It’s spring – finally!!! The grass is growing, and the Grüner is flowing! Or at least it should be. The grassy, white peppery white wine from Austria is my spring go-to. Here are three good bottles to grab! fred loimer lois 2015 Freshly cut, yo! This is where you can really get a handle on …
When Quintessential wines asked me to partner with them for a post about Beaujolais Nouveau, it was a no brainer. After all, it’s fall, which means two things: I’m watching football and drinking light reds. So as I was watching the Cowboys-Vikings game last week and tasting the Beaujolais Nouveau that was just released, it occurred to …
IT’S FINALLY BACK!!! Let us re-commence the deviousness, the machinations, the goblets of wine, and the torturous moment every Sunday night when Game of Thrones ends, usually on a can-NOT-wait-a-week cliffhanger. So obsessed with this show and all the wine drinking they do, especially by the show’s biggest grapefriends, Tyrion and Cersei (the Lannisters clearly win …
Yum to the rum. Just got back from Negril, and when you’re in Jamaica that’s what you drink. My favorite rum cocktail was the Dirty Banana – super refreshing and you’ll never feel guilty if you have it very early in the morning because it’s basically a nutritious shake! So here’s the recipe for 2 cocktails: …
The grapefriend wine totes have arrived!!! They’re totes amazing (get it?), and not just because they hold wine. I lug a lot of wine around. A lot. To friends, to dinners, to events, away for the weekend. I was tired of trying to find bubble wrap or random pieces of cardboard (liquor store style) to stuff in …
Ok, this is the exact opposite of the Provençal ones you’ve likely been mainlining all summer. Bold and full-bodied, this Lagrein-based rosato is perfect for food, especially something like these grilled peaches wrapped in prosciutto (a summer happy hour favorite). Cool fact: it’s made in a Benedictine monastery in the Italian Alps! I LOVE the … Continue reading
For our inaugural 2017 #RoséoftheWeek, we explore a lesser-used rosé grape and we’re rewarded. Nero d’Avola is pretty common in Sicily, so it’s not surprising Planeta gives it lots of space here. Their bright, savory rosé (about $15) is 50% Syrah, 50% Nero d’Avola and 100% great with sushi. Continue reading
I love these Phenomenal Femmes wine dinners I go to a few times a year. Run by sommelier Marika Vida, she brings women winemakers and winery owners to Auden, the restaurant she works at in the Ritz, for them to walk us through their wines paired with a few different courses. Such a treat to … Continue reading
Obviously, I’m a huge fan of wine and a huge fan of football. So whenever I hear about yet another NFL-er grapefriend, I get very excited. Von Miller is my new cause for cheer, since he just gave every player in the AFC West a bottle of custom-made wine – that’s 289 bottles when you include practice squads … Continue reading
A few years ago I was living in Rome and ordered a glass of wine on the rooftop of a hotel near the Bocca della Verità. They brought me a white, and it was amazing – crisp, lemon peel, white stone minerality. I asked the waitress to bring me the bottle, and it was a Livio Felluga … Continue reading
We hear about a lot of breast cancer awareness campaigns in October, but this one is by far my favorite. For the second time, Mionetto has launched Pink Cork for the Cause, a campaign that supports breast cancer research and treatment. The fun part is that if you find one of the 125 pink corks in Mionetto Prestige … Continue reading
The Ryder Cup, which starts this Thursday, pits the top 12 golfers from the US against the top 12 in Europe. For this year’s official wine, Mouton Cadet partnered with golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. to design this year’s limited edition bottle. I like the parallel that the course architect makes between golf and wine: “A golf … Continue reading
One of my all-time favorite TV shows is Buffy, The Vampire Slayer. The writing was so clever, and it was also just a super entertaining show. If Buffy were still around, I bet she’d have a hefty glass of wine at the end of her rough vampire-ass-kicking day. And she’d possibly wear this tank top. … Continue reading
I’m always surprised when people don’t know that Oregon makes wine. And not only does it just make wine, it makes some of my favorite wine in the US. The Pinot Noirs are a balance between elegant, earthy Burgundies and heavily-fruity ones from Sonoma. But you also have delicious Pinot Noir-based rosés, lush and pear-flavored Pinot … Continue reading
Andrea Pirlo is a sick Italian soccer player who used to play for Milan but now plays for New York City. Honestly, I didn’t even know NYC was in a soccer league, but my ears do perk up when I hear about shoes that are inspired by wine. Pirlo and his family have a winery … Continue reading
