Fire up your grill and grab some good wines. Try some Petite Sirah for grilled meat, rose for spicy BBQ. And of course, an American sparkler for the fireworks! Continue reading
Tag Archives: champagne
rooftop rosé!
It’s not quite Rosé Week yet, but grapefriend is gearing up! Stop #1: my birthday, which I kicked off with this guy! Have been sampling roses like a fiend for some stories I’m working on. A few grapefriends got to share in the grapey bounty, and one amazing grapefriend supplied her roof for the festivities. … Continue reading
throwback thursday: happy 15th anniversary, sex and the city!
Sex. The City. And Champagne. Laurent Perrier to be specific (yum). I just did a SATC #tbt last month but I didn’t realize it’s now the show’s 15th anniversary, debuting 15 years ago today! The girls were partial to the Cosmo of course, but you know if it took place today they’d be rocking the grape … Continue reading
obama’s grapiest gifters
Lots of gifts are given to the president. I mean hell, I get gifts and I’m just grapefriend so you can surmise that the leader of the free world gets some killer swag. Let’s just concentrate on the wine-related ones though, and see which country is the biggest grapefriend: portugal Professor Anıbal Cavaco Silva, president of Portugal: W&J … Continue reading
tami taylor, still graping it up
“I love rosé Champagne, especially Billecart-Salmon. A bottle of that with a tin of caviar – how can you go wrong?” You didn’t need another reason to love Connie Britton, but now you have one. Thanks, Bon Appetit. I hate coupes (those big, flat glasses) – you spill way too much. Flutes are very pretty but … Continue reading
ace of spades swiftly kicks every other bottle service’s ass
So Ace of Spades now has this thing called Armand de Brignac Dynastie that’s a collection of every available bottle format it comes in. It goes for the low, low price of half a million bucks. Why’s it called Dynastie? Wouldn’t have anything to do with Jay-Z’s Dynasty album, would it now? This Dynastie includes nine … Continue reading
throwback thursday: carrie & big
Forget Cosmo’s. Sex and the City also had tons of Champagne, a few bottles of wine, and Big even wound up moving to Napa. Oh, and look whose glass is empty? Miss that show. Continue reading
prince harry gets grapey at the british embassy
Oh hey, have you heard? Prince Harry’s in the US. The Daily Beast is doing rolling updates on his every move which is hilarious. Grapefriend is heart-warmed at all the pics of him visiting soldiers and stuff, but come on, all we really care about is the wine he was served at the British Embassy … Continue reading
happy mother’s day happy hour!
Happy Mother’s Day to moms of all types! A half bottle (accompanied by a full bottle, obvs) is a fantastic present. Continue reading
cocktail friend: the gatsby champagne cocktail
Since Gatsby’s set in Prohibition era, it’s all about the cocktails. Harrods is doing a pop-up bar for about two weeks, serving up cocktails that were popular during the 20s like Martinis and Hendrick’s Gin cocktails served in a fine china tea cup – kind of love it. And Moët & Chandon, which is actually in the … Continue reading
