French for lunch: La Manarine Cotes du Rhone and Ch de Brondeau Bordeaux at Rubi’s. I love this place for lunch in the Berkshires! And they have a great adjoining cheese shop called Rubiner’s that cheesefriend is a big fan of. Continue reading
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happy passionate happy hour
Tamari – to be passionate. Obv, about wine. Love Torrontes. Continue reading
olympians go for champagne gold
They just ended on Sunday, but already feel so far away. It’s come to my attention, however, that many of the athletes finally got to abandon their surely-rough, no-alcohol training routines and celebrate with some bubbly: Ryan Lochte, he of much hotness and douchebaggery, continued said douchebaggery by drinking a $3,158 (£2,012) cocktail. It was made … Continue reading
drink me: wente reliz creek pinot noir
grape: Pinot Noir producer: Wente Vineyards. They make a bunch of Pinots, and this is the Reliz Creek one. country: USA region: Arroyo Seco in Monterey, CA – a very good AVA for Pinots because it’s pretty cool year: 2009 price: $22 – perfect price for this wine yum factors: This has the typically cherry Pinot flavors, though subtle and not … Continue reading
new mexican wine mystery
So last night I was at the Mermaid Inn Oyster Bar where they have Happy Hour – $6 wine by the glass. They had a Pinot Grigio from Veneto (not my fave), Pinot Noir from Chile (not with oysters), and a sparkling rosé from New Mexico. Obv, I had to give the NM wine a … Continue reading
cool it now
The other day on Instagram, someone goes, “I just read on that grape friend thing that ice in wine is bad.” I replied to let them know that’s not always so – you gotta do what you gotta do when it’s brutally hot and humid out (and it’s been brutally hot and humid a lot … Continue reading
phenom summer cocktail!
I absolutely love port and often drink it after dinner in the winter. It’s pruny, sweet, thick and warms you up by the fire. Much to grapefriend’s summer happiness, they now make a rosé style! Just like rosé wine, the pink version of port gets its color from the juice’s short exposure to the grape skins. … Continue reading
do aliens make out of this world wine?
As you know, people send me a lot of pictures of what their drinking which I love. But this was one of the most intriguing bottle pics I got in the past few weeks, from my friend Abby: Why an alien on the screw cap? Why a UFO with a beam on the label? The … Continue reading
drink me: nobilo sauvignon blanc
grape: Sauvignon Blanc producer: Nobilo country: New Zealand region: Marlborough, the most famous region in NZ for Sauv Blancs and rightly so year: 2011 price: $23 yum factors: This is from their Icon line of wines, which is a little higher end and made from their best vineyards. Everyone says NZ Sauv Blancs have a … Continue reading
poolside grapes with diddy
Yes, you would rather be doing this right now: Diddy’s floating around in Ibiza; chances are you’re not. I’m not. For now, I’ll have to just settle for drinking some Spanish whites. Diddy didn’t name-call the wine, but we can guess what it might be. There are four wineries on the island of Ibiza, all … Continue reading
