Food & Drink
July 1, 2013
Texas Summer Sippers
Our picks for the best beers, wines, and cocktail recipes to cool you down in the warm weather.
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Spirits
June 24, 2013
SOMM, The Movie, Lands in Texas
A riveting documentary on the great lengths to which professional sommeliers journey in experiencing the best in the world of wine revealing to the rest of us, just what all the fuss is about.
Food & Drink
June 14, 2013
Texas Wine of the Month: Pedernales Cellars Viognier Reserve, 2012
This golden Viognier was recently took home the heralded Double Gold award from the Lyon International Wine Competition in France, the only American wine to do so.
Food & Drink
May 30, 2013
Rosé Roundup
Our recommended selection of Texas Rosés, a crisp drink perfect for a hot summer day.
Food & Drink
May 20, 2013
Texas Wine of the Month: Inwood Estates Palomino-Chardonnay Blend 2010
Inwood Estates takes a Chardonnay grape and blends it with the less well known Spanish Palomino grape commonly used in Sherry to create a white wine that balances crisp acidity with bold fruit and complexity.
Eat My Words
April 30, 2013
Texas Wine Shines at Austin Food & Wine Festival
The six medal-winning wines that captured the interest of national wine enthusiasts.
Food & Drink
April 26, 2013
Texas Wine of the Month: Kiepersol Estates Stainless Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
This Cabernet Sauvignon from Kiepersol Estates is aged in stainless steel tanks, which lets the grape, grown in Tyler, shine through.
Food & Drink
April 12, 2013
The Best Whiskey You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Waco-based Balcones Distillery is producing a portfolio of top-rate, award-winning whiskeys.
Food & Drink
March 27, 2013
Texas Wine of the Month: Becker Vineyards Provencal, Mourvedre 2012
As we transition into summer, nothing welcomes warm weather better than a good rosé, especially when it’s made in a classic French dry style.
Libations
March 26, 2013
Twelve Texas Wines Received Gold Medals
And 62 more state wines captured awards at the Dallas Morning News and TexSom Wine Competition.
Food & Drink
March 19, 2013
Meet the Winemaker: Kim McPherson, McPherson Cellars
Those running in the Texas wine circle are well acquainted with Kim McPherson. He owns his own label, McPherson Cellars, and he’s been instrumental in moving the industry forward, consulting for many of the wineries across the state.He seems to have been bred for wine-making. His father,
Food & Drink
February 18, 2013
Texas Wine of the Month: William Chris Vineyards’ Hunter 2010
A red wine blend.
Food & Drink
February 8, 2013
Stepping Into the Shoes of a Sommelier
My quest to become a walking, talking wine encyclopedia.
Eat My Words
January 29, 2013
Texas Wine of the Month: Pedernales Cellars Tempranillo Reserve 2010
This year kicks off with a Tempranillo for Texas Wine of the Month. By now, you should be fairly familiar with the prevalence of this grape. It’s turning heads in Texas blends (McPherson Cellars La Herencia) as well as in single-varietal wines (Inwood Estates Vineyards “Cornelius” Tempranillo). This month, we
Eat My Words
January 27, 2013
Texas Spirits: San Antonio’s Jeret Peña Dishes on Texas Cocktails
On heels of the San Antonio Cocktail Conference—a national four-day conference modeled after the likes of the New Orleans’ Tales of the Cocktail event that brings together bartenders from around the country to learn, taste, and talk everything cocktail—I had a chance to catch up with local craft bartender
Sports
July 31, 2012
Shelly Roper-McCaslin, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Recruiter
Roper-McCaslin, who lives in Austin, has worked with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders for 23 years as a cheerleader, a choreographer, and the lead recruiter.Growing up, my dad took my brother and me to just about every sporting event in Dallas, from Rangers baseball to Mavericks basketball. But it was the Cowboys football
Travel & Outdoors
March 31, 2008
Downtown Brenham
The cradle of Blue Bell and bluebonnets.
Happy Trails
January 1, 2004
Happy Trails
Comfort is surprisingly different from other Hill Country towns. In fact, it has a cosmopolitan feel. Maybe that’s why it has attracted so many urban refugees.