Change It Up

Shake up your fitness routine in May with these Dallas-Fort Worth classes

It's an outdoor dance cardio party at McKinney & Olive.

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Have summer fitness goals? Now's the time to start working on them. If you've been looking to shake up your wellness routine, consider trying out a new class, location, or form of exercise entirely.

Pop in for a quick stretch at StretchLab, newly opened at both Mockingbird Station and Waterside, then head to one of these Dallas-Fort Worth classes to shake things up.

D1 Training Mesquite grand opening, May 7
This group fitness concept utilizes the five core tenets of athletic-based training, employing a sports science-backed training regimen led by certified trainers to help people of all ages achieve their sport and fitness goals. The new location in at 1220 North Town East Blvd., suite 660.

SomaRasa Six-Week Series, May 9-June 20
Open and expand your energy channels using a variety of yoga techniques and practices. Through asana, pranayama, chi-gong, sound healing, bio-energetics, and somatic movement, you will discover ways to attend to and direct the flow of prana for self-healing and healing of others. Open to all levels, and held in-person at the Lovers Bar Method studio location in Inwood Village.

Hit the Turf, May 10 & 24
Fitness Ambassadors leads this combo of athletic training, poundfit, and dance cardio on the Omni Dallas Hotel's Pegasus Lawn, where a 45-minute class also comes with swag from the event's partners.

Family yoga, drum circle, and picnic, May 14
Nanda Yoga is joininh with Kenny Kolter from Earth Gong for a fun and interactive day that includes a family yoga class, a drum circle, and then relaxing with a picnic. Cost is $35 per family.

Hyatt Regency Frisco-Dallas Wellness Series, May 15
April Kyle, founder of Pose Dallas — a dual-concept yoga studio and blow-dry bar hair salon that's coming soon — takes over the yoga flow from 10-11 am followed by cabana pop-ups hosted by The B-12 Store and Stonebriar Centre’s Athleta location. Purchases at both the event and in-store for those attending will be 20 percent off.

Zumba at McKinney & Olive, May 19
Get ready for an outdoor dance cardio party taught by popular Dallas instructor and Social Joy founder Martha Palacios. The free class starts at 6 pm.

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Wine List

Acclaimed Hill Country winery pours onto list of the world's 100 best for 2022

Courtesy of William Chris Vineyards

The winery near Fredericksburg was the only Texas winery to make the list, and one of only 7 in the U.S.

A Texas winery just landed on one of the most exclusive wine lists of them all. At an event held in Argentina's wine capital, Mendoza, the World’s Best Vineyards organization revealed this year’s top wine destinations for 2022. Texas' own William Chris Vineyards came in at No. 56, the only Texas vineyard on the list and one of only seven wineries from the U.S.

Founded in 2008 by Chris Brundrett and Bill Blackmon in Hye, Texas, the vineyard started out in the historic 1905 Dieke Farmhouse and has been rapidly expanding ever since. Now, the company partners with local farms to source the highest quality Texas fruit, utilizing a hands-off, low-intervention approach to allow the fruit's characteristics to shine through in the final product.

“It is such an honor to be included on the prestigious list of World’s Best Vineyards, especially as the first and only Texas winery,” said Brundrett in a release. “We’ve worked tirelessly to show the world that Texas has a place among the great wine destinations of the world, and we see this as a victory not just for William Chris Vineyards, but for the Texas wine industry as a whole. We’re excited to celebrate this with our partners and peers.”

Released annually, the World’s Best Vineyards list highlights the top must-visit vineyards globally, aiming to promote wine tourism around the world. 500 leading wine experts, sommeliers, and travel experts comprise the group's voting academy, submitting their nominations based on a wide range of criteria — from quality of overall experience to cuisine, value for money, and more. Submissions are voted on, and the collated results become the coveted World’s Best Vineyards list.

For a full list of 2022 winners, visit worldsbestvineyards.com.

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