Messina Hof Winery Offers Holiday Wine Bundles and Tips

Texas Wine Lover 12/19 7:45A Jeff Cope

Messina Hof Winery is always celebrating the holiday in spectacular fashion. Here is a list of special holiday gift sets from  Messina Hof for your wine-loving readers. Below are links to each set created by the first family of Texas wine and...

Tyler Wolz and David Newitt Winemaker Profile

Texas Wine Lover 12/17 11:34P Jeff Cope

David Newitt and Tyler Wolz Most wineries have a head winemaker with assistant winemakers helping produce their Texas wines. In the case of Slate Theory Winery , they have two winemakers, Tyler Wolz and David Newitt. Their combined efforts are...

How to Choose the Perfect Wine for an Evening at Pin-Up Casino

Texas Wine Lover 12/17 10:22P Gus Hall

A sophisticated evening at a Canadian casino can be elevated by choosing the perfect wine to complement the atmosphere. Whether you re unwinding with friends, exploring the luxurious ambiance, or...

Cicada Ridge Vineyard: The Sounds of Summer

Texas Wine Lover 11/27 12:15A Ron Martin

Nestled in the heart of Northeast Texas, Cicada Ridge Vineyard is another of the Texas Wine Industry’s hidden gems. Erwin Cain has been growing grapes and making wine in East Texas for over 20 years. Recognizing that East Texas has a unique...

Portillo’s to Host Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at New Grapevine Restaurant

Crave DFW 11/26 4:19A craveDFW

Portillo’s the fast-casual restaurant concept known for its menu of unrivaled Chicago-style street food, today announced that it will open the doors of its seventh restaurant in the Dallas-Fort Worth...

Merrill Grove Winemaker Profile

Texas Wine Lover 11/19 12:06A Jeff Cope

This month’s featured winemaker profile is Merrill Grove of Red Road Vineyard & Winery located in Naples, Texas. The East Texas winery has been making award-winning wines for many years and was one of...

BeeMaRosa Vineyard & Winery

Texas Wine Lover 11/13 11:14P Jeff Cope

BeeMaRosa Vineyard & Winery is located in Belton, Texas, and is conveniently looked right off I-35. The winery opened on March 1, 2023. I visited the winery and met tasting room manager Chris Joyce who also led my tasting. First, I had to inquire...

Texas Hill Country Wineries Christmas Wine Affair Passport 2024 – Get Tickets Now!

Texas Wine Lover 11/8 3:41A Jeff Cope

Tickets are now on sale for the Texas Hill Country Wineries’ (THCW s)  Christmas Wine Affair Passport . The Passport event will take place November 25th to December 20th giving plenty of time to visit 50+ wineries in the Hill Country. This is the...

The Colony's Barrel & Bones to Host Don Julio Tequila Dinner Nov. 20

Colleyville BubbleLife iReporter (Food & Dining) 11/6 9:43P Kelly Hunter

Take an exclusive journey marrying exquisite smokehouse flavors and premium tequila as Barrel & Bones location in The Colony partners with Don Julio Tequila to host a one-of-a-kind tequila dinner at 7...

Victory Social Takes the Idea of a Food Hall, Flips It and Reverses

Eater Dallas 11/5 4:23A Courtney E. Smith

Josh Harmon prepares stuffed eggs and puri in the private dining room of Victory Social. | Courtney E. Smith Chef Josh Harmon is bringing Birdie back, baby Josh Harmon is recognizable in whatever room...

The Best Dishes Eater Dallas Ate in October

Eater Dallas 10/31 2:46A Courtney E. Smith

The starter at Quarter Acre’s Drifter Dinner Series for October. | Courtney E. Smith A drifter dinner series treat, a shockingly good vegetarian bowl, a great gumbo, and more make the cut this month...

Making Wine at Oswald Vineyard and Winery

Texas Wine Lover 10/29 12:12A Jeff Cope

The Oswald family has been well-known throughout the Texas wine industry if not for the grapes from their vineyard that was founded in 2008, but for their large family with John and Dina-Marie Oswald and their ten children. Now they are making...

Y Knot Vineyard

Texas Wine Lover 10/26 5:20A Jeff Cope

A vineyard often starts growing wine grapes at a small size first and then expands the vineyard in later years. This is exactly what Y Knot Vineyard in Seagraves located in the Texas High Plains did. They planted five acres of Cabernet Sauvignon...

Did You Vote? Grab Your Sticker and Take Advantage of These Food Deals in Dallas

Eater Dallas 10/25 5:18A Courtney E. Smith

Getty Images From free dishes and drinks to taking a chunk off the bill, grabbing that “I Voted” sticker can really pay off You’ve got a civic duty to do: vote. With so many things on the ballot this...

BLACKMON

Texas Wine Lover 10/17 11:43P Jeff Cope

When you hear of the winery named BLACKMON, there is only one thing a Texas wine aficionado knows with that name. That would be Bill Blackmon, co-founder of William Chris Vineyards . And that person would be right. Bill Blackmon has opened his...