Camaraderie, chef Shawn Gawle’s forthcoming restaurant in the Heights at 608 West 11th Street, has added two well-known professionals from Houston’s beverage world: bar manager Kristine Nguyen and wine director and general manager Gillian Malone. The restaurant is anticipated in “early 2025” — so perhaps mere weeks or months from now. Nguyen got her bartending start […]
On Thursday, November 7, the 2024 Iron Sommelier was chosen at The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston in front of over 600 hundred wine enthusiasts and generous donors. The annual sommelier competition and wine tasting event raised over $410,000 for the Periwinkle Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting children and teens challenged by […]
One of Houston’s most prestigious sommelier competitions is coming back for 2024. On Thursday, November 7 from 6 to 10 p.m., top wine professionals from around the city will compete in Iron Sommelier. Proceeds from the competition, and other activities such as a silent auction and wine pull, go to support The Periwinkle Foundation, an […]
There’s a new wine king in town. The annual Iron Sommelier competition was held last night in a split virtual-at-home and in-person format at both Hugo’s and Backstreet Cafe to reduce and socially distance the typically huge crowd — which in normal years gathers at The Houstonian. Iron Sommelier benefits The Periwinkle Foundation every year, pitting the […]
Longtime Houston sommelier David Keck has announced plans to move from Houston and return to his home state of Vermont. “After over a decade of living and working in the hospitality business in Houston, I have decided to relocate to my home state of Vermont,” said Keck via a press release. “I’m excited to get […]
