It’s fall(ish), it’s football, and it’s FOOTBALL WEEK once again on grapefriend! Most people think beer for games, but grapefriends think wine. Football foods are actually amazing with wine, and even though my mission to get better wine in sports bars hasn’t swept the nation (YET) you can still pop a good bottle on your … Continue reading
With all the craziness and people losing homes and being displaced, I really hadn’t thought about football. But many Giants and Jets live in New Jersey where the stadium is, and yesterday Kate Mara (niece of Giants owner John Mara) tweeted a pic of Eli Manning assessing the damage to his Hoboken apartment building. It … Continue reading
It’s a confusing time in the NFL. Not only do we have these replacement refs making totally dodgy calls, but Eli Manning has revealed his playlist with some very odd songs. Among the John Denver, DMB and Coldplay (killing me), everyone is completely bewildered by the inclusion of Technopop Slashfest’s “Fill Up My Glass” – … Continue reading
You know how they used to say eat your Wheaties and you’d be strong like all the athletes on the cereal box? Well they should do it for wine, and namely Freeman Winery should put Eli Manning on their labels. The backstory on this photo goes down like this: Eli was at Redd, a restaurant in … Continue reading
The year is starting off well for the Giants, the NFC East divisional champs after last night’s win over the Cowboys. And many of those wins are thanks to one Victor Cruz, the adorbale, salsa-dancing touchdowner who made a KILLER 74-yard TD last night. That was after last week’s 99-yard touchdown that set a Giants … Continue reading
As a Giants fan, it’s been a painful football season for grapefriend. The reason, however, isn’t because of last night’s painful loss to the Packers or because they’re not killing it in their division (we’re actually doing ok, even if we’re not a lock by far for the playoffs). The reason is because we don’t … Continue reading
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