Well my fave song of the year didn’t win, but two things made me Happy anyway! One, I won my Oscar pool, netting a sweet trophy, snacks delivered to me for the week, and a hefty wad o’ cash. Two, all of the wine-while-watching photos that grapefriends tagged me in! Well done, movie-loving grapefriends. Here were a … Continue reading
Nothing like hanging out with someone whose family makes some of France’s best Champagne. Clovis Taittinger, who commutes from Paris to his family’s estate in Champagne every day, was in NYC for a few days and luckily opened some bottles with me. He travels almost every week, all over the world, and had just gotten back … Continue reading
Prince Harry just trekked to the South Pole with Walking With The Wounded, a charity that funds the re-training and re-education of veterans. How did they celebrate their arrival? By drinking Champagne out of one of the vet’s prosthetic legs. Fellow trekker Sgt Duncan Slater lost both his legs in Afghanistan in 2009, and used one … Continue reading
The SAG Awards don’t get as much play as the Golden Globes or Oscars, but they can actually be a fun and more casual show to watch. Plus, the stars get lots of wine so you can always hope for some Bisset-y style speeches to amuse you. Taittinger provides all the Champagne (14 years in … Continue reading
This is basically one of the greatest and grapiest things EVER: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s faces bedazzled on a bottle of Moët, the awards show bubbly sponsor: Let’s do this! #GoldenGlobes #tina #amy pic.twitter.com/3UjATVm91y — Gur (@EricAndrew16) January 13, 2014 They win. Bye. Continue reading
Now that we know what Champagne and wine they’ll be downing at the Globes, Moët also created a special cocktail for the ceremony for the first time ever. Sounds absolutely delicious, but you should get your cardamom and pear brandy ahead of time since it’s not likely you have those on hand. Moët Golden Night Makes … Continue reading
Everyone loves the Golden Globes: gorgeous and gawdy dresses, hair you wish you could ever style similarly on your own head, and, most importantly, lots of fun boozy-inspired speeches. As usual, Moët is the bubbly sponsor and there will be 2004 Grand Vintage Brut magnums on every table (I had the 2004 rosé with one of … Continue reading
George Clooney, Amy Poehler, and (obv) Moët. All the details on what grapes they’re pouring out this year are coming tomorrow! Continue reading
For our final Fizzmas fizz, we have some amazing vintage rosé Champagne. Super delicate bubbles and delicious dried, minerally strawberry. For our dinner we have the Italian feast of the seven fishes. We had the amazing Sanct Valentin Sauvignon from St Michael Eppan (obsessed with the crisp whites from Alto Adige) for the first course. … Continue reading
We’re nearing the end of Fizzmas! Today brings a really good one for the season. Lambrusco is like the Rudolph’s nose of sparkling wine: red and under-appreciated. It’s both the name of the grape and therefore the wine made from it, made in four areas in Emilia-Romagna and one in Lombardy. The wines are mostly frizzante – lightly fizzy as opposed to … Continue reading
