Events: These Texas Wineries Want You to Join Them

Texas Wine Lover 2/11 3:52A Jeff Cope

The Texas Wine Lover website Guide and mobile app include many features designed to help you decide which wineries, meaderies, cideries, and local businesses to visit. Over the coming months, we will be highlighting some of these “hidden” features...

Kafi BBQ Delivers a Memorable Smoke Experience

Crave DFW 2/10 8:07A Steven Doyle

Located in Irving at 8140 N MacArthur Blvd, Kafi BBQ is quietly rewriting what a barbecue destination can be. Owner Salahodeen Abdul-Kafi brings a meticulous eye to every cut, every smoke, and every...

Best Breakfast Tacos in Dallas–Fort Worth

Crave DFW 2/6 8:59A Steven Doyle

A great breakfast taco lives in the details. It starts with a well-made tortilla — ideally warm, tender, and flexible enough to hold its fillings without tearing, whether corn or flour. Eggs should be...

Soto Vino: Siempre Afuera – Always Outside

Texas Wine Lover 2/6 12:54A Cynthia Spanhel

Soto Vino is one of a handful of natural or low-intervention wineries in Texas. Founded in 2020 by brothers Christian and Dominic Soto, Soto Vino is currently housed at The Austin Winery in Austin, a full-production urban winery working...

Steve and Cindy Newsom Vineyards Grower Profile

Texas Wine Lover 2/2 10:56P Jeff Cope

Most of the grapes grown in Texas come from the High Plains, particularly the Lubbock area. One couple that has been farming grapes there for many years is Steve and Cindy Newsom. They are often mistaken for another Newsom Vineyards in the Texas...

New ‘Texas Fine Wine Club Share’ Offers Members Access to Texas’ Premier Wineries

Texas Wine Lover 1/30 2:57A Jeff Cope

Press Release Texas Fine Wine introduces the first Texas Fine Wine Club Share , a reciprocal membership program that extends wine club perks and discounts across four of Texas’ top wineries. Beginning...

Hotel Dax in Addison Names Dustin Lee as Executive Chef

Crave DFW 1/27 5:47A Steven Doyle

Hotel Dax , which will bring a new era of boutique hospitality to Addison when it opens in the coming weeks, has hired a restaurant veteran to lead its culinary program. Executive Chef Dustin Lee has already begin working with the four restaurants...

Ritz-Carlton Las Colinas Brunch

Crave DFW 1/27 5:02A Steven Doyle

Sunday brunch at The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas is being reintroduced with intention. Set within the resort’s newly redesigned grounds, Knife Italian Steakhouse will debut a weekly brunch...

A New Favorite Winery on the Wine Road: CC Farms

Texas Wine Lover 1/27 12:52A Laurinda Thomas

As I think about writing this article, my thoughts are all over the place, as there is so much to say about the newest addition to my “local” wine area. I use the term local loosely because other than the one local winery in Abilene, it takes me...

Get Your Tickets Now for the Wine Lovers Celebration Passport 2026

Texas Wine Lover 1/23 3:41A Jeff Cope

Love is in the air, wine is in your glass, and the Texas Hill Country is calling. From January 26 through February 27, 2026, the Texas Hill Country Wineries’ (THCW s)  Wine Lovers Celebration invites you to explore more than 55 participating...

Texas Hill Country Wine Weekend Itinerary for First Timers

Texas Wine Lover 1/21 8:00A Gus Hall

This guide is for 21+ visitors (legal drinking age in the U.S.). Texas Hill Country is one of those places where a weekend can feel full without feeling packed. The secret is pacing: fewer stops, more time to actually sit down, snack, talk, and...

Retro Movie Review: Some Like it Hot (1959)

Crave DFW 1/20 8:22A Steven Doyle

Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot (1959) remains one of cinema’s most enduring comedies, a film that effortlessly blends sharp wit, sophisticated farce, and pointed social commentary. At its heart, the...

Small, But Many: A Texas Gulf Coast Wine Growers’ Perspective

Texas Wine Lover 1/16 5:11A Jeff Cope

By James Kasparek Vineyards in the Texas Gulf Coast region are small, but many. These small growers form the backbone of the largest white grape variety grown in Texas, Blanc du Bois, which is...

A Night of Champions: Texas Wine Shines at the San Antonio Champion Wine Auction

Texas Wine Lover 1/13 12:52A Robin English-Bircher

For 15 years, the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo has held wine events to raise money for S.A.L.E. (San Antonio Livestock Exposition). As has become tradition, the rodeo recently held the Champion Wine Auction to celebrate the winning wineries...

The Wine Society of Texas Announces 2026 Scholarship Program

Texas Wine Lover 1/8 10:29P Jeff Cope

Press Release The Wine Society of Texas (WST) is pleased to announce that it will provide up to $11,000 in scholarships to worthy students or individuals pursuing wine and winery education,...