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Report From TABC: Twisted Vine is Closed and Charges are About to be Filed

Posted on September 24th, 2009 4:35pm by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Closings, Food Crime, Restaurant News

In mid-July a reader wanted to know if anyone in Dishland had experienced problems with Twisted Vine, a wine tasting shop on Greenville and Walnut Hill. Comments and complaints about Twisted Vine started pouring in. Eventually I contacted the TABC to see if they were looking into the situation. They confirmed there was an investigation underway.

Last week, I spoke with Jeff Gladden, a Lieutenant in the Enforcement Division at the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. He said, thanks to SideDish, they have a growing list of victims to interview and Twisted Vine is now closed. A few minutes ago, I got an update on the situation from agent Robert Holloway. He reports that there are one or two more interviews to conduct in the investigation before they take the paperwork to the District Attorney. If you would like to speak with agent Holloway, send me an e-mail.

8 Comments to “Report From TABC: Twisted Vine is Closed and Charges are About to be Filed”

Twinwillow @ September 24th, 2009 at 4:49 pm

In Texas, you’d better not f**k with the TABC!
Jane @ September 24th, 2009 at 5:31 pm

or Nancy Nichols, for that matter.
Blog Hogess @ September 24th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

Wow. I have been following this story. Will these people go to jail or what?
CBS @ September 24th, 2009 at 6:10 pm

Just in case anyone else was foolish like me and ordered wine from these soon to be jailed folks, I am pleased to let you know that we had no issue reversing the charges with our credit card company after notifying them about Twisted Vine and their business practices (primarily selling wine and never delivering).

Look forward to my conversation with the folks at the TABC.
ms @ September 24th, 2009 at 7:23 pm

you might want to have the tweet sent out corrected, it listed twisted root not twisted vine.
Glenn Campbell @ September 24th, 2009 at 10:22 pm

Is this a gay wine bar?
Mark @ September 25th, 2009 at 9:29 am

I guess the TABC is good for something after all.
Kathie G. @ September 26th, 2009 at 10:02 am

I am so glad to see this place go. They gave out coupons at our church for wine tastings. How low can you go? Keep me posted on what else comes out of this. I would like to see these people behind jail bars. Not wine bars.

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Report From TABC: Twisted Vine is Closed and Charges are About to be Filed