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  • DFW Wine Events: October 2026

    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

    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

    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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  • Merlot Thursday: Oyster Bay Hawkes Bay Merlot (2024)

    Merlot Thursday: Oyster Bay Hawkes Bay Merlot (2024)

    New Zealand’s Oyster Bay is best known for their juggernaut of a Sauvignon Blanc, so it may surprise some readers that they also make a Merlot. Opening this bottle feels a bit like ordering the burger at a seafood restaurant. A coin toss. It’s either going to be, “Wow–that’s the best burger I’ve ever tasted!”…

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  • Review: Louis Jadot Mâcon-Villages Chardonnay (2024)

    Review: Louis Jadot Mâcon-Villages Chardonnay (2024)

    When serving wine, I get requests for “unoaked Chardonnay, please” about as often as a pub musician gets requests for “Tennessee Whiskey.” The backlash against buttery oak bombs is still going strong. Lucky for all of us, there are some woodless wonders coming out of Burgundy, including bright, minerally Chardonnays from the Mâconnais. This bottle…

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