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 »
