluegrass band the Misplaced Pines is well-known in Austin. The soulful Scott Strickland Band performed its Blues on the Inexperienced debut this July, and resides as much as its up-and-coming standing with common engagements with native music organizations. Lastly, rock and roll group the Joey Inexperienced Band is exhibiting off its singer, who caught nationwide consideration on NBC’s The Voice.
Each bottle bought on the pageant mechanically enters the visitor in a raffle for “one among a number of” circumstances of wine, with a mixture of bottles from all of the wineries concerned. Some raffle winners will obtain presents sponsored by group companions together with the Wine & Meals Basis, Waterloo Glowing Water, and Texas Division of Agriculture initiative Go Texan.
The Texas Wine Jam is scheduled for September 4, with a rain test October 9. Tickets ($45 common admission) from 12 pm to six pm, can be found at vinovium.wine. Vinovium Vineyard is positioned at 214 Edmonds Ave. in Johnson Metropolis.
