Today lots of political peeps are sitting down to lunch with the Prez for his second Inauguration. The White House understandably makes a big deal out of the menu – and the wines served with it. This year, New York’s senior senator Chuck Schumer is the chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and … Continue reading
Since no one would question drinking rosé with football or Chinese food, I’ll leave the debate to this: who are you rooting for??? Rosé is particularly good with spicy food. This Boedecker is just ok, but so are these playoffs. Go Giants… Continue reading
This week on Revenge they had a charity wine auction – you knew because there was a big banner that said “Charity Wine Auction” at the event. It was to raise money for foster kids or something, whatever, not important. So the final wine they auctioned off started at 10k, and after a bidding war … Continue reading
grape: Cabernet producer: Jacob’s Creek country: Australia region: Coonawarra, which is known for its deep red “Terra Rosa” soil that gives its wines a lot of intensity and concentration year: 2009 yum factors: Had this at a 9-wine Jacob’s Creek dinner last night at the Bouley Test Kitchen and this was my favorite by far. I usually don’t taste black olive … Continue reading
People are really fighting over the right to drink lately. Simon Doonan recently wrote an article for Slate about how he wished Prohibition was back in action. What??? I love Simon (he’s the Creative Director of Barney’s if you don’t know) so I wanted to see what his gripe with the grape was all about. … Continue reading
Chalk this up to more amazing things about the French when it comes to wine: Blood donors traditionally get a meal and a glass of wine after giving blood! However, just recently the French Blood Association banned the practice, saying the wine adds to the risk of people fainting or falling over. Jean-Paul Garnier is … Continue reading
Who cares if her “I beat Meryl” was a line from First Wives Club? Who references First Wives Club? Anyway, we still like her because prior to the Globes, Jennifer talked about her drinking playbook: “I’m going to start with red wine,” she said. “I’m going to have one glass just to cool my nerves. … Continue reading
One of my favorite things about the playoffs is the bets that the cities’ mayors make with each other. For this weekend’s games, lots was on the line: crab cakes from Baltimore, Denver “cowboy steaks,” cheese curds from Wisconsin, and San Fran sourdough bread. There is one mayor and one mayor only who is a … Continue reading
A lot is happening around the Golden Globes, Tina Fey, and wine! First, we just got this Food Network video where Tina and the other 30 Rock writers drink a lot of wine to celebrate the end of the show. Maybe they’re eating later on but in the video we just see them drinking a … Continue reading
Yesterday it was the sippy cups. Today it’s a whole host of crafty ways to tote your grape juice, including these awesome Cynthia Rowley flask bangles – which horrifyingly are sold out! Then I came across this, which is just wrong and amazing at the same time. It’s only $19.95 here. (Though in all seriousness please … Continue reading
