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this wine is fergalicious!
Add yet another celebrity who’s entering the wine biz. Fergie just announced that she’s coming out with Ferguson Crest wine, probably sometime this summer. It all came about because her dad moved to Santa Barbara County, which is where Sideways took place fyi. Her dad’s a horticulturalist and planted about an acre of vines on his … Continue reading
heathers lunchtime polls begin!
If you’re anything like me, and I know you are, you think Heathers is one of the best movies ever. We could sit and quote it for the rest of the day. “Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?” “I love my dead gay son!” “Grow up Heather, bulimia is so ’87.” Ok, I’ll … Continue reading
drink me: robaliño albariño (it rhymes!)
grape: Albariño (today’s Albariño Day!) producer: Robaliño country: Spain region: Rías Baixas. FYI, Rías means estuaries and Baixas means lower. Now ya know. year: 2010 price: $17 yum factors: This one’s all citrus: lemon and grapefruit. No brainer summer drinkin’! buy it: here Continue reading
drink me: pazo de señorans albariño
grape: Albariño (today’s Albariño Day!) producer: Pazo de Señorans country: Spain region: Rías Baixas. It’s a region in Galicia in northwestern Spain, right on the Atlantic Ocean. It’s really lush and green, hence the nickname “Green Spain.” year: 2010 price: $20 yum factors: Many Albarino’s are just really light and crispy, but this one has a tad more complexity. The lemon and green … Continue reading
happy albariño day!
One of my favorite summer wines is getting celebrated today! Albariño is so perfect for my favorite season because it’s light, zippy and pairs so amazingly well with seafood. It mainly comes from Rías Baixas (REE-ahss BY-shuss), which is located in Galicia in northwest Spain. So what are you in for with this wine? A … Continue reading
vogue approves stained clothes, as long as it’s wine!
Last night was the Met Ball, and model Coco Rocha wore a wine-stained yellow suit. Normally when considering this as an option for a ball you’d just think “used,” “stained” and “ew” but Vogue approved it all. Why? Because it was vintage Givenchy, and because it belonged to Elizabeth Taylor. Coco bought it at the Elizabeth … Continue reading
mad men wine: tomorrow never knows
I thought we were on a major grape swing after last week’s whopping 9 glasses of wine. But next week never knows what will happen, and at the 45 minute mark we were still totally wine-less. But leave it to Francophile Megan to save the day! Really coming around on her. She was cooking some … Continue reading
eli manning’s juice of champions
You know how they used to say eat your Wheaties and you’d be strong like all the athletes on the cereal box? Well they should do it for wine, and namely Freeman Winery should put Eli Manning on their labels. The backstory on this photo goes down like this: Eli was at Redd, a restaurant in … Continue reading
slow your roll, ace of spades PR
Thought this was pretty hilarious. You know how I get annoyed with all the press about Jay Z’s bub of choice, Armand de Brignac aka Ace of Spades? Well I think the Instagram founders are now on grapefriend’s side. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger were in Vegas celebrating their acquisition by Facebook, and Armand De Brignac issued a statement … Continue reading
