Bella Mia Winery: A Story of Pivots and Perseverance

Texas Wine Lover 9/9 6:33A Jeff Cope

Bella Mia Winery’s path to opening involved canceled vineyard plans, three years of construction delays, and plenty of unexpected pivots. Now, the Texas winery has found its home inside a beautifully restored 1885 building in downtown Pilot...

Texas Hill Country Wineries’ Texas Wine Month Passport Now Available

Texas Wine Lover 9/8 1:33A Jeff Cope

Celebrate Texas Wine Month with the Texas Hill Country Wineries passport event in October. Experience the beauty of the Hill Country and enjoy tastings at over 45 wineries with tickets you can buy now. Use the Texas Wine Lover mobile app to help...

2026 New York International Wine Competition – Texas Results

Texas Wine Lover 9/3 3:22A Jeff Cope

These are the Texas winery results for the 2026 New York International Wine Competition Read More

Twenty-Three Years In, Besa’s Is Still the Neighborhood’s Best-Kept Secret

Crave DFW 9/2 7:46A Steven Doyle

Twenty-three years is a long time to keep a restaurant open, and longer still to keep it feeling like the same place it was on day one. Besa s has managed both. Garland s own tourism site sums up...

Hospitality Duo Opens Third Location in a Year – Cafe Olivita

Crave DFW 9/2 6:32A Steven Doyle

Torry Cray and Adrian Verdin (we ve followed Verdin through his hospitality career and he s a keeper) have been on quite a run. Three restaurants in one year, all under the Café Olivia name, and this...

Morris Ranch Cellars: Preserving History Through Texas Wine

Texas Wine Lover 9/2 4:45A Jeff Cope

Morris Ranch Cellars blends Texas wine with a remarkable piece of Hill Country history. Owner John Luke Mannix is preserving the legacy of Morris Ranch while creating a new destination for wine lovers near Fredericksburg. Read More

Mil Veranos Vineyard & Ranch Grower Profile

Texas Wine Lover 9/1 3:56A Jeff Cope

This month's Grower Profile features Mil Veranos Vineyard Ranch which is owned by Virginia Lopez Rodriguez Read More

The Smashburger Spot in Plano That’s Secretly a Story About a 1940s Band

Crave DFW 8/31 7:35A Steven Doyle

Bonnie Shea spent years just trying to make sure her mother s story didn t disappear. Patty Lou Peters fronted an all-female western swing band called Patty Lou and the Texas Sweethearts back in the...

GrapeFest Celebrates Milestone Event with New Experiences, Wine Traditions, and Four Days of...

Texas Wine Lover 8/27 3:42A Jeff Cope

GrapeFest invites you to celebrate its 40th anniversary with wine tastings, great food, shopping, and unforgettable memories. This year there are new experiences for everyone to enjoy. Read More

Texas Mead & Music Festival to Be Held in North Texas – Buy Tickets Now!

Texas Wine Lover 8/25 12:18A Jeff Cope

The Texas Mead Music Festival, to be held on September 19, is moving to North Texas this year at the Scarborough Faire in Waxahachie. Tickets are now on sale. Read More

Yang’s Smokehouse Is Cooking Guizhou Province in a Plano Strip Mall

Crave DFW 8/21 8:19A Steven Doyle

In 1980, in the city of Guiyang in southwestern China, a widow named Yang lost her husband at 30 years old. She had five children to raise. She started with one charcoal stall. That stall became Yang...

A Glass with the Duke: Visiting Noblemen Wines Texas Cellar

Texas Wine Lover 8/19 12:56A Neal Addy

Noblemen Wines Texas Cellar brings a true taste of Texas to downtown Glen Rose, with Noblemen wines, selections from producers across the state, a historic tasting room, and even a 10-foot John Wayne watching over it all. Read More

Remi Gregory Winemaker Profile

Texas Wine Lover 8/18 1:59A Jeff Cope

This month's featured Winemaker Profile is Remi Gregory. Remi started winemaking with her own winery of The Burg Wine Company, but is now the head winemaker at Becker Vineyards Read More

Eddie’s Diner Is the Last Real Diner Left Standing in Plano

Crave DFW 8/14 7:10A Steven Doyle

Plano has spent the last decade filling in with glass towers and corporate headquarters, and somewhere in the middle of that, a small family-run diner on Parker Road kept doing exactly what it has...

Dallas-Fort Worth’s Next Six Weeks Are Loud, Then a Little Louder

Crave DFW 8/14 6:25A Steven Doyle

Dallas-Fort Worth is about to get loud. The next six weeks bring a run of arena rock, honky-tonk legends, and a few genuine bucket-list pairings, and the calendar only gets busier once the theaters...