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Wine News

Award-winning winery opens charming tasting room in downtown McKinney

Teresa Gubbins
Feb 24, 2021 | 4:02 pm
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It'll be the third tasting room in McKinney's downtown square.
Photo courtesy of 4R Ranch

There's wine being poured in McKinney, via a new tasting room open in the Historic Square downtown.

4R Ranch Vineyards & Winery, the award-winning winery from Nicole and Walt Roper based in Muenster, has opened a Tasting Room at 110 E. Louisiana St., in a former hair and nail salon, where it hopes to introduce its wines to a new audience.

This is the winery's second tasting room; the original is on their property in Muenster, which also includes estate Viognier and Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards, the Vineyard Flea Boutique, and multiple venues available for weddings and special events.

A new 7-acre vineyard was planted in April 2020 to expand the estate varietal offering including Tempranillo, Syrah, Grenache, Roussanne, Trebbiano, and Albarino.

The McKinney outlet will serve 4R Ranch's dry reds and whites, sweet, bubbles, and dessert wines, including its award-winning Portejas, either by the tasting, glass, or by the bottle. Their newest releases, Zinfandel 2018 and Petit Verdot, will be available for $26 per bottle.

They'll also offer a small, seasonal menu of snacks to pair with their wines.

Wine retail veteran Jayme Greeson will be manager. She has more than 15 years of customer service experience in the wine industry, including stints at John Anthony Wine and Spirits, Constellation Brands and Rutherford Hill Winery in California. She also brings expertise in social media and special events, which the Tasting Room plans to host throughout the year.

The 3,500-square-foot space has a modern rustic aesthetic, with graphics of 4R Ranch's winery, vineyards, and landscape. They'll display artwork and wine competition awards, as well as a selection of retail items from Nicole's Muenster shop, The Vineyard Flea. An adjacent event space will be unveiled this spring.

Walt says in a release that they've welcomed many a visitor from McKinney and the surrounding areas of Plano, Frisco, Celina, and North Dallas at their Muenster headquarters. They're also big fans of McKinney's downtown. Walt calls the Historic Square "one of the most charming and unique, locally-focused communities we have experienced."

They like the synchronicity of joining two other Texas wineries, Landon Winery and Lone Star Wine Cellars, also located on the square, along with all the shops and restaurants.

"It is an engaging community of individuals, local retailers, restaurants and services," Nicole says. "Everyone in the community has been so welcoming, and we are delighted to be here!"

They'll be open Wednesday-Thursday, 12-8 pm, Friday-Saturday, 12-9 pm, and Sunday, 12-6 pm, following strict COVID-19 protocols, including limited county-mandated capacity, seating for parties of six or less, and mandatory masks if not seated.

4R Ranch Vineyards & Winery recently received three silver medals at the 2020 Lone Star International Wine Competition for its Cabernet 2018, Trebbiano 2019, and Viognier 2019. A bronze medal was awarded for their unique Blackberry Red Blend. Another silver medal was awarded at the 2020 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition for its port-style wine, NV Portejas Texas, while in 2019, 4R received the competition's Sweepstakes Award/ Double Gold for its Nectar Nero dessert wine, the only Texas winery in the history of the competition to take home a Sweepstakes award. Since January 1, 2017, 4R has won a total of 45 medals and awards.

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Fair Everywhere

Dallas restaurants get into State Fair spirit with fun and funky fare

Christina Hughes Babb
Sep 25, 2026 | 5:13 pm
Big Tex burger from Rodeo Goat
Photo is courtesy of Rodeo Goat.
Rodeo Goat's Big Tex Burger is one of of myriad State Fair-style plates found around town in October.

The State Fair of Texas this year introduced the Butter-Dipped Toffee Crunch Nutty Bar, Deep Fried Bourbon Banana Bread, and nearly 40 other wild foods, and plenty of its 2 million-plus visitors will gleefully gobble them up.

Inspired by the annual extravaganza, which runs September 25-October 18, restaurants across Dallas are getting in on the action, offering their own State Fair-themed dishes and specials, from Frito Chili Soufflé and Hot Cheeto elote to funnel cake fries and deep fried churros.

Check out these Dallas restaurants offering State Fair-inspired specials, all of which are available during the run of the fair:

Crown Block
The two-time Michelin recommended restaurant atop Reunion Tower is celebrating The State Fair with a seasonal menu featuring Elote Wagyu Dogs — that’s an ultra-tender beef hot dog fried in Fletcher’s signature batter beneath firm cotija cheese, corn, and cilantro. Crown Block State Fair specials also include the sweet Crown Fair, a dessert made from cotton candy, cinnamon churros, caramel sauce, and deep-fried Oreos topped with powdered sugar, and chocolate sauce. The Cotton Candy Cowboy craft cocktail features Texas whiskey, blackberry, citrus, and, obviously, cotton candy, which you can sip on some 560 feet above the fair, which is about four miles southeast of the dining room.

Lochland's Irish Pub
Irish pub in northeast Dallas is going all out with a list of fair-inspired fare that includes Shepherd’s Balls — Lochland’s signature shepherd's pie rolled into balls and fried — plus foot-long corn dogs, smoked turkey legs, breakfast dogs (breakfast sausage dipped in pancake batter), funnel cake fries, and deep fried churros.

Rodeo Goat
The Texas-born burger chain is bringing back its oversized BIG TEX Burger throughout the fair, featuring an all-beef patty topped with a chicken-fried mashed potato cake, crispy bacon, a fried onion ring, and chorizo gravy for $13.99. It’s going head-to-head with the Honey Bacon Blue burger, an all-beef patty stuffed with blue cheese butter and topped with honey bacon bits, fried kale, and curry mayo. There’s also a seasonal Pumpkin Spice Goat Balls dessert: deep-fried, cheesecake-filled bites coated in pumpkin spice and served with mascarpone dip. Rodeo Goat has 10 locations across Dallas-Fort Worth.

Lucky’s
As one of Oak Lawn's longest-lasting diners, Lucky’s tips its cowboy hat to the Big Tex Award winners of the world, but claims a closer kinship to enduring classics. And the State Fair’s arguably most enduring classic has to be the Corny Dog. Thus the restaurant will offer two State Fair Corn Dogs with fries for $10.99, along with Funnel Cake Ale from Community Brewing for $5.50. Specials run throughout the fair days.

Maple Leaf Diner
North Dallas’ Canadian-themed diner is leaning into the fried-food spirit with a lineup of State Fair-inspired specials. Options include a Buffalo fried cheese curd five-cheese grilled cheese, fried pickles, fried Oreos, and the Carnival Burger — a beef burger topped with a fried block of cheddar and a corn dog skewer. Cotton Candy Mimosa, Churros and Cream Soda, and the returning Maple Bacon Iced Latte round out the cocktail and beverage menu.

Rise No. 1
Of course it's a soufflé. Anything else would be silly here at Dallas’ favorite French restaurant. And Rise's Frito Chili Soufflé is serious, with Texas chili, crunchy Fritos, cheddar, and fresh toppings baked into Rise’s signature airy soufflé. Viva this France and Texas collab. The seasonal special is a returning fair-time favorite.

Flying Fish
This North Texas seafood staple's State Fair-inspired specials include Grits-on-a-Stick and Gumbo — grits deep-fried on skewers and served with seafood gumbo — plus fried alligator nuggets with Papous Comeback Sauce and a Nashville Hot Catfish Sandwich topped with sweet-heat sauce, coleslaw, and pickles.

Bluebonnet and Thyme
After her Wagyu Bacon Cheeseburger Deviled Egg Sliders won Most Creative at last year's State Fair of Texas Big Tex Awards, Chef Kendall Williams opened her own Victory Park restaurant. The award-winning dish is on the menu along with charcuterie nachos, Cajun cream pastas, and more crave-worthy, if heartburn-inducing, dishes. The restaurant, which only opened in August, is in the former Dirty Bones space across from American Airlines Center.

The Stix Icehouse
The sprawling indoor-outdoor entertainment venue in McKinney tends to go Big in the name of Tex, turning its 14-acre property into a mini State Fair, September 25-October 18. Festivities include live entertainment, family activities, and a full menu of fair-inspired food — deep-fried footlong corny dog with queso and BBQ sauce, Frito pie, Hot Cheeto elote, a mac stack burger topped with a fried mac-and-cheese ball, deep-fried Oreos, and funnel cake fries with chocolate and caramel syrup. Bartenders will serve Texas cherry limeade, a cotton candy margarita, and a zero-proof cotton candy lemonade. The month-long celebration culminates October 18 with the fifth annual Good Ol’ Days Fest, featuring pony rides, a petting zoo, pumpkin patch, vendor market, field-day games, and a celebrity dunk tank for a cause.

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