DFW Wine & Brew Trail

Long before craft brewing arrived, North Texas was quietly growing grapes — Grapevine took its name from the wild mustang vines that once tangled along its prairie creeks. This trail strings together the metroplex's open public tasting rooms into one long, loose loop, beginning in Grapevine's historic district, swinging west into Fort Worth's brewing district near the stockyards and Near Southside, crossing to Dallas's Design District taprooms, and finishing on the McKinney square where a downtown cellar pours Texas wine beneath a century-old storefront. Treat the distances as real: this is a true metroplex crawl, not a walkable strip, and the only safe way to drink it is with a designated driver, a rideshare, or several days. Tasting rooms keep their own hours and some close seasonally, so call ahead. What ties the stops together is a simple idea — that the same flat, sun-baked land that grew cotton now grows hops, grapes, and a genuine local drinking culture.