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Vineyards and Winemakers

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Sommeliers Choose Their Favorite Texas Wines (So the TDA Doesn't Have To)

    ​The Texas Department of Agriculture is compelled to promote all the permitted wineries in Texas, a mandate that doesn't resolve the thorny issue of how to address varying degrees of quality within the industry. But a recent event proposed by industry members has allowed the department to di ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2011

    For Those Who Love Their Wine

    ​The Texas Department of Agriculture is compelled to promote all the permitted wineries in Texas, a mandate that doesn't resolve the thorny issue of how to address varying degrees of quality within the industry. But a recent event proposed by industry members has allowed the department to di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Newest Menu Items at Leading Chains Not Designed for Teetotalers

    ​Corporate kitchens are continuing to add wine and spirits to their dishes, apparently angling for sophistication and increased perceived value. Olive Garden is now pushing a pasta dish with shellfish "sautéed in white wine" and a stew "simmered in light white wine." Red Lobster's developed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Banfi Vinyards Targets Growing Hispanic Wine Market with DFW Billboards

    ​Banfi Vineyards has put up Spanish-language billboards for Riunite wine around the DFW area, porque hay muchos mas hispanios beber vino. As recently reported by Advertising Age, wine consumption among Hispanics has surged in the past five years, growing at three times the rate of the general mar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Wales Manor Picnic Meritage: A Drink for Tailgaters

    ​Once the home of bedroom communities and sleepy suburbs, Collin County is finally starting to mature and develop its fine wining and dining scene. Nowhere is this more apparent than the county seat of McKinney, where any bright and cheery weekend has visitors hard pressed to find available pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Los Pinos Ranch Chardonnay: Less Oak,
    More Turpentine

    ​Wine from Pittsburgh? Surely you jest. After all, Pittsburgh is Steel City, known for its dominating football teams, brawling blue-collar identity and Primanti's, a famous hangout where the cooks are known to stuff French fries inside their burgers. Of course you would want to wash down such ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    What Wine Does One Pair with a Corny Dog?

    Photo by Chris Meesey​The State Fair of Texas makes it easy to find your way around Fair Park if you know how to use one of the handy free maps handed out at the entrance gate. If you wish to find the Go Texan Wine Garden, for example, merely mosey a ways down the Esplanade, turn left at Inter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    A Shoot Off The Vine: Sampling McPherson Cellars' Viognier

    ​Winemaking is a laying-on-of-hands tradition, a passion that is often passed down from generation to generation. Most often, the children, grandchildren and other family members will stay with the core brand, further refining and developing its tipples and making it better. Occasionally, one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Landon Winery Chocolate Finale: Dessert in a Glass

    ​For a long time, wine-making in North Texas was pretty much limited to the city of Grapevine. In recent years, that has slowly but surely changed, and now more purveyors can be found on the eastern side of the metroplex, with Fuqua, Times Ten Cellars, Calais and Inwood Estates setting up shop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    From Sir With Love: Pairing Pizza with Fuqua Merlot

    ​One Dallas winemaker is so good at his craft, he was knighted by the French. In 1992, Lee Foster Fuqua was made a member of the Ordre Ducal de la Croix de Bourgogne (Cross of Burgundy) in Dijon, France. He is one of fewer than 100 Americans to be inducted into the order. Impressive. Even ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2010

    Revive Your Recipes

    ​One Dallas winemaker is so good at his craft, he was knighted by the French. In 1992, Lee Foster Fuqua was made a member of the Ordre Ducal de la Croix de Bourgogne (Cross of Burgundy) in Dijon, France. He is one of fewer than 100 Americans to be inducted into the order. Impressive. Even ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2009

    A Votre Sante

    ​One Dallas winemaker is so good at his craft, he was knighted by the French. In 1992, Lee Foster Fuqua was made a member of the Ordre Ducal de la Croix de Bourgogne (Cross of Burgundy) in Dijon, France. He is one of fewer than 100 Americans to be inducted into the order. Impressive. Even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Wine Rocks

    Rock stars plus alcohol can add up to a lot of things. But when you add organic grocery stores to the rock and booze equation, the sum must certainly change, right? Guess we'll find out when Maynard James Keenan makes an appearance at the Whole Foods Market in Plano from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., March 2 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2008

    Hey, Man, Can I Get $3?

    Rock stars plus alcohol can add up to a lot of things. But when you add organic grocery stores to the rock and booze equation, the sum must certainly change, right? Guess we'll find out when Maynard James Keenan makes an appearance at the Whole Foods Market in Plano from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., March 2 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 26, 2008

    Summers Night

    Wine and dine Napa-style at Nana

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2007

    Drinking Matilda

    Get hip to Australin vino

  • Calendar

    October 19, 2006

    Tasting Colleyville

    62 Main brings the wine

  • Music

    August 24, 2006

    Sierra Swan

    Tuesday, August 29, at the Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

  • Dining

    May 4, 2006

    Brazilian Whacks

    Lakewood bids adieu to Café Brazil

  • Dining

    December 29, 2005

    Is Screwing Hip?

    We twist open 2005 for a nip. Is this a sign of things to come?

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2005

    Femme Form

    We twist open 2005 for a nip. Is this a sign of things to come?

  • Dining

    April 28, 2005

    Savor Sever

    Savory says goodbye

  • Dining

    March 3, 2005

    Hooked Fish

    Big Fish Little Fish space to get big makeover

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004
  • Calendar

    April 17, 2003

    High-Calorie Splendor

    Just what Dallas needs, more food and drink

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Franco File

    Just what Dallas needs, more food and drink

  • Dining

    November 14, 2002

    Grotto Lotto

    Tarantino hopes to open CAVA next September, but don't bet on it

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Wine List

    Steel Restaurant & Lounge

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Wine/Liquor Store

    Goody Goody Liquor

  • Dining

    June 13, 2002

    Bagel Boil

    New cafe to take the place of Bistro K

  • Dining

    April 25, 2002

    Soufflé Puissance

    Café Patrique owner hopes to avoid old mistakes

  • Dining

    September 13, 2001

    Grape Smarts

    Wine consumption goes hand-in-hand with higher IQs

  • Dining

    April 19, 2001

    Fish Flushed

    Baking Fish leaves its Paramount locale

  • Dining

    April 12, 2001

    Radio Gaga

    Dallas sommelier hotshot Daryl Beeson takes a break

  • Dining

    March 29, 2001

    Hash Over

    Metro D

  • Dining

    August 26, 1999

    Hash Over

    Order in the cork

  • Dining

    April 15, 1999

    Hash Over

    Order in the cork

  • Dining

    October 15, 1998

    Hash Over

    Order in the cork

  • Dining

    July 9, 1998

    Hash Over

    Order in the cork

  • Dining

    August 1, 1996

    Hot Dish

    Order in the cork

  • Dining

    June 6, 1996

    Hot Dish

    Order in the cork

  • Dining

    January 25, 1996

    Hot Dish

    Order in the cork

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