FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (KXAN) -- A big weekend in Fredericksburg is underway -- the annual Fredericksburg Food & Wine Festival. The event draws thousands of people to the area to check out dozens of local wineries, while eating some great food, all in one spot.

Wineries and Fredericksburg go hand-in-hand, and this nearly week-long event is one of the premier events for the area.

Crews have been working around the clock in Marktplatz Park in the heart of downtown for Saturday's Grand Tasting event. It features local wineries, distilleries, plenty of live music and chef-prepared bites.

"Our agricultural, including the wineries, they are about 60 percent of our gross domestic product. Forty percent is tourism," explained Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jim Mikula. "Sixt

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