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by | August 19, 2025 · 11:53 am

Champagne Terrace Returns to GrapeFest with a Glamorous Gatsby Twist

Raise a glass to Roaring Twenties glamour at the 39th Annual GrapeFest – A Texas Wine Experience presented by Bank of the West. Recently ranked the No. 7 Wine Festival in America by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards, GrapeFest returns to Historic Main Street in Grapevine, September 11–14, 2025, with a dazzling lineup of tastings and experiences.

This year’s theme, The Grape Gatsby, celebrates the centennial of The Great Gatsby with a nod to the glitz and elegance of the 1920s. Guests can step back in time at the Champagne Terrace, sponsored by Hilton DFW Lakes, now reimagined as an elevated ticketed experience.

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by | July 23, 2025 · 1:33 pm

You decide – Best Texas Wines at GrapeFest

The decision for best Texas wines is in your hands at the People’s  Choice Wine Tasting Classic sponsored by Audi Grapevine. It takes place during the 39th Annual  GrapeFest – A Texas Wine Experience presented by Bank of the West, September 11, 12, 13 and 14, 2025 on Historic Main Street in Grapevine. 

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by | September 22, 2022 · 2:47 pm

People’s Choice Wine Tasting Classic Announces Winners at 36th Annual GrapeFest

The 36th Annual GrapeFest hosted the People’s Choice Wine Tasting Classic, sponsored by Classic Chevrolet, a competition of 37 Texas wineries in which festival-goers had the chance to taste 136 of Texas’ finest wines and vote for their favorites. This signature event, located in the Historic Cotton Belt Depot District, is one of the most popular at GrapeFest and is the largest consumer-judged wine competition in the nation.

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by | July 7, 2022 · 3:58 pm

Tickets for 36th Annual GrapeFest Now Available

Tickets for the 36th Annual GrapeFest – A Texas Wine Experience, presented by Bank of the West, are now on sale. GrapeFest is the largest wine festival of the Southwest and boasts the largest consumer-judged wine competition in the nation. This year’s festival will be held September 15, 16, 17 and 18, 2022, in historic Grapevine, featuring the very best of Texas-grown wines as well as exquisite selections from guest wineries in the California Sonoma Valley and the Italian Sicily region.

Visitors won’t want to miss signature events People’s Choice Wine Tasting Classic, the Liberty Park Plaza Wine Experience and Champagne Terrace, as well as area wine pavilions and award-winning winery tasting rooms on Grapevine’s Urban Wine Trail. Not a lover of wine? Alternative adult beverages such as craft brews, hard seltzers and ciders will also be available at booths throughout the festival.

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by | September 5, 2018 · 9:54 am

The Most Expensive Sandwich in DFW

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Dan Weinberger has been on the family deli trail most of his life. His own deli, Weinberger’s located in the heart of the tourist trade of downtown Grapevine has been operating for 16 years selling a large variety of unusual and familiar sandwiches. Certainly his Chicagoland favorite “beef” is a a hot item among transplants from Illinois, as are a slew of other choices, some named for infamous characters in the DFW area. Check out the Pugs and Kelly the once popular talk show hosts which consists of Hot Roast Beef Dipped in its Drippings, Horseradish, May Red Onion, Kosher Pickle Planks, on Toasted Kummelwec. There is a Mark Cuban, too. Rest assured there are all the deli favorites you could imagine including one very serious Reuben. Continue reading →

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