Grapevine - Colleyville - Southlake | June 2025

Dining

BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH

Wine Fusion oers 250 wines, unique dishes Wine Fusion Winery opened 10 years ago and had just ve wines made from a winery in West Texas, owner and founder Nicholas Kaufman said. Since then, the business has grown to oer more than 250 wines and now has a full service kitchen on Main Street in Grapevine. “It’s been a fun, interesting ride the last 10 years but we’ve continued to grow, change and evolve with the times. That’s probably one of the things that has led to us still being open,” Kaufman said. What’s on the menu Alongside its large wine selection, Wine Fusion has a bar that includes a full spirit selection and 25 dierent beer options, Kaufman said. The kitchen serves sea bass on a bed of parmesan chorizo risotto with herbs, spices and spinach leaves, topped with a melted, house-made brie cream cheese reduction. Other dishes include red wine-braised short ribs served over mashed potatoes, half-pound Angus beef burgers topped with a garlic aioli sauce, grilled chicken ancho chile pasta and sh and chips. “Our menu is pretty diverse in that I have picked every item on this menu to try to appease a wide range of people,” Kaufman said. Wine Fusion also has blending classes every weekend to teach wine lovers how to make red or white wine blends. Participants learn tips on blending techniques and then leave the class with a bottle of their custom blend. “It started o where we would make good wines and then I really loved educating people about wine,” Kaufman said. The backstory Kaufman opened Wine Fusion in 2015, just in time for the Grapefest festival in downtown Grapevine. The business participated in the event and oered ve wines straight from the barrels. “We actually weren’t even nished with build out,” Kaufman said. “We’d only been [at the location] for two weeks.” Kaufman had to shut down Wine Fusion during the COVID-19 pandemic because he only had a wine tasting room permit at the time. This led to Wine Fusion adding a full kitchen in 2020 while the business was closed for six months. “I thought if we can change our permit to a restaurant with a mixed-beverage use, that will allow us to reopen and also expand the variety of drinks and food that we oer,” Kaufman said.

Wine Fusion oers a full menu that includes the sea bass dish, which comes with parmesan chorizo risotto.

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Owner and founder Nicholas Kaufman opened Wine Fusion in 2015 and added a kitchen in 2020.

Wine Fusion has the event space to host wedding receptions, corporate events and large parties.

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What else? Wine Fusion can host private events for wedding receptions, corporate events and holiday parties, Kaufman said. In addition, the restaurant and winery does char- ity work, including co-hosting the Mrs. Roper Pub Crawl with the Tom and Susan Durant Foundation, which raised over $10,000 for local charities earlier this year, Kaufman said. He added Wine Fusion also provided bar service for the Great Taste of Grapevine, hosted Winos & Dinos with Grapevine’s Park and Recreation depart- ment and donated auction items to raise money for local nonprots.

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603 S. Main St., Ste. 304 Grapevine www.winefusionwinery.com

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