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by Steven Doyle | November 16, 2020 · 3:26 pm

Foxtrot Market to Host Virtual Thanksgiving Wine Tasting

Foxtrot Market, the modern-day convenience store with two locations in Dallas (Uptown and Snider Plaza in the Park Cities) is hosting a virtual Thanksgiving wine tasting on Tuesday, November 24 at 8 p.m.

The virtual wine tasting will feature three favorite Thanksgiving wines hand-picked by Foxtrot’s in-house sommelier, Dylan Melvin, who will lead the attendees through the tasting via Zoom. The wines featured are Maison Noir Wines “Other People’s Pinot Noir”, Sandhi Central Coast Chardonnay, and Populis Wabi-Sab Red Blend. Ticket price: $83. To reserve your spot, go to: https://foxtrotco.com/events.

Uptown 2822 N McKinney Ave, Dallas, TX 75204 (972) 685-6499

University Park 6565 Hillcrest Ave, Dallas, TX 75205 (469) 759-6107

September 20th Wine Tasting at Pappas Bros Steakhouse

With a collection of 4,000 distinct wines in the Dallas cellar alone, Pappas Bros. Steakhouses are known nationwide for their extensive wine list. Master Sommelier Barbara Werley, one of the 262 Master Sommeliers worldwide and one of 26 Female Master Sommeliers in the Americas leads the wine program in Dallas. Pappas Bros. Steakhouses are the only restaurants in Texas where all locations (Dallas and both Houston restaurants) have received a Grand Award from Wine Spectator. They are also two-time semifinalists for the James Beard Award for an Outstanding Wine Program.

Pappas Bros Steakhouse has a super event that’s right around the corner — The California Zinfandel Wine Tasting on September 20th at 6PM.

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The Great Northwest Wine Tasting at Pappas Bros Feb 6th

Next Friday, February 6, Pappas Bros. will host “The Great Northwest Wine Tasting,” featuring 12 prominent wines from Oregon and Washington, allowing guests to experience some of the best varietals from the country’s Northwestern wine region. Master Sommelier, Barbara Werley, will guide wine through the vineyards of Oregon and Washington while the differences and unique notes in each varietal, for the ultimate wine tasting experience. Continue reading →

Taste Syrah From Around The World On Monday December 9th

by Andrew Chalk

Gusto, the organization that recently held a “Texas vs. The World – Roussanne” tasting in Dallas is back on December 9th with a “Texas vs. The World – Syrah” tasting at Times Ten Cellars. As I said in my report of the Roussanne tasting, these events are a fun way to learn about wine and come Crave Recommended. Details from the press release:

Lost Oak Winery will be the featured winery at the Texas vs. The World Syrah wine tasting on Monday, December 9 at Times Ten Cellars in Dallas. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | September 11, 2013 · 1:52 pm

Is Roussanne The Next Breakthrough Texas Grape?

by Andrew Chalk

I recently reported on a tasting of Texas wines made from the Rhône grape named Roussanne. Thirty four Dallas consumers blind-tasted 17 Roussanne wines (or blends) from major Roussanne growing regions (10 wines were from Texas) and when the results were in, Texas wines occupied four of the five top positions, including first.

That tasting, organized by a wine event group named Gusto, has been replicated closely by them in Houston and Austin. Here are the results for the top five wines out of 17 in each tasting. I have highlighted the Texas wines to draw attention to their rankings: Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | July 16, 2013 · 9:16 am

Texas Roussanne Wines Get Ranked

by Andrew Chalk

You may recall that Crave conducted MoAT1 (the Mother of All Tastings No. 1) just a month ago where we pitted 16 Texas wines from the Viognier grape against two known stars from California and a French example. Texas took the top six spots, confirming an improvement in quality that I have seen happening over several years. Now comes news that TXWineLover blog, one of the best blogs about Texas wine, has conducted a similarly comprehensive tasting, but this time of wines from the Roussanne grape from Texas. Roussanne is a good choice. It has also been steadily improving and is also a wine grape originating from the southern Rhône region of France. Continue reading →

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