It’s your very grapey gift guide for 2013! Fret no more about what wine to buy the lucky gift-getters in your life. Here were some of my favorite bottles this year, for so many different reasons, and who they’d be make great presents for. rad chick: Ladies Who Shoot Their Lunch Riesling Best. Name. Ever. The … Continue reading
People had some good grapes yesterday. Thanks for all the tags, was fun to see what everyone guzzled while they gobbled! Continue reading
Catching Fire, the second Hunger Games movie, comes out today. Last year I did what kind of wine each district would make if they were allowed to let their grapefriend flags fly, but let’s now take a look at what wine grape best fits each of the main characters. Fittingly, this study came out saying … Continue reading
What do you drink when you’re out and just grabbing a glass? Everyone has their go-to’s. I know people who don’t even look at the wine list and just order “Pinot Noir” or “Sauvignon Blanc” – something that drives me crazy and was part of the reason I started this whole blog. I know a … Continue reading
Fall is in full swing! Harvest, Halloween, and happiness all due to wine. First, I loved all the non-kids who love Halloween for its grapefriendy potential. Who needs candy now that we can all have wine? Even though Halloween’s over, all year long people post pictures of #spookywine – ie, wine bottles that you shoot … Continue reading
One last post about Argentina wines (which makes me sad), and the family that has elevated it to a new place. On the last day of our whole trip, we landed in Buenos Aires and went straight to lunch where were greeted to the city by Nicolas Catena and his wife Elena. That’s basically like … Continue reading
I love a good truck ride through a vineyard. Today: Viña Ventisquero in the Apalta Valley. Our rickety truck provided us with insane views and dust in every crevice of our bodies. (I kept singing that Kings of Leon song “dusty, oh dustyyyy” in my head the whole time.) Sergio the winemaker showed us how … Continue reading
What an awesome weather month we had! Not too hot, not too cold, but every once in a while a chill enough where you wanted to pop open a light red. And most importantly, the return of football which here in grapefriend land means a lot of wine drinking! This month, I did a contest … Continue reading
The Eagles now have a wine, to celebrate their 80th anniversary. THE EAGLES!!! OMG 80 years and they have never won a Super Bowl! Never!!! And they have wine??? Why does the world hate me? Blech, the Eagles are the worst. OK fine they’re in my division (I’m Giants if you don’t already know). But I … Continue reading
For the 10th year BV will provide the wine for the Emmys. At the Governors Ball dinner they’ll be pouring 2009 BV Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon ($135) and 2011 Beaulieu Vineyard Carneros Chardonnay ($25), as well as a Muscat and a port (all available here). Some limited edition Beaulieu Vineyard wines will also be available at … Continue reading
