Sadly, no Dallas sommelier made the top three in the Texas Best Sommelier Competition, which was part of the 2009 Texas Sommelier Conference that wrapped up last night at the Four Seasons Resort and Spa in Irving. First place this...
Only two Texas wines brought home the gold in the 2009 Dallas Morning News Wine Competition, and they're both made in North Texas. (That's out of 156 gold medals awarded.) 2006 Fuqua Vat No. 3 Tempranillo, which I believe is...
Farpointe Cellar closed its Frisco location last week, I'm told. That's too bad. It was a nice wine store with good tastings. The original Southlake location is still going strong if you want to check it out....
That's what the Food Network calls Ted Allen, host of FN's Food Detectives and Chopped - a personality. I'd probably call him an expert, but I guess that's not as sexy. Either way, the former Queer Eye guy is coming...
Talk about grabbing victory from the jaws of defeat. In selling their wines at 30 percent off ostensibly to close the store, Stoney and Diana Savage discovered that there's uber-demand for bargain-priced wines. "Yesterday, I sold a case of wine...
I thought The Wine Market & More that was in Turtle Creek Village had gone the way of the sour economy. But no, it's alive and kicking at its new location: 5715 Lemmon Ave. at Inwood. The space is smaller,...
'Just got a release that says the McKinney location of Kegs & Barrels is closing, noting that the lease was up for renewal and the owners decided not to renew. The store will be open this week from 6 to...
Every Thursday, 6:15 to 7 p.m., starting this week, the bar at the Rosewood Mansion is going to have informal wine tasting/chats with either beverage director Michael Flynn or sommelier Scott Barber. It's $25 a person, and rather than following...
Nana just sent out a release announcing that Russell Burkett is its new wine steward. Burkett has worked at several Dallas restaurants, most recently Cafe on the Green at the Four Seasons Resort and Club in Irving. Other places you...
Pogo's clearance sale that starts today includes discounts of up to 35 percent on some wines. Reducing inventory and all that. Early birds get the best pickin's. Red dot = 35 percent Yellow dot = 25 percent Green dot =...
It's three weeks and counting till the bar-restaurant Zymology opens at 2010 Greenville, next door to Teppo. Here's what the advertisement for staff says on Craig's List: "This is not your normal Lower Greenville establishment, we are one of the...
Michael Hiller, our intrepid special contributor who reviews restaurants, reports from the field: Pappas Bros. Steakhouse is responding to the challenging economic times by growing their wine list and preferentially expanding their under-$70 selections to nearly 200, according to master...
If you are looking for the "perfect" gift for a wine lover, Sigel's wants you to know that it has a couple dozen 100-point, 99-point and 98-point Bordeaux (Robert Parker, Wine Spectator scores) for sale, priced from $110 (the '05...
For some cool and different wine gifts, check out my story "Take 5: wine" here. The Wine Trials book will shock you - so many good, inexpensive wines preferred over pricey ones. And local chocolatier J Dorian's Special Reserve Tasting...
Pegasus reports that Swirll Winery, the downtown spot in the lobby of the Davis building on Main where you can make your own wine, will close for good Dec. 20. "We ran out of money," co-owner Peggy Davion told Teresa...
It's such a gimmick, but it's so cute. Sigel's will take 20 percent off all wines in a category of wine each day through Dec. 13. Yesterday was Italy and Spain. Today it's Chile and Argentina. Here's a list of...
There have been some good sales at other stores that I haven't posted and, no, Sigel's has no special cache with me. It's just that these restaurant-inventory reduction sales slash prices so low that they're competitive with cheap wines. But...
Kozy Kitchen and Grand Tastings across the street on McKinney have always had a close relationship. Now it's fixing to get closer. Grand Tastings owner Terri Burney is shuttering the wine tasting and retail space and moving in to Kozy...
If you've shopped the Plano store, you know what I'm talking about. Besides the regular wine selection, there's a wall of mostly modestly priced wines categorized by type or style from sparking wines and light whites through bold reds, and...
San Saba Vineyards managing director Claire Marlin dropped by recently to chat up the estate's new and current releases, knowing there's a special interest in Dallas. The small-production, Monterey winery is owned by former Dallas doc Mark Lemmon and his...
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