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Freixenet Tastings & Tapas Hits DFW

by Yolanda Banks

The chilly weather didn’t put a damper on the Freixenet Tastings & Tapas truck launch at Wish Ultralounge last night. Food trucks are all the rage these days and the Ferrer family, the producers of Freixenet, were not going to be left in the cold, no pun intended. Freixenet, Spain’s famous “Black Bottle Bubbly”, is the “largest producer of methode champenoise”. For those of you, like me, who don’t know what the heck that means, they make more sparkling wine than anyone else. You can’t call it Champagne unless it’s made in, you guessed it, Champagne, France.   Continue reading

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People’s Choice Award: Best Restaurant

by Steven Doyle

We appreciate everyone’s love and attention this summer, and we feel the awards have gone over very well. We have the plaques ready to pass out and have given away dozens of gift cards from a whole host of restaurants in DFW to the people that make this work, specifically you. There is one more week after this award, and we appreciate you sticking with us through the voting process.  Continue reading

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San Fermin Festival Celebration at Sangria

by Crave Staff

Celebrate the medieval festival of San Fermin and the running of the bulls at Sangria in Dallas with 50 cent sangria, numerous tapas specials and LIVE music all day, 11am to 11pm Wednesday, July 6, 2011.

Stop in at Sangria to hear Flamenco guitarist John Goode followed later by two Late Night DJ’s. The San Fermin Festival commemorates the 4th century martyr, Saint Fermin, who was the son of a Roman senator and who later converted to Christianity in Navarre Spain in 303 AD. After becoming a Catholic priest, St. Fermin became the first archbishop of Pamplona.  Continue reading

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