Review: Vinxper Expert Adjustable Electric Wine Aerator

Texas Wine Lover 8/13 1:45A Jeff Cope

The Vinxper Expert takes electric wine aeration a step further with adjustable decanting from 0 to 240 minutes. I put it to the test to see how it compares with other electric aerators I have used. Read More

Old Vine Texas and Burning Daylight Estate Winery in Mansfield

Texas Wine Lover 8/12 1:51A Jeff Cope

Old Vine Texas in Mansfield offers Texas wines, food, and featured tastings, including wines from nearby Burning Daylight Estate Winery. We stopped in to experience both in one visit. Read More

What Makes French Press Coffee Different, and Where to Find a Good One in Dallas

Crave DFW 8/11 7:00A Steven Doyle

There s a reason the French press has outlasted every countertop gadget that s tried to replace it. No pods, no paper filters, no app to sync. Just coarse grounds, hot water, and a few minutes of...

Chaparral Vin

Texas Wine Lover 8/11 12:10A Jeff Cope

Chaparral Vin is a new winery on US 290 with owners who already have plenty of experience in the Texas wine industry. We visited recently to learn more about the winery, its wines, and what’s still to come. Read More

Four Locations, One Format: The Chip’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers Story

Crave DFW 8/10 11:48A Steven Doyle

Bill and Lynn Gross opened their first hamburger stand in a converted fire station on Central Expressway in the early 1980s. That detail tends to get mentioned in passing whenever Chip s Old Fashioned...

DFW Restaurant Week Turns 30, and This Year’s Menu of Perks Is Bigger Than the Food

Crave DFW 8/10 10:56A Steven Doyle

Thirty years ago, a handful of Dallas restaurants agreed to knock a little off the check in exchange for sending a cut to a food bank. Nobody involved could have guessed it would still be running...

2027 Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition Entries Now Being Accepted!

Texas Wine Lover 8/6 2:34A Jeff Cope

The 2027 Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition has announced the Featured Wine Region plus entries are now being accepted for the competition Read More

Pollo Rosa Vineyard and Winery Grower Profile

Texas Wine Lover 8/4 3:39A Jeff Cope

This month's Grower Profile features Duane and Donna Patrick of Pollo Rosa Vineyard and Winery. Besides having a popular winery, the couple grows a vineyard next to the winery and is also working on two other small vineyards. Read More

Blue Goose Cantina Celebrates 24th Annual Hatch Chile Fest

Oak Cliff BubbleLife iReporter (Food & Dining) 7/29 11:36P Kathy Beazley

The arrival of Hatch chile season is one of the Southwest's most anticipated culinary traditions, and Blue Goose Cantina is celebrating the annual harvest with the return of its 24th Annual Hatch...

Graham Elliot’s Fort Worth Restaurant Group Is Finally Coming to Dallas

Crave DFW 7/29 8:58A Steven Doyle

Graham Elliot s first restaurant job in Texas was at the Mansion on Turtle Creek, working the line under Dean Fearing before either of them had a television deal to their name. More than two decades...

Sketches of Spain Just Closed, and The Wild Detectives Is Taking Over the Space

Crave DFW 7/29 8:37A Steven Doyle

Sketches of Spain served its last pintxo on July 19, closing the book on six years as Oak Cliff s only pincho bar. The Bishop Arts spot built its following on Basque-style small plates meant to be...

Inside The Wild Detectives, the Oak Cliff House That Turned Books and Booze into a Dallas...

Crave DFW 7/28 12:21P Steven Doyle

Javier García del Moral and Paco Viqu e met as civil engineers, which is not the résumé line most people would guess for the two men behind Dallas s most quietly influential bookstore. Both are...

Zepeda Vineyard & Winery: Muscadines, Memories, and Great East Texas Hospitality

Texas Wine Lover 7/27 3:12A Ron Martin

Discover Zepeda Vineyard Winery located in Pittsburg, Texas. The family-run winery is led by Mary and Julio Zepeda. Read More

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