So this seriously cracked me up. There’s this Chilean wine called Chilensis, which means Chilean Spanish. The language has its colloquialisms, and this winery makes Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Carménère, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah from all different regions in Chile. But when they brought the wine to the Chinese market, the word Chilensis loosely translates to “f*cking … Continue reading
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super bowl wine terms
Since all of us will be drinking awesome wine during the game (right???), I’m gonna run down a bunch of terms you should be aware of: call an audible To order a glass or bottle and switch at the last minute. Hopefully before pouring or opening of said glass or bottle. two-point conversion When your glass … Continue reading
where to get your grapes in indy, unless you’re peyton
On Sunday nights, back when Peyton Manning was still killing it for the Colts last year, P-Man would head to landmark Indy steak house St. Elmo after games and kick it in the wine cellar. He’d study the rest of the day’s match-ups on a flatscreen TV (that was installed just for him), and enjoy … Continue reading
super bowl wine trail
It’s Super Bowl Week on grapefriend!!! As I blaze huge trails in making wine a more acceptable accompaniment to football, I have to point out that this year’s Superbowl city is on my side. They have an Indy Wine Trail (whose logo is seemingly a relative of my own) with 7 wineries on the map: Buck Creek, … Continue reading
beverly bling bling
There are few reality show characters who irk me more than the wedding planner on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I can’t believe people would actually pay this guy to come and annoy them for weeks or possibly months of planning. Even Lisa seemed to think he was sketch at times. One wedding detail I … Continue reading
the adventures of grapenut at happy hour!
grapenut grabbed some bub for happy hour at Mumm. Soooo pretty. Continue reading
the adventures of grapenut, day 2!
grapenut is still rolling in wine country, documenting his journey to torture us along the way. Here’s his photo journal from Duckhorn and Pine Ridge (Stags Leap Disctrict) in Napa. Continue reading
the adventures of grapenut!
Grapefriends: meet grapenut! He likes wine, he likes fun and he likes torturing grapefriend when he’s in wine country and she isn’t. I get multiple daily texts all about the wineries he’s visiting and wines he’s drinking accompanied by notes like this: “In Glen Ellen, Sonoma today over my cousin’s and had a Pine Ridge … Continue reading
steak ‘n grape
Breaking News from fearless midwestern-turned-NYC reporters: the new Steak ‘n Shake serves wine! They also serve beer but who cares. So let’s take a look at this wine list: First we have a 2010 Bogle Chardonnay for $3.50. Bogle is barf. Plus I don’t want white wine with a burger. Scared. The second SnS offering is … Continue reading
favorite vintages, like kardashians and mark sanchez
This year marked grapefriend’s first vintage year – very exciting! I love seeing what posts people click on the most, and thought I’d share the year’s most popular as well as a few of my own favorites that didn’t make the list! 10 bravo’s bagless conspiracy – I’m as big a fan of Bravo as … Continue reading
