pop culture & wine hook up
We had 15 minutes left of the 2-hour premiere and wine hadn’t even been mentioned. Blue cocktails in Hawaii, vodka guzzling at work, puking up Old Fashioned’s at funerals. I was convinced that the opening scene with Don reading The Inferno was Matthew Weiner’s way of telling me to abandon all hope that anyone would … Continue reading
“You don’t know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation we drink because it’s good. Because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. Because we deserve it. We drink because it’s what men do.” – roger sterling In a world where cocktails ruled, where wine was treated like early-days … Continue reading
While we’re waiting for the return of the Mad Men 60s, let’s travel a few decades later to those fun 90s when Kate Moss & Johnny Depp dated, wore weird sunglasses, and drank wine. Let’s not forget that when she bought a vineyard in the south of France for her now-husband Jamie Hince, she called … Continue reading
I was watching The Rachel Zoe Project last night, and when she was talking about how designers have to choose all of these different elements like material, accessory details, and color and bring them together into one piece, I was thinking it’s really similar to winemakers. They have to make decisions about grapes, barrels, temperature … Continue reading
Reese Witherspoon just: a) turned 37 b) went to Cabo with her husband Jim Toth c) celebrated with rosé – twice All of the above of course. Happy birthday, grapefriend! follow @grapefriend on Twitter for more grapey fun Continue reading
I just went down a really weird hole looking at wine-related Hey Girl memes. And since Ryan Gosling‘s not making any movies for a while, these should tide you over. I swear I’m not even into Ryan Gosling, but these just started making me laugh. Clearly we need a new meme “Hey Grapefriend.” follow @grapefriend on Twitter … Continue reading
Dukes of Melrose is my new fave show. Just premiered on Bravo this week and is about the guys who run the amazing vintage store Decades in LA. I used to have a major Decades problem. I was in LA every month or so for work and would never leave the city without a trip … Continue reading
I’m getting really into Washington State wines. Apparently, so is Neil Patrick Harris. Yesterday he tweeted: “One of my favorite wineries, Slight of Hand Cellars, released their 2011 Conjurer. Delicious, with a fetching label: http://tinyurl.com/a2uwz74.” Two hours later, Fifteen minutes later (see comment below!), their website crashed. I’d never even heard of Sleight of Hand and NPH’s … Continue reading
So after winning the Oscar, Jennifer Lawrence has been shooting in Hawaii. She joked to E! News that she was “sinking into a bit of depression” thinking about her upcoming crazed schedule, which includes reshoots for Catching Fire. “I want to sit on my couch and drink and not change my pants for days at a time,” she said. … Continue reading
All these reports came out that Paris Saint-Germain, the French football club that just got David Beckham, wants to release a Bordeaux with its players on different labels. They were supposedly in negotiations with Francis Lamblin, the winemaker at Chateau Lamblin in the Côtes de Bourg region of Bordeaux. But after everyone started freaking out, Lamblin told Decanter that he told … Continue reading
