Hello. My name is grapefriend. I have Princess Bride wine news. Prepare to die. In honor of the 25th anniversary of The Princess Bride (and just in time for Valentine’s Day), restaurant-theater chain Alamo Drafthouse has created a wine program called “The Bottle Of Wits,” named after the “battle of wits” scene in the movie … Continue reading
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grammy records – they’re just like wine!
It’s Grammy Day! If you’re having a viewing party or even just hanging at home I’m sure you want to know what wine to pair with the Record of the Year you’re rooting for. So here ya go! firework Nothing says fireworks more than sparkling wine of course. But for a California Girl like Katy, … Continue reading
m.i.a. – i give the finger to your wine choices
Smoking Gun is becoming a real source of grapefriendy goodness. They’ve unearthed the wine riders for Adele and Lady Gaga, and now they’ve published the rider for Football Finger, aka M.I.A. After a laundry list of booze that includes Patron, Ketel One and Absynthe (huh?), she finally gets to the wine: “1 bottle of red wine … Continue reading
little monsters, lots of wine
Last night Lady Gaga tweeted that she was going to release the Born This Way tour dates the next day, so obviously the Little Monsters were crawling up the online walls with anticipation. Then she tweeted that she was going to head to bed early, but then tweeted “Screw it. I had too much wine.” … Continue reading
the bachelor: grapefriend’s newest hero
So last night I had drinks with the guys from Envolve Wines, Bachelor Ben Flajnik’s winery. All three of them were really fun and down to earth and brought all of their wines for us to sample – all around, a grapefriend dream night. Their wines go for $20-$40 (thoroughly dug the Russian River Pinot … Continue reading
undercover wine
I don’t watch Undercover Boss that much but last night the CEO of Kendall-Jackson Vineyards was on so grapefriend had to watch. It was sooo good! We got to see the CEO, Rick Tigner, going undercover to try out all different jobs within the company and meet employees. We saw him bottling, labeling, and packing … Continue reading
drinking in downton abbey
Downton Abbey takes place in England, so you wouldn’t think you’d need an translator to watch it. But when it comes to wine speak, you might! Check out Anna’s speech to Molesley as she tells him about what wines to serve as they go through dinner prep: ANNA Mr. Carson likes to serve two white … Continue reading
cougars love wine
Have we ever heard of more awesome TV grapefriends than the “Cougar Town” people? No! The return date of Courteney Cox’s “Cougar Town” was just announced and it’s a doozy – Valentine’s Day, aka day when so many people grab the vino if they’re Valentine-less. Unless they don’t care about Valentine’s Day, in which case … Continue reading
lana del rey was maderized
So unless you haven’t been on any form of electronic device since Saturday, you’ve heard that Lana Del Rey kind of bombed on SNL. She had a ton of hype due to her 19+ mil views of her video on YouTube, and as we well know from the Bieb this kind of attention gets some … Continue reading
and the golden grape goes to…
Viola Davis! So she didn’t win Best Actress because of course Meryl Streep did. But she wins in our book for mouthing “Thank you” to the server as she got poured more Moet – her eye was on the prize! Congrats to our newest grapefriend! Continue reading
