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DFW Wine Events: November 2026
November is here–and we’re craving some wine to wash down the turkey and dressing. Here’s our top picks for getting your drink on in North Texas this month. As usual, these DFW wine events are listed in chronological order and include links to purchase tickets from the organizers. We do our best to make sure…
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Champagne Barons de Rothschild: Bordeaux’s legacy meets Champagne’s future
Bordeaux and Champagne may be worlds apart in style, but they share a common toolkit: blending expertise, and the patient art of aging. These values were the inspiration behind Champagne Barons de Rothschild, founded in 2005 as a collaboration between all three branches of Bordeaux’s historic Rothschild family. Both regions treasure the specificity of their…
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First Glass: How to Taste, Talk About, and Buy Wine Like a Master Sommelier by Tim Gaiser MS (Review)
Master Sommelier Tim Gaiser’s new book, First Glass: How to Taste, Talk About, and Buy Wine Like a Master Sommelier was released on October 20, 2026. It’s available in paperback and digital formats. I’ve been looking forward to reading it since Gaiser announced the title at the TEXSOM Conference back in August 2026. Here’s my…
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DFW Wine Events: October 2026
Happy October! Fall is in the air…and I guess the Orin Swift folks are in town? There are three different Orin Swift events on our calendar this month–plus lots more wine tastings, classes, and dinners to choose from. As usual, these DFW wine events are listed in chronological order and include links to purchase tickets…
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Tasting the 2026 Costco holiday wine calendar: Wines #7-12
Welcome to another brutally honest review of the wines in the 2026 Costco Wine Advent-ure Calendar! In case you’re just joining us, we’re tasting all 24 wines in the Costco box. We’ve split them up into four batches of six. The least-bad wine in each grouping wins a prize: the honor of being paired with…
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Texas + Rioja: Spain’s finest wines come to Dallas
You could say that we’re separated by an ocean but united by a grape. Texans adore our smooth, spicy, food-loving Tempranillo wines, whether homegrown or imported from the historic wine-producing villages of Spain. That love was evident when Rioja came to town this week, bringing lots of their signature Tempranillo-based reds–plus a few delicious surprises!…
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Can regenerative wine scale? Ridgely Evers on AVIVO, Lodi, and the business of deliciousness
In early September, I sat down to chat with Ridgely Evers, founder and owner of DaVero Farms & Winery and co-founder of AVIVO Wines. Our conversation touched on climate-adaptive varieties, retail marketing, and the most important job of any bottle of wine. (Hint: It’s to taste good.) “I wrote software from 1967 until 2024–but for…
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TEXSOM 2026: The week, the work, and the wine!
TEXSOM 2026 has come and gone. Across seven days, I tasted wine, gabbed about wine, and learned more than I would have thought was possible. This was my second TEXSOM Conference–and although my assignments were more challenging this time around, I felt far more confident and more connected. Wine has been good to me this…
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DFW Wine Events: September 2026
Here’s our monthly wine event roundup just for you–our thirsty, thirsty North Texas wine pals! From wine dinners to educational classes, here’s what to eat and drink as we wait for fall. As always at The Wine Fairy, we’ve done our best to make this info current and correct. Still, we always recommend that you double-check…
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Let’s unbox the 2026 Costco holiday wine calendar!
Today we snagged the 2026 Costco Wine Advent-ure Calendar! For the third year in a row, we’ll be tearing apart that bright blue cardboard and digging into a selection of international wines from the warehouse giant. Reviews posted so far: Wines #1-6: First-round reviews! Wines #7-12: Second-round reviews! Wines #13-18: Third-round reviews! Read on to…
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Review: Alma das Donas “Almalarga” Ribeira Sacra Godello (2024)
I had tasted at least 70 wines that afternoon, and I couldn’t stop thinking about this one: a stealthily excellent Godello from Galicia. Long tastings are demanding. Your mouth gets tired, your notes get scribbly, your memory gets fuzzy. Some gentler wine styles get drowned out as your palate is bombarded with oak and tannins.…
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Be a wine judge for the day at the 40th Annual GrapeFest!
The quality and variety of Texas wine is expanding so quickly that keeping up with it can be quite a task. A delicious task–but daunting nonetheless. Fortunately, whether you’re a bona fide Texas wine superfan or a newcomer, you can taste wines from across the state without leaving the DFW area. The 40th Annual GrapeFest®…