I’d say don’t get me started on Don not drinking wine, but I think this blog proves that I can, do, and will get all up in his grill about it. He is so stubborn, drinking cocktails even all through dinner. So here it is. Don’s dumb drink of choice. old fashioned 2 dashes Angostura bitters … Continue reading
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mad men wine: the adventure starts anew
“You don’t know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation we drink because it’s good. Because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. Because we deserve it. We drink because it’s what men do.” – roger sterling In a world where cocktails ruled, where wine was treated like early-days … Continue reading
throwback thursday: kate & johnny
While we’re waiting for the return of the Mad Men 60s, let’s travel a few decades later to those fun 90s when Kate Moss & Johnny Depp dated, wore weird sunglasses, and drank wine. Let’s not forget that when she bought a vineyard in the south of France for her now-husband Jamie Hince, she called … Continue reading
happy getting green happy hour!
Earth Day isn’t til April 22, and grapefriend will once again be doing Green Week. But as a little prepper, we’re having a happy hour wine chat with the DeMartino winemaker tonight. They’re in the Maipo Valley in Chile, and they were the continent’s first carbon neutral winery. They have three new organic wines in the … Continue reading
drink me: vina robles viognier
grape: Viognier. If you don’t love Viognier, start drinking it now. Spring is the absolute perfect time for this grape, since your glass basically turns into a bouquet of fresh flowers. Most are from the Rhone in France, but the US is making a little now too, and hooray for that. producer: Vina Robles country: USA region: Paso Robles, … Continue reading
getting your grape on: march
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
cocktail friend: the hopping bunny
Happy Easter! It’s a day filled with lots of yummy holiday brunches and dinners, and here’s a perfect cocktail for the day. First because I’m newly into Aperol – we had it at the end of a long though awesome day of wine tasting and it was the perfect bitter balance to all the sugar. … Continue reading
why rachel zoe is the jesus of fashion
I was watching The Rachel Zoe Project last night, and when she was talking about how designers have to choose all of these different elements like material, accessory details, and color and bring them together into one piece, I was thinking it’s really similar to winemakers. They have to make decisions about grapes, barrels, temperature … Continue reading
oh hey, just drinking from my WINE SIPPY CUP
As you know, mini wine sippy cups crack me up but this one is ten times better because it’s an actual glass inside the sippiness. (Still plastic though.) I wrote about these Vino2Go ones in my Holiday Gift Guide because honestly, other than wine, could there be a better gift? They were unfortunately sold out then – … Continue reading
happy flower power happy hour!
This has got to be one of the prettiest bottles of Champagne on the market. And the bubbly inside is sooooooooo good! Yeah, ok, so it’s $150 – but that’s a small price to pay for a little spring in your glass, is it not??? Continue reading