Wine

Recap: Austin Food & Wine Fest 2013

Top toques like Paul Qui (Uchi), Susan Feniger and Andrew Zimmern (Food Network), along with wine luminaries including Houston-born Ray…

Phil My Glass: Wine Education in the Galleria Area

When I heard that award-winning sommelier Vanessa Trevino Boyd had assembled a group of Houston’s most interesting and talented sommeliers…

Several Italian Lovers

It was this past Monday morning at 11:30 am, and I’m sitting in a room packed full of sommeliers, wine…

5 Nosy Questions for Antonio Gianola

This is the last in a series of wine-related articles that SideDish has been running as a companion to My…

5 Nosy Questions for Fred Jones

If you’ve been to The Pass & Provisions (807 Taft), you’ve probably seen Fred Jones. Or, perhaps not, as he…

Sips of Houston ~ A Wine Travel Series (part 4)

“It all started back in the 1990s with a group of my buddies tasting wines in Napa we created in…

Sips of Houston ~ A Wine Travel Series (part 3)

“I do miss the Southern accents, the Hill Country and Texas barbecue,” says native Houstonian James Stewart of Stewart Cellars,…

Everynight Wines

Much of the discussion about pairing wine and food centers on restaurant meals. But why not bring that luxury home?…

Sips of Houston ~ A Wine Travel Series (part 2)

Mesmerizing sunsets, mountain vistas and endless rolling vineyards, not to mention world-class food. No wonder Carol and Mike Hensley, owners…

Sips of Houston ~ A Wine Travel Series (part 1)

For the first installment of Robin Barr Sussman’s month-long SideDish series that acquaints us with Houstonians who live and work…