July 14, Bastille Day in France, marks the beginning of the French Revolution and the end of the ancien regime and King Louis XVI. This year,

The Texas Legislature may do something so unprecedented this session that it’s almost impossible to describe how unprecedented it is — make restaurant cocktails to go, now a temporary fix, permanently legal. Why unprecedented? Because much of the state was dry well into the 1990s, and it’s still illegal to…

Have you masked up, sanitized all over and gone to the supermarket, but found yourself unsure of wine to buy while you’re sheltering in place? The good news is — especially if you’re looking to stock up — it’s possible to spend about $10 a bottle, or even less, for…

The most important thing to know about this experiment is that I desperately wanted it to succeed. I make my living writing about wine people can afford to buy, and what’s more affordable than $3 wine you can pick up at the supermarket without scores, confusion or wine snobbery? But…

A federal judge has called two key laws regulating liquor sales in Texas arbitrary and irrational. One possible result of his ruling? A string of standalone Walmart liquor stores across the state and maybe even package stores from other publicly held chains like Kroger and Target. U.S. District Judge Robert…