Are Millennials Saving or Reinventing the Wine Industry?

Texas Wine Lover 5/8 10:44A Gus Hall

A Generation That Pops the Question Instantly The first sip unleashes the question like a cork: are millennials saving wine… or are they slowly drinking it to death? According to the purists, these brunch millennials, natural-wine connoisseurs,...

Morning Coffee, Afternoon Beer, One Very Good Cuban Sandwich

Crave DFW 5/7 10:13A Steven Doyle

Most places try to be one thing and do it well. Chad and Nellie Montgomery looked at that idea and went a different direction. Civil Pour at 8061 Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas is a specialty coffee shop...

K Estate Vineyards Debuts New Food-and-Wine Pairings Following Major Renovation

Texas Wine Lover 5/7 3:22A Jeff Cope

The tasting was complimentary and all opinions are our own. K Estate Vineyards , one of the premier tasting rooms on the renowned Wine Road 290 between Fredericksburg and Johnson City, has just launched curated food and wine pairings, featuring...

Michael Dickey of Veraison Hills Vineyard Grower Profile

Texas Wine Lover 5/5 3:56A Jeff Cope

Michael and Deanna Dickey We previously showcased Michael Dickey as the original Winemaker Profile for Longhorn Cellars. Both Michael and his wife, Deanna, started in the wine industry with multiple locations for their Veraison Hills Vineyard ,...

Pangea Has a New Address and Downtown Dallas Is Better For It

Crave DFW 5/4 7:42A Steven Doyle

Kevin Ashade was born in Dallas, grew up in the U.K. and Nigeria, came back to Texas, went to the Culinary Institute of America, and spent years inside some of the most serious hotel dining rooms in...

Omar Flores Behind Muchacho and Whistle Britches Opens Maroma in the Design District Today

Crave DFW 5/4 5:50A Steven Doyle

Omar Flores grew up in El Paso helping his father run family restaurants. Not as a dishwasher, not clearing plates — actually in the kitchen, learning how things worked from the time he was old enough...

Retro Movie Review: The Last Picture Show (1971)

Crave DFW 5/1 6:45A Steven Doyle

There is a scene in The Last Picture Show where Sam the Lion takes two teenage boys fishing at a tank on the edge of town. Early morning, flat Texas light, nobody saying much. Ben Johnson starts...

Prana: The Most Intimate Dinner in Dallas Comes from One of Its Most Decorated Chefs

Crave DFW 4/29 5:52A Steven Doyle

Vijay Sadhu Vijay Sadhu has been one of the most interesting chefs in Dallas for a long time. He opened Samar with Stephan Pyles and watched it become a James Beard semifinalist. He ran the kitchen at...

The Best Mother’s Day Brunches in DFW for 2026

Crave DFW 4/28 8:11A Steven Doyle

Mother s Day falls on Sunday, May 10 this year, and if you haven t made a reservation, now is the time. Restaurants across Dallas-Fort Worth are pulling out the good stuff — prix fixe menus, skyline...

Wine Society of Texas Announces 2026 Scholarship Program Awards

Texas Wine Lover 4/28 12:39A Jeff Cope

Press Release The Wine Society of Texas (WST), a 501c3 non-profit educational organization, is pleased to announce that it will be awarding scholarships totaling $11,000 in support of four students. These students are: (a) attending institutions...

Farmers Markets in DFW & What Produce is Best in Spring

Crave DFW 4/27 7:01A Steven Doyle

Farmers market season is back, and with it the question every Dallas cook eventually asks: which one is actually worth the Saturday morning. There are dozens of markets in the metroplex, and they are not all the same thing. Some are real...

Kyle Allen Winemaker Profile

Texas Wine Lover 4/21 12:29A Jeff Cope

This month’s featured Winemaker Profile is Kyle Allen from Turtle Creek Vineyard . The tasting room at their vineyard is a gorgeous facility with the tasting room and vineyard overlooking Turtle Creek and the beautiful hillside. There is also a...

Shopping Made Simple at HEB

Crave DFW 4/20 5:10A Steven Doyle

For decades, HEB was the grocery store Texans kept a shared secret about. If you grew up in Kerrville, Corpus, or San Antonio, you knew. If you lived in Dallas or Fort Worth, you had to settle for...

Our First Blog Post was in 2011. A Lot Has Changed in Texas Wine – Or Has It?

Texas Wine Lover 4/15 6:14A Jeff Cope

Texas Wine Lover Website header in 2011 With Texas Wine Lover celebrating its 15th anniversary in March, I thought it would be fun to look back at the very first blog post I wrote when I decided to...

Texas Wine Is Having Its Moment. Austin Wine Week Is Your Invitation to Step Inside It.

Texas Wine Lover 4/10 2:17A Gus Hall

If you’re reading Texas Wine Lover , you’re not new to this. You already know Texas is producing serious wine. You’ve likely made the drive, joined the clubs, hunted down bottles, and had at least one “how is this from Texas?” moment. So this...