San Antonio finds itself at the center of the sporting universe this weekend, hosting both The Final Four and The Valero Texas Open. We know a lot of alcohol will be consumed but “steer” yourself to our selections if you care about wine.

I wouldn’t have necessarily guessed but turns out Houston has the best restaurant wine scene of anyplace in the entire South. But it’s Texas after all, so first you gotta wade through the herd of national and regional steakhouse chains.

You can paint the town red, white, and rose at the Valspar with these recommendations.

The 17th gets all the love on the golf course, but the 19th at Sawgrass is pretty, pretty good as well…

Wine is not the first thing that springs to mind when considering a trip to Orlando. A recent article I read suggested it’s the home of “fighting varietals:” inexpensive wines prominently labeled cab or chardonnay. Our own research came to a similar conclusion.

With a few exceptions, the big name restaurants in the Palm Beach area tend not to post their wine lists online. The glittering exception is La Sirena, so kudos to them…

Awesome wine options, traffic permitting. That’s why we call it Drive For Bor(beaux)…

After writing about wine lists in 40+ cities near PGA Tour stops, I’ve stumbled into Wine Nirvana, namely the compact area between Carmel and Monterey.

It feels somewhat sacrilegious to be writing about wine at the WM Phoenix Open, the PGA Tour’s homage to Oktoberfest. After all, I never see anyone showering the pros on 16 with pinot grigio.

San Diego is a fabulous destination for wine as is the case with just about everything else you can do there. Within a half-hour of Torrey Pines, not accounting for any tournament-related traffic, you have an overload of great-sounding options.

A champion has emerged from the desert sands. Read on to find out which Palm Springs restaurant hoists the (wine) cup.

Let the games begin. The first tournament of 2026 in Oahu has a strong wine scene, at least on the high end, and in our context gives new meaning to the term surf and turf.

Our review of the wine scene in the so-called Golden Isles has been immeasurably enhanced through conversations with three accomplished local sommeliers. Sneak peak for golfers: Sea Island Resort (above) still rules.

We had low expectations for a tour stop in Ivins, UT. We weren't disappointed.

If going to Jackson is good enough for Johnny Cash, it’s good enough for us. And judging from the restaurants in Jackson we surveyed, not going would be a mistake.

After spilling all that emotion on the Ryder Cup, we’re craving something we can spill into a wine glass. No way your humble servant can effectively canvas the entirety of NYC , but we’ know who can…

As noted elsewhere in these pages, California cab is the American golfer’s wine of choice. So when the Tour visits Napa, you better believe there’s great golf-appropriate wine everywhere you turn.

It’s fitting for our mission that the culmination of the PGA Tour and FedEx Cup seasons happens in Atlanta.

No need to be crabby about the wine scene in Baltimore. We found some terrific options downtown.

I have one word for you regarding the wine scene in Memphis…corkage.