So this seriously cracked me up. There’s this Chilean wine called Chilensis, which means Chilean Spanish. The language has its colloquialisms, and this winery makes Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Carménère, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah from all different regions in Chile. But when they brought the wine to the Chinese market, the word Chilensis loosely translates to “f*cking … Continue reading
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happy savennieres happy hour!
m.i.a. – i give the finger to your wine choices
Smoking Gun is becoming a real source of grapefriendy goodness. They’ve unearthed the wine riders for Adele and Lady Gaga, and now they’ve published the rider for Football Finger, aka M.I.A. After a laundry list of booze that includes Patron, Ketel One and Absynthe (huh?), she finally gets to the wine: “1 bottle of red wine … Continue reading
little monsters, lots of wine
Last night Lady Gaga tweeted that she was going to release the Born This Way tour dates the next day, so obviously the Little Monsters were crawling up the online walls with anticipation. Then she tweeted that she was going to head to bed early, but then tweeted “Screw it. I had too much wine.” … Continue reading
you deserve a (lot of) grape today, ny giants!
The Giants ROCKED the Super Bowl as hard as Madonna. And the Blue Boys know how to celebrate. For their fourth Lombardi Trophy, they were presented with a Nebuchadnezzar of Armand de Brignac champers. (I know I wasn’t going to talk about AdB anymore, but I think it’s understandable that I gotta make an exception here!) … Continue reading
vote for kolb!
Super Bowl bets between the team cities’ governmental dudes are in full action. We’ve got some yummy NYC eats on the line, and it’s not like I’m trying to be biased but our stuff always seems better than what we’d get from the other team. (Cheese curds, Wisconsin? Thank god we won that one.) Luckily, … Continue reading
super bowl wine terms
Since all of us will be drinking awesome wine during the game (right???), I’m gonna run down a bunch of terms you should be aware of: call an audible To order a glass or bottle and switch at the last minute. Hopefully before pouring or opening of said glass or bottle. two-point conversion When your glass … Continue reading
where to get your grapes in indy, unless you’re peyton
On Sunday nights, back when Peyton Manning was still killing it for the Colts last year, P-Man would head to landmark Indy steak house St. Elmo after games and kick it in the wine cellar. He’d study the rest of the day’s match-ups on a flatscreen TV (that was installed just for him), and enjoy … Continue reading
the bachelor: grapefriend’s newest hero
So last night I had drinks with the guys from Envolve Wines, Bachelor Ben Flajnik’s winery. All three of them were really fun and down to earth and brought all of their wines for us to sample – all around, a grapefriend dream night. Their wines go for $20-$40 (thoroughly dug the Russian River Pinot … Continue reading
super bowl wine trail
It’s Super Bowl Week on grapefriend!!! As I blaze huge trails in making wine a more acceptable accompaniment to football, I have to point out that this year’s Superbowl city is on my side. They have an Indy Wine Trail (whose logo is seemingly a relative of my own) with 7 wineries on the map: Buck Creek, … Continue reading
