grape: Tempranillo producer: Bodegas Frontaura, Dominio de Valdecasa country: Spain region: Toro – a badass region where grapes get concentrated from the intense heat and Tempranillo’s called “Tinta de Toro” year: 2006 price: $22 yum factors: blackberry/raspberry along with some tobacco, leather and cocoa all mixing up into a rich, deep wine with good tannins … Continue reading
As Breaking Dawn passes the $200 million mark in its second week, there really isn’t any other movie that merits celebrating more. But what wine to toast with??? Here are a few points we should consider: red, not white While filming in Baton Rouge, R Pats and K Stew often went to a local wine … Continue reading
Beni di Batasiolo Barolo 2006 while the veal ragu simmers! Yummy black cherry and tobacco. Continue reading
Mila Kunis is on the cover of the latest GQ, and in the accompanying story she tries to make the cold-ridden writer better with a homemade remedy: Kunis starts making us hot tea when she gets a better idea. “Let’s get some Cabernet going,” she says. “It’ll make you feel better and it will make … Continue reading
As we contemplate what we’re all thankful for on this Thanksgiving, I think it’ll come as no surprise that grapefriend is thankful for wine! Here are a few I’ve been most thankful for sipping this year. chateauneuf du pape – a little bit of everything, a lot of amazing What I love about the CdP … Continue reading
On the day before Thanksgiving, it’s time to get our study on! Back in the day, Europeans thought that the New World would be a perfect place to make wine. It was not. Colonists tried to make wine out of native grapes like Concord, Catawba and Delaware which are from a different kind of vine … Continue reading
I’ve noticed something very weird. I’m sure you’ve noticed it too. Namely, why everyone on Bravo brings wine to other people’s houses but NEVER IN A BAG! exhibit #1 I first observed this odd phenom on Rachel Zoe, when Joey brought Dom to Rachel’s huge new house. It was held up quite nicely for the … Continue reading
I really wasn’t going to do straight-up wine pairing suggestions for Thanksgiving. But I’ve been reading a lot of these other articles and there are some…”interesting” suggestions flying around, so I realized you may want a grapefriend in your time of need. Also, my mom sent me an email saying I should do it. So … Continue reading
So Gaga’s new single “Marry the Night” just hit #1, inspiring her to tweet in the early hours yesterday morning: “#DrunkyGaga in my hotel room with wine in a gown dancing to Born This Way. #Don’tJudgeMe” She immediately changed it to: “REVISION: #DrunkyGaga ALONE in hotel room with wine in gown dancing to Born This … Continue reading
Today’s the third Thursday of November, and that means you’ve probably seen or heard “Le Beaujolias Nouveau est arrivée!” When I was younger these two guys I went to college with used to throw a Beaujolais Nouveau party every year in their little apartment, and it was always fun but I can’t say I remember … Continue reading
