Wine
• Dallas is one of the most romantic cites for dining out in the country, though not quite as romantic as San Antonio, Austin or Houston. That’s the result of a survey from O[...]
15 Feb 2013
• Buy a “pupcake” cupcake for $5 at Stoney’s, and the wine shop will donate the money to the SPCA. The goal: Sell 200 pupcakes in February. • Aw Shucks and Big Sh[...]
01 Feb 2013
• Lorenzo Polegri will recreate his 2013 James Beard Foundation Dinner “Love, Umbrian Style” at 8:30 pm Feb. 2 at My Private Chef in Deep Ellum. Cost is $125 a person a[...]
25 Jan 2013
J Cuvée 20 Brut ($28) The Holiday That Must Not be Named makes its annual appearance this month, which means the insecure among us will be scrambling to show their devotion to the [...]
20 Jan 2013
• The Grape will hold its Come as You are Chef’s Dinner, featuring wines from Burgundy, on Jan. 24. Price is $48 for three courses; reservations are required. • Wine of the w[...]
18 Jan 2013
It might be too chilly to break out the beachwear, but The Grape hosts a “come-as-you-are” wine dinner on Thursday, Jan. 24. Expect a three-course tasting menu with som[...]
11 Jan 2013
• Yes, those covered-up windows mean something: Jason’s Deli on Mockingbird is closed for renovations. No word on when it will reopen. • The Grape will hold a beer pairing di[...]
11 Jan 2013
This year, for the 11th annual Advocate Cheap Wine extravaganza and $10 Wine Hall of Fame, I added eight wines, and could have put in twice that many. [...]
26 Dec 2012
Those of us of a certain age remember American “champagne” – sweet and flat and almost more like 7-Up than 7-Up. If you went to a wedding reception or big party until the 1980s win[...]
26 Dec 2012
I’ve written more than 250 wine reviews for the Advocate over the past five years, and this may be the most unique. For one thing, the Montauto ($10, purchased, available at Jimmy’[...]
19 Dec 2012
When I first heard the Austin-based coffee shop Houndstooth is coming to Lakewood at the corner of Skillman and Oram, I pictured an Austinesque nook crammed with local art and mism[...]
12 Dec 2012
