Luxury Real Estate CEO Robbie Briggs, on the new luxury of living with great food and wine By Rob Brinkley By Rob Brinkley 4 Days Ago 0 Comments Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of November 19, 2021. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE Let’s face it: Food and wine are sexy. Today, chefs are the rock stars of their generations. Here in North Texas, pros such as Tiffany Derry, Tim Love and Junior Borges — and icons Stephan Pyles, Kent Rathbun and Dean Fearing — command every bit as much national attention as local celebrities Angie Harmon, Mark Cuban and Owen Wilson. The superstar chefs across Dallas and Fort Worth have made the region a real destination for great food. We certainly have the homes for it. In houses with chef-grade kitchens and amazing wine rooms, North Texans are showing their love of food and wine. So many of the homes we represent have jaw-dropper kitchens, with multiple ovens, multiple stoves and specialty appliances for gourmet exploration. Wine rooms are the new must-haves, too, from rustic ones with stone and wood to glassy ones with contemporary art and sleek wine racks. I want to bring your attention to just three of our current listings made for mouthwatering food and drink. 4618 Cherokee Trail in Dallas: This stunner feels like a Mediterranean villa in Santa Barbara, and it has a subterranean wine room straight out of a magazine: arched brick ceiling; Old World chandelier; and custom racks for 2,000 bottles. HALL Arts Residences: Every home in this exquisite high-rise in downtown Dallas has access to the building’s wine-focused features: private bottle lockers for each residence; a cork-walled dining room with wood-slab table; and a more intimate glass-walled tasting room with a marble-topped table. Dolce Vita Ranch in Weatherford: On 130 acres, the Italianate ranch house here has a stone-lined stairway down to a large underground wine cellar with its own climate controls, beamed wood ceiling, shelves for 3,700 bottles and space for a big tasting table in the middle. It’s a gourmand’s place, this North Texas. Come explore our listings with unbelievable kitchens and wonderful wine rooms, all at briggsfreeman.com. They represent the new luxury of living with great food and drink. It’s a delicious notion, isn’t it? Robbie Briggs CEO Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty rbriggs@briggsfreeman.com PHOTOGRAPH AT TOP OF STORY: The glass-walled tasting room at HALL Arts Residences, on the high-rise’s luxurious, 17,000-square-foot amenity level TAGS Chef KitchenFeaturedFood SHARE THIS POST The Big Shift: Why Make the Move from California to Texas? PREVIOUS ARTICLE YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Luxury Real Estate The Big Shift: Why Make the Move from California to Texas? Rob Brinkley 5 Days Ago READ MORE How to stage your house for sale (And why you absolutely should) READ MORE The Winter Wonderlands READ MORE B — THE BLOG Life inside the #1 luxury brokerage in Texas: Amazing properties, influential people, a lot of fun LUXURY REAL ESTATE Luxury Real Estate CEO Robbie Briggs, on the new luxury of living with great food and wine Luxury Real Estate The Big Shift: Why Make the Move from California to Texas? ART & DESIGN Art & Design Lake Luxe: How to make a lake house more modern Art & Design Trending: Brighter, Bolder Subway Tiles PEOPLE & PLACES Luxury Real Estate The Big Shift: Why Make the Move from California to Texas? Luxury Real Estate The 9 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying Land in Texas TOOLS & TECH Luxury Real Estate Breaking news: North Texas’ #1 luxury brokerage just upped the virtual reality ante Tools & Tech Must-have: The world’s finest augmented-reality home-staging app BUSINESS Business Agent Expertise 101: What Is a CMA? And Why Do You Need One? Business Fort Worth Real Estate: Where It Is and Where It’s Going Copyright Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty