Photo feaure: Locals prepare to wine and dine
Published 12:01 am Friday, July 24, 2015
![Richard Jordy, left, and Rohn Melson, with Convention Display Service, set up for the Natchez Food and Wine Festival’s first event taking place at the Natchez Convention Center on Friday. The event is expected to bring in more than 700 people to taste the food from 32 restaurants, wine from four different vendors and beer from two trucks that will feature 12 different craft beers. The festival has events all over Natchez throughout the weekend. Tickets are still available. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/07/072415_FoodWinePrep1MAIN_web_SG.jpg)
Richard Jordy, left, and Rohn Melson, with Convention Display Service, set up for the Natchez Food and Wine Festival’s first event taking place at the Natchez Convention Center on Friday. The event is expected to bring in more than 700 people to taste the food from 32 restaurants, wine from four different vendors and beer from two trucks that will feature 12 different craft beers. The festival has events all over Natchez throughout the weekend. Tickets are still available. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)