Why Certain Wines Keep Appearing at Casino Tables

Texas Wine Lover 7/25 1:34A Gus Hall

Find out what dictates wine at casino tables, focusing on practicality over marketing in casino beverage selections. Read More

Tickets for Fredericksburg Food & Wine Festival Now on Sale

Texas Wine Lover 7/23 3:44A Jeff Cope

Get your early bird ticket prices now for the Fredericksburg Wine Festival that will be held October 22-25. Enjoy four days of food and wine in the Texas Hill Country. Read More

Ridge Creek Ranch Wine Bar: Twenty-Five Years in the Making

Texas Wine Lover 7/17 1:20A Ron Martin

Discover Ridge Creek Ranch Winery, a dream realized over 25 years in the making, located near Cedar Creek Lake and owned by Tony and Lisa Alexander Read More

Make Your Plans for Messina Hof Winery’s 49th Annual Harvest Festival

Texas Wine Lover 7/16 12:05A Jeff Cope

Messina Hof's 49th annual Harvest Festival is taking place in July and August at two locations. See all the events that are taking place and sign up for one or more! Read More

Dallas’ Coolest Summer Escape: The Pittman Hotel

Crave DFW 7/15 6:12A Steven Doyle

Every neighborhood should be so lucky as to have its history hold the best corner. In Deep Ellum, that corner is 2551 Elm Street, where the Knights of Pythias Temple has stood since 1916, designed by...

Texas Fine Wine Gives a 2026 Harvest Outlook

Texas Wine Lover 7/14 10:22P Jeff Cope

Texas Fine Wine tells the stories behind the Texas harvest of 2026 and the resilience of their wineries amid challenging weather conditions Read More

Texas Hill Country Wineries Welcomes Three New Member Wineries

Texas Wine Lover 7/13 10:43P Jeff Cope

The Texas Hill Country Wineries has added three new member wineries to their association Read More

Staying Connected to Texas Wine Country from Anywhere

Texas Wine Lover 7/10 9:53P Gus Hall

Wine has aways been about sharing and connecting with other people. These days you can do it even if you are not near each other. Read More

North Texas Uncorked: Six Wineries in Two Days

Texas Wine Lover 7/9 7:15P Ron Martin

Ron discovered how the North Texas Wine Country had exceptional wineries as he spent two days visiting six different wineries Read More

Briar Creek Vineyards Grower Profile

Texas Wine Lover 7/7 12:20A Chandler Gibson

This month's Grower Profile features a winery that also has a vineyard, and that vineyard produces all the grapes for their wines except for one wine. Don and Donna Freeman are the proud owners of the Briar Creek Vineyards winery and vineyard....

Dallas Invented the Frozen Margarita, Here’s Where to Drink One This Weekend

Crave DFW 7/1 8:37A Steven Doyle

The frozen margarita was invented in Dallas. The machine that made it is in the Smithsonian, sitting next to Julia Child s kitchen and the first Tupperware. And somehow, fifty-five years later, this...

A Brief and Delicious History of the Hot Dog — and the Best Places to Get One in Dallas

Crave DFW 7/1 6:41A Steven Doyle

Americans will eat approximately 150 million hot dogs on July 4th. Not over the weekend. On the day itself. That is a number that requires a moment of genuine reflection — and possibly a glass of...

Pecan Lodge Has Been the Benchmark for Dallas Barbecue for Over a Decade

Crave DFW 7/1 5:57A Steven Doyle

Justin Fourton grew up going to his grandfather s ranch in Abilene — a place called Pecan Lodge. The old man taught him how to build a fire, how to manage a smoker, and how to wait. That last part turns out to be the most important. Good barbecue...

Cresson Bluff Winery and Vineyards

Texas Wine Lover 6/30 4:31A Jeff Cope

While I was in North Central Texas, I made a point to visit Cresson Bluff Winery and Vineyards located in Cresson, Texas. The winery and vineyard were easy to find just southwest of Cresson, directly off US Highway 377.     After parking next to...

Seven Dallas Restaurants You Probably Haven’t Heard of and You Should

Crave DFW 6/22 7:37A Steven Doyle

Dallas food media chases the same story over and over. The new opening. The James Beard nomination. The celebrity chef. The hospitality group with four other restaurants already running. Those stories...