Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup

1Amanda Moreno and Tiffany Halik

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

2Amanda Moreno and Tiffany Halik

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

3Rick and Kim Trevino with Mike and Denise Trevino

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

4Rick and Kim Trevino with Mike and Denise Trevino

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

5Londie Lane and Shannon Rechfer

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

6Londie Lane and Shannon Rechfer

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

7Jimbo and Laura Downing

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

8Jimbo and Laura Downing

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

9Rudy and Pam Santamaria

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

10Rudy and Pam Santamaria

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

11Curtis Clerkley and Paul Bonarrigo

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

12Curtis Clerkley and Paul Bonarrigo

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

13Jonathan’s The Rub won second place in Best Bites Popular Choice.

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

14Jonathan’s The Rub won second place in Best Bites Popular Choice.

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

15Ben Mathis, Ange Mertens, Keith Powell

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

16Ben Mathis, Ange Mertens, Keith Powell

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

17Killen’s BBB team won first place in Trailblazing Appetizer/Entree with their short ribs.

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

18Killen’s BBB team won first place in Trailblazing Appetizer/Entree with their short ribs.

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

19The Royers crew won the first-place Popular Choice award.

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

20The Royers crew won the first-place Popular Choice award.

Brandy Collins, Jessica Wright, Tony Butina, Dan Jacobs

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What
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup and Best Bites Competition

Where
Reliant Center

Amount Raised
$500,000 (events benefit Texas youth)

Guests
~4,000

Wines
2,884 types from 943 wineries

68
Number of restaurants and caterers involved

Prizes
Custom-made saddles, chaps, belt buckles

Popular Choice Award, Best Bites
First, Royer’s Round Top Café;
second, Jonathan’s The Rub

Top Texas Wine
Pedernales Cellars Viognier, Texas, 2012

Fashion trends
Rhinestones, fringe everywhere, “fancy” boots, metallic accents

Unexpected
Annie Rupani, owner of Cacao & Cardamom and former Miss Pakistan World, manning her chocolate booth in a sexy dress.

Living legend
Bud Royer, in apron, hat, goatee, and ponytail, dishing out his pies.

Overheard
“I can’t wait to get home to soak my feet in Epsom salts.”

–Amber Ambrose