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
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
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
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
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
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
Let’s just get straight to it, because things have gotten VERY exciting! Wine made its first appearance last night at the Draper’s household. No, we haven’t yet converted Don to the grape, but the arrival of Megan’s French parents meant wine was going to be drunk Chez Draper! They had white wine, so I’m guessing … Continue reading
After all the brouhaha (love that word, mainly because it has haha in it) about wine being served at the White House, I wondered what they served celebs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. News outlets throw this bash and try to get big celebs at their table. S0, since it isn’t a dinner that the … Continue reading
Beyoncé is the Most Beautiful person in the world, at least according to People mag, but grapefriend can agree with their choice for two reasons. First, she lost all her baby weight from going on a diet of egg whites, protein shakes, fruit, and yellowtail tuna sashimi. But she says she cheats on the diet with … Continue reading
OK, we’re now fully ensconced in Season 5 of Mad Men. It’s been a very symbolic season, and since wine has been in every episode its use has unsurprisingly followed suit. Let’s take a look at wine’s scenes this week. First, Jane drags Roger to her friends’ dinner party, where there’s a bottle on the … Continue reading
