Jesse Villarreal of Whisper Path Cellars Winemaker Profile

Texas Wine Lover 9/15 7:46A Jeff Cope

Some Texas wineries have tasting rooms and others make their wine and sell it in other tasting rooms. The latter is what Whisper Path Cellars currently does and what great wine it is. Behind that wine...

2021 Austin County Fair Non-Commercial Wine Show Accepting Entries from Texas

Texas Wine Lover 9/14 12:28A Jeff Cope

Texas’ only County Fair sanctioned non-commercial wine competition returns with the Austin County Fair on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. Coordinated by the Gulf Coast Winegrowers Association, the annual...

Becker Vineyards Announces New General Manager

Texas Wine Lover 9/12 1:29P Jeff Cope

Becker Vineyards is proud to announce the appointment of Patrick Connelly as General Manager. Patrick will team with the Becker family in leading their venerable Texas Hill Country winery and brand...

10 Mile Productions

Texas Wine Lover 9/11 3:23A Laurinda Thomas

I am pretty sure I have said this before, but I will say it again. I always love finding out about a new winery or tasting room that is within my day trip radius of approximately two hours each way....

FALL FLAVORS ARE HERE WITH TWO SPECIAL BLIZZARD TREATS PUMPKIN PIE AND PECAN PIE

Colleyville BubbleLife iReporter 9/9 6:53A Mary Jane Coker

Its never too early to celebrate fall in Texas, especially when participating DQ® restaurants are offering two Blizzard® of the Month choices the return of the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard Treat and the Pecan...

Preview of some September 2021 Texas Wine Festivals

Texas Wine Lover 9/9 1:12A Jeff Cope

Believe it or not, the weather is actually starting to get a little cooler. And that means a more pleasant time visiting wine festivals! Here are some wine festivals you may want to visit in...

A Timeline of COVID-19’s Ongoing Impact on Dallas’s Dining Scene

Eater Dallas 9/7 3:18A Brittanie Shey

Kathy Tran/EDFW Here’s a comprehensive guide to everything that’s happened in the city’s dining scene since March 2020 It’s been more than five months since the first case of COVID-19 appeared in...

Texas GSM and French Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Texas Wine Lover 9/7 12:25A Carl W. Hudson

Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyard of head-trained vines with galet stones covering the vineyard floor (Photo courtesy of Paul V. and Merrill Bonarrigo) Because of rolling hills and rocky landscape, sandy,...

Discovering Wild Stallion Vineyards

Texas Wine Lover 9/3 1:05A Jerry Smith

With 100-plus volunteers turning out twice a year to prune vines and harvest grapes, it is obvious that many Texas wine lovers in the Houston area knew a secret that my wife Phyllis and I didn’t...

A Bit of Texas Heritage

Texas Wine Lover 9/1 12:23A Guest

By Amie Nemec On a Sunday, my husband and I were heading to a going-away party for a fellow winemaker-to-be who will be working harvest in Oregon. We had some spare time, so we popped in for a tasting...

Female Pitmasters Compete In Upcoming World Food Championships

Colleyville BubbleLife iReporter 8/31 8:38A Cynthia Smoot

As if creating over 8,000 dishes within five days isnt enough to whet your appetite, the  World Food Championships (WFC)  recently announced that some of Americas most successful female pitmasters...

Preview of the 35th Annual GrapeFest – A Texas Wine Experience

Texas Wine Lover 8/31 1:09A Jeff Cope

Celebrate wine at the 35 th Annual GrapeFest – A Texas Wine Experience , presented by Bank of the West, September 16, 17, 18, and 19. This year’s theme, Texas Wine. Come and Taste It! invites you to...

NewAir Freestanding 33 Bottle Compressor Wine Fridge Review

Texas Wine Lover 8/27 12:21A Gina Cannary

For years we talked about getting a wine fridge for our wine club selections from Central Texas wineries. We were using inexpensive wine racks on the floor of our pantry but knew that wouldn t work...