If you’re not following grapefriend on Twitter, you may have missed these juicy grapes:
I was interviewed by Bon Appetit about one of my favorite grapefriendy posts – the Mad Men wine count! Screw Don and his Old Fashioneds – we got grapes! We also played a fun game matching the characters to different types of grapes (thought Betty was probably the easiest). So up my alley.
Went to an excellent wine tasting at Le Bernardin where we got to taste 6 wines from Gaja, one of Italy’s most renowned producers. They have vineyards in Piedmont, Montalcino and Bolgheri, and make some pretty phenomenal wines. I loved the Barbaresco and the Rennina (all Sangiovese – rare that I love it!) the most. The Rennina’s anywhere from $100-150 depending on the vintage, and the Barberesco’s closer to $200. You know, just my usual Monday night bottle…
Thought this was pretty interesting: the legal blood alcohol level is higher in the US than most countries. Just one more reason why I dislike high-alcohol wines and am psyched that I live in NYC.
Did a great tasting of rosés from the Lodi region of California (southwest of Napa and Sonoma) – really good. Check back next month when I do Rosé Week to see which were my favorites. And also doing a Top 10 for Cosmo, so you’ll have plenty of pink to try in the upcoming summery weeks!
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Congrats on the interview!
Thank you so much!
I believe I actually did the same Gaja tasting. The daughter, Gaia Gaja(if I’m spelling her name correctly) came to our restaurant. Gotta love doing a Gaja vertical 🙂
Seriously! So good. And she’s just awesome and lovely.
That she is!
Awesome Gaja tasting (way to go that you went!) and congrats on the interview! 🙂
Thanks, Stefano! Was my first time tasting Gaja, pretty cool…
Way to go with the interview! I started watching the show Scandal and totally thought of you because when they drink it’s always wine and I was curious how many appearances it made!
I was clued in that Olivia was a grapefriend too late. I don’t watch Scandal but did a post on it a few weeks ago about one of her wine scenes (she was drinking Bordeaux)!
Awesome! I will have to go back and check that out! I figured someone had clued you in on the Scandal/wine connection already, but I just thought it was funny that I thought of you when I realized how often they drank it on the show.
Hmmm, somehow I missed my Gaja tasting invitation… Congrats on the interview!
ha – and thank you, it was very fun to do too!
what a fun interview. I completely agree with Betty being a Reisling!! I will totally start thinking of people in terms of wine now!
She’s all acid! Cheers 🙂
Do you happen to know where a lady may purchase those cute disposable wine tasting placemats?
I don’t, sorry!
Congratulations on the interview! That’s really pretty cool! I love wine. Love everything about it. Thanks for stopping by my blog on Wine Wednesday, btw. I’m trying to make that more of a recurring event so there will definitely be more. 🙂
Love this…Congratulations on the interview! And thanks for stopping by…I will be sure to be back on regular basis…love your information!
thank you – cheers!
You’re welcome and cheers right back!