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

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

There’s an H-E-B in Texas With Five Restaurants and a Full Bar

Crave DFW 7/13 11:22A Steven Doyle

Somewhere along the way, H-E-B stopped thinking like a grocery store. The clearest evidence sits inside the company s Mueller location in Austin, where shoppers can finish the weekly run, order duck...

How to Eat Like a Frenchman in Dallas This Bastille Day

Crave DFW 7/13 6:25A Steven Doyle

Bastille Day arrives Tuesday, July 14, and while Dallas will not be storming any prisons, we can honor the occasion the way the French would prefer: at the table, unhurried, with a glass of something...

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....

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...

Cafe Momentum Started Lesson Fifteen Years Ago, Now It’s Changing the Country

Crave DFW 6/22 6:36A Steven Doyle

In 2008, Chad Houser was co-owner of Parigi on Maple Avenue and had just been nominated as Dallas s best up-and-coming chef. He had sold his house to buy into the restaurant, watched the economy...

Genet Mulugeta Opened Lalibela Because Her Friends Wouldn’t Stop Coming to Dinner

Crave DFW 6/22 5:51A Steven Doyle

Genet Mulugeta s friends were the problem. She had moved to Dallas from Lalibela — a city in northern Ethiopia so old that pilgrims have been walking to it for eight hundred years to see the eleven...

2026 International Women’s Wine Competition – Texas Results

Texas Wine Lover 6/19 12:27A Jeff Cope

Winners have been announced in the 19th annual Women’s International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWWSC). The competition, which took place recently in Santa Rosa, Calif., was founded on the premise...

BOĆE Coasters Review

Texas Wine Lover 6/18 12:30A Jeff Cope

We received the product for review and all opinions are our own. Some links are affiliate links meaning at no additional cost to you, this site may get a small commission if you make a purchase. I have done many wine accessory reviews over the...