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May 21, 2018
Here’s to the Texas Brewpub
Twenty places across the state where the food is just as good as the craft beer.
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Your guide to Texas bars, cocktail recipes, distilleries, wineries, breweries and more
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May 17, 2018
Yes Way, Texas Rosé! Our Top Picks for Summer
Here are fourteen of our favorite wines, ranging from blush to bold and shades of pink in between.
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May 4, 2018
Texas Beer Is the Best Beer
Our state took home eleven medals from the World Beer Cup in Nashville. Which are you drinking this weekend?
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April 30, 2018
What We Learned at the International Wine Awards in Dallas
Texas vintners held their own at the competition, which included more than 3,200 entrants.
The Texanist
April 29, 2018
The Texanist: Are You Getting Tired of the Craft Beer Craze?
An Abilene man wants to know what our brew-lovin' columnist thinks of the mania for newfangled Texas ales.
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April 18, 2018
Inventive Cocktails for Cinco de Mayo
San Antonio bartenders serve up tequila and mezcal concoctions perfect for celebrating at home.
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March 29, 2018
A Punch for Easter and Beyond
In “Parties Around a Punch Bowl,” Kimberly Schlegel Whitman offers a year’s worth of seasonal cocktail recipes.
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March 21, 2018
The Top 30 Texas Wines for Spring
Go ahead and give these a swirl. Our favorites for the season, from crisp whites to juicy reds.
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March 21, 2018
Alba Huerta Celebrates the South in New Cocktail Book
The owner of Houston’s Julep dives deep into the region’s beverage history and shares recipes perfect for porch sippin’.
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February 21, 2018
A New Cocktail from Midnight Cowboy
The Austin speakeasy's updated menu, themed around the art of conversation, features the striking Paradox.
Recipes
February 21, 2018
A New Cocktail From Midnight Cowboy
The Austin speakeasy's updated menu, themed around the art of conversation, features the striking Paradox.
The National Podcast of Texas
February 16, 2018
The ‘National Podcast of Texas,’ Episode 7
The National Podcast of Texas hit the road for Texas Monthly’s second annual Whiskey Affair, held this week at Houston’s Silver Street Studios.
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February 5, 2018
The Texas Winemaker Who Helped Put Willamette Valley on the Map
Rollin Soles spent his college days hanging out with Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett. Here's how he became one of Oregon's most prominent winemakers.
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January 29, 2018
The Yanks Have Bought Dr Pepper
What does Keurig's acquisition mean for the national soft drink of Texas?
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Business
January 25, 2018
Why Patrón Sold To Bacardi For $5.1 Billion Dollars
And why the company, started by Austin billionaire John Paul DeJoria might have been worth even more.
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January 23, 2018
That’s Amaro! A Cocktail From Houston’s Coltivare
The Italian restaurant has built its drink program around this herbal liqueur. Try the Life Aquatic.
Recipes
January 23, 2018
That’s Amaro! A Cocktail From Houston’s Coltivare
The Italian restaurant has built its drink program around this herbal liqueur. Try the Life Aquatic.
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January 23, 2018
Three Enterprising Vets Hope Sotol Becomes the Next Mezcal
Despite its rich Texas history, sotol is a little-known spirit. The men behind new Driftwood distillery Desert Door want to change that.
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January 22, 2018
Jensen Ackles Isn’t the Only Star at Family Business Beer
By bringing head brewer Nate Seale back to Austin, the new brewpub draws beer geeks as well as fans of ’Supernatural.’
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January 1, 2018
San Antonio, Shaken and Stirred: How to Enjoy the Cocktail Conference
Everyone from the novice to the aficionado can get something out of the city's festival of drink (just pace yourselves, please).
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December 13, 2017
Swift Distillery Stakes Its Claim on Texas Single Malt
Dripping Springs couple devote their resources to producing a whiskey known for its purity, simplicity, and elegance (and one ideal for the holidays).
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November 22, 2017
Get Through Thanksgiving With Our Favorite Autumn Drink Recipes
Need a glass of something to make it through that one loud uncle’s political opinions after Thanksgiving dinner? We’ve got you covered.
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December 30, 2016
Where Everybody Knows Your Name
In the age of gastropubs and microbreweries, Texas still boasts a few real dive bars—where the jukebox is irreplaceable, the beer is domestic, and the patrons feel like family—if you know where to look.
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December 16, 2016
Top Texas Wines: Winter 2016 Edition
The 21 best whites and reds to emerge out of Texas this season.
Recipes
November 23, 2016
Save Room
From Drink.Well, in Austin.
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October 7, 2016
Top Texas Wines: Fall 2016 Edition
The 22 best reds, whites, and rosés to emerge out of Texas this season.
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September 30, 2016
Pairing Texas Wines and Cheese
With a little help from the cheesemongers at Antonelli's Cheese House, in Austin.
Recipes
June 16, 2016
Margarita
From Eight Row Flint, in Houston.
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May 12, 2016
How Mighty Swell Cocktails Is Disrupting the Drink Domain
The wine cooler is back. And better.
Eat My Words
December 23, 2015
Spirits to Get in the Holiday Spirit
Six Texas wines, beers, and cocktail recipes.
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November 10, 2015
Texas Native Competes in the Wine Big Leagues in New Sommelier Reality TV Series
Jack Mason competes in "Uncorked," Esquire TV's new show about the quest to become a Master Somm.
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October 21, 2015
Lava Lamp
Johnny’s Gold Brick, in Houston.
Food & Drink
September 17, 2015
Dare to Be Grape
These six splendid wineries are setting the standard for Texas viticulture.
Food & Drink
September 17, 2015
The Hangover
Chip Tate built Balcones into one of the country’s most innovative whiskey distilleries. But last year he lost the company in a bitter clash with his investors. Now he’s starting from scratch—again.
Food & Drink
September 17, 2015
Reign of Terroir
A decade and a half after I wrote about the poor quality of Texas wines for this magazine, Lone Star vintners are starting to turn heads.
Food & Drink
September 17, 2015
King of Hop
The founder of Austin’s maverick Jester King Brewery talks about his big new project.
Food & Drink
September 17, 2015
What’s the Brew-Haha?
These eight breweries—as scenic as they are savory—are creating quite the buzz.
Food & Drink
September 17, 2015
Southern Comfort
Alba Huerta, arguably the best bartender in Texas, chats about serving cocktails in Houston.
Food & Drink
September 17, 2015
Moved by the Spirits
Inspired by Texas’s new array of homegrown hard alcohols, some of the state’s most innovative bartenders create five bold new cocktails.
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September 17, 2015
Five Unexpected Wine Finds
ComfortBending Branch Winery’s Tannat grapes, a dark, inky variety from Southwest France and Uruguay, make for innovative wines with rich fruit concentration and grippy tannin. 2012 Estate Tannat, CM, $60. Del RioVal Verde Winery, founded in this sleepy border city in 1883, is the state’s oldest continuously running
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September 17, 2015
Drink Like a Texan
Texans are a thirsty bunch, and our drinks package has everything you need to imbibe like Sam Houston's watching.
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September 2, 2015
The Mathematics of Winemaking
How one Colorado-based outfit is bringing its formula for urban winemaking to Texas.
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August 13, 2015
The Lamplight
The Townsend, in Austin.
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May 15, 2015
Meet the Winemaker: David Kuhlken, Pedernales Cellars
A native Texan with a sharp business mind honed at Rice University and the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, David Kuhlken didn’t originally aspire to be a winemaker. And yet, he’s making wine in Stonewall for Pedernales Cellars, a family operation that is among the
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March 22, 2015
What the Texanist Drinks
True Texans stock up with more than Topo Chico and Big Red.
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February 27, 2015
Meet the Winemaker: Todd Webster, Brennan Vineyards
This month, we’re launching a new column to introduce Texas Monthly readers to the people behind Texas Wine. Sometimes it helps to know a little bit about the person behind the wine in your glass. Todd Webster is the winemaker for Brennan Vineyards, a winery in Comanche located halfway between the
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December 15, 2014
Holiday Cheers With Beers
More than a dozen craft beers from Texas and beyond that will pair well with your holiday feast.
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August 20, 2014
Texas Wine of the Month: McPherson Cellars Les Copains Rosé, 2013
A dry rosé that can be enjoyed year-round.
Recipes
May 13, 2014
Uptown/Top Ranking
From Wonderland, in Austin.
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April 11, 2014
Frozen Margarita
From The Pastry War, Houston.