Stoney’s takes it back: not closing
comments ()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...
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Ted Allen fans can win a face-to-face with the Food Network ‘personality’
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View ArticleAnother one bites the dust: Farpointe in Frisco
comments ()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...
View ArticleTwo Texas wines among DMN Competition golds
comments ()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....
View ArticleTexSom crowns best sommeliers in Texas
comments ()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...
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Academic asserts drinking is in our genes
comments () That’s a wildly sensationalized way to lead into a post about Patrick E. McGovern’s talk last night at the Dallas Museum of Art. He is – let me take a breath before I recite his title –...
View ArticleDallas restaurateurs: Wondering how to improve your wine lists?
comments ()Dallas restaurateurs could learn a lot from our friend Alfonso Cevola’s excellent post on his blog, On the Wine Trail in Italy. You may know Alfonso as “the Italian Wine Guy,” but here he...
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Dallas restaurateurs: Either serve us red wine at the right temperature, or...
comments ()There's not a red wine on the planet that should be served warmer than 64 degrees F. (Evans Caglage/Staff Photographer)visit site to read more]
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New reviews: The Greek – Pita, Meze, Wine and Hopdoddy Burger Bar
Baby octopus with cannellini beans at the Greek (Lara Solt/Staff Photographer) This week’s review … [visit site to read more]
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Fed up with obscenely high wine prices? BYOB to these Dallas-area restaurants
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Wine group gives Texas a B- in the consumer-friendliness of its wine laws
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Jennifer Eby joins the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek as its new wine director
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