pop culture & wine hook up
Jimmy Fallon debuted the cover of his new comedy album, which comes out this summer. He’s lounging by a fireplace, pants-less but drinking a glass of red wine. “It’s just a guy relaxing at home,” he said on his show. “He has a nice glass of wine. … Started listening to the album and his … Continue reading
Lots of people will tell you that you have to drink certain wines out of certain glasses. I’ll admit drinking it out of a nice glass is cool, but I’d say the same for any beverage. I don’t get all wound up about glass types, but I do have a favorite. It’s the Riedel Burgundy … Continue reading
Last night on Mad Men, they were trying to land the Manischewitz wine account. Roger explains to Ginsberg, “They make wine for Jews, and now they’re making one they want to sell to normal people.” Manischewitz is a Kosher wine, which officially means that all ingredients come from an approved source, don’t have any animal … Continue reading
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
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
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
