by Andrew Chalk (reprinted due to lack of popular demand from 2015, when it appeared in Cocktails and Joints (RIP)) Just back from a trip...

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by Andrew Chalk Houston, TX, USA: Thursday November 21st (Beaujolais Nouveau Release Day) Q: How has the 2019 growing season been? Franck...

by Andrew Chalk Last Thursday was 2019 Beaujolais Nouveau Release Day. The first day that 2019 Beaujolais Nouveau, the quickly vinified...

From news wires… November marks the highly-anticipated release of the season’s “first wine of the harvest” -- Georges Duboeuf 2019...

by Andrew Chalk Flavored water seems to be everywhere. Now O.Vine has come out with wine flavored water. It is non-alcoholic and...

by Andrew Chalk Tired of all the work to make Thanksgiving dinner? Look no further than Big Al’s Smokehouse BBQ, the feisty, independent,...

by Andrew Chalk Appearance: Glorious orange sunset color with tiny bubbles; Nose: Bread, brioche, rose flowers, strawberries; Palate:...

by Andrew Chalk The Symington family created this wine from grapes usually used in Dow port. The blend is 50% Touriga Franca, 20% Touriga...

by Andrew Chalk Appearance: Light straw Nose: Light nose of forest floor; Palate: Yellow apples, cantaloupe, white peach. Bracing...

by Andrew Chalk Appearance: light straw; Nose: Yeasty, lime; Palate: Yeasty, cornmeal; Delicious fruity Prosecco at its best....

by Andrew Chalk Appearance: Light straw, bright; Nose: Lemon, spices, lychee; Palate: Medium plus acid, notable phenolics, green apples,...

by Andrew Chalk Appearance: Color intensity light (translucent at core). Color: Garnet core to swatery rim. Nose: Oak, briary notes,...

by Andrew Chalk Appearance: Ruby. Totally opaque. Nose: Earthy, savory, ripe fruit raspberries, blackberries, spices. Still youthful in...

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by Andrew Chalk This wine has a straw color. A reclusive nose of lemon, mandarin orange peel, and acacia. On the palate the fruits,...

by Andrew Chalk Jia - Modern Chinese opens this weekend in Preston Center. It is described as “upscale food, upscale service, and...

by Andrew Chalk I have visited Lubbock over a dozen times over the course of the last decade, knowing it mainly as the center of the...

by Andrew Chalk Every year attendees at Dallas Fort Worth's Chefs for Farmers meet a lot of chefs. But who are the farmers behind the...

by Andrew Chalk Appearance: Ruby with an almost opaque core and translucent meniscus. Nose: Spicy, tomato leaf, red fruit, forest floor,...

Michael Beazley/Octopus Publishing, October 1st 2019. ($65 hardcover/$45 iPad) An Idea Whose Time Has Passed by Andrew Chalk When Hugh...

by Andrew Chalk Last May Dallas Italophiles were positively salivating at the news that Italian marketplace Eataly was coming to Dallas...

by Andrew Chalk Appearance: Brick red. Translucent core. Nose: Earthy, forest floor, thyme, black pepper. Palate: Soft but juicy tannins....