Yeah, yeah, we heard Brad and Angie’s wine sold out in 5 hours. With so many celebs getting into the wine business, author Nick Wise wanted to know what their involvement is in all of it. He went to the vineyards of Francis Ford Coppola, legendary football coach Dick Vermeil, chef Charlie Palmer, race car driver … Continue reading
In the 50s, Jack Cakebread had a car repair business, Cakebread’s Garage. But he’d also studied with photographer Ansel Adams and, in 1972, was hired to take wine country photos for a book. While snapping pictures in Napa, Jack visited some old family friends and wound up buying their property. Cakebread Cellars was born. Now it’s an iconic … Continue reading
Warby Parker is a very grapefriendy company. They have lots of happy hours and wine tastings for employees, and even have glasses that come in Pinot Noir color. Today they’re launching their new 1922 Collection with glasses and sunnies named after Duke Ellington, Scott Joplin and Cole Porter. The 20s sucked for wine since America … Continue reading
It’s Earth Day, and we’re going green all week! The latest study with news we should pay attention to: suitable winemaking areas will decrease between 25% and 73% by 2050. That’s the impact global warming will have on some wine regions, creating potential water conservation issues. There are all different levels of how green wineries can … Continue reading
The first two episodes (and one was the two-hour preem) made us wait til the last 15 minutes until we got wine. Then in Mad Men‘s whip-you way, we got not just one but two wine scenes in the FIRST 15 minutes! Woo hoo. So let’s start with Joan’s dinner, with three glasses of Lancer’s … Continue reading
grape: Syrah. Most Australian Syrah is called Shiraz – it’s the same exact grape but usually made in a way bolder style Down Under. Not this one – hooray! producer: Luke Lambert – also makes a more refined Syrah, but this one’s the wild younger brother. His others Syrahs are really worth checking out though too – … Continue reading
It’s Thursday, and here’s what I’m throwing back: There are so many well-known and well-marketed Champagnes in the 40-buck range. So when I find one that’s the same price but so gorgeous and unknown, I gotta tell grapefriends about it. Gorgeous nutty brioche! You could smell it for hours (ok, minutes, because you’ll want to … Continue reading
Confession: I don’t love Malbec. I find it gritty, rustic, and can usually find something else on a wine list or in the store that I’d rather have. But I know a lot of people drink it and today is Malbec Day, so in anticipation I went on a quest to see if I could find … Continue reading
Sort of bored with this Sylvia affair. She seems too frumpy for Don. All of his other tryst women have at least been cool and/or intelligent in some way. She and her poofy hair just seem really lame and matronly. Her saving grace: she’s a grapefriend. When they were at dinner (winner: clunkiest set-up to … Continue reading
I don’t watch Scandal but I might as well since everyone freaking talks and tweets about it so much. I also find it very odd that until recently no one brought to my attention that one of the main characters is a major grapefriend. That said, the show does a shit job of it. I … Continue reading
