It makes sense that Marie is my new hero, since she gave birth to Megan, the Official Mad Men Grapefriend. She may have just usurped the title though. First, we get both mom and daughter having Jadot Beaujolais Blanc at dinner. About 99% of Beaujolais is red and made from Gamay grapes, but the Blanc … Continue reading »
So after I did the post about Jennifer Lawrence drinking BV Cab in Hawaii, she found out about it and started tagging me in pics when she was drinking wine. With a total of four tags, she’s our March Grapefriend of the Month! We all now how big of a grapefriend she is, so this … Continue reading »
If you’re not following grapefriend on Twitter, you may have missed these great grapey gems this week! No seriously, these people sell an abalone Grenache Blanc for $25: It’s not the abalone farm I went to but obsessed that they have their own wine: Chateau d’Abalone! @giovannisfish giovannisfishmarket.com/fish/Chateau-d… — grapefriend (@grapefriend) March 22, 2013 My Glossi … Continue reading »
Domaine Vissoux, Beaujolais – great summer red. Ignore the ice cube – it’s hot, yo, and the wine was outside temp! Don’t leave Wardy Loo! Continue reading »
Are you kidding me? Jeez, the things you find out about people. Steve Carell is hilarious and makes a ton of coin acting now, but he recently told Parade that he used to be a wine telemarketer! “Talking people into buying wine on the phone is not an easy job to begin with” he said, … Continue reading »
grape: Gamay producer: Clos de la Roilette country: France region: Fleurie, in Beaujolais year: 2010 price: $18 yum factors: Big fan of good Beaujolais – a good light and fruity red option for summer. I also love the appellation Fleurie there as you might remember, so when the guy at Anfora suggested I try it I was in. But when I took my … Continue reading »
I thought we were on a major grape swing after last week’s whopping 9 glasses of wine. But next week never knows what will happen, and at the 45 minute mark we were still totally wine-less. But leave it to Francophile Megan to save the day! Really coming around on her. She was cooking some … Continue reading »
I love a good egg hunt, but I don’t like hunting for good wine and I know you don’t either. So here’s grapefriend’s handy guide to what to drink with some traditional Easter foods. honey spiral ham This is probably the biggest Easter staple. And with a honey-baked one the sweetness mixes so yummily with … Continue reading »
