Aside from summer, it’s the most wonderful time of year – because you get to give and receive great bottles of wine! Based on some of my favorite bottles of 2014, here’s what to give or what to tell everyone to give you (there are 12 total so you can make a whole case out of them!). for … Continue reading
grape: What they call a Bordeaux blend – a mix of grapes that are used in Bordeaux. In this case, you have 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. producer: V Sattui country: USA region: Napa year: 2010. Could definitely have used a few more years, but opened it by accident. (See below.) yum factor: My mom … Continue reading
In past Football Weeks, we’ve done our grapey comparisons of the QBs, the Wide Receivers, and the Running Backs. Now, the Tight Ends get their time to shine! jimmy graham Crushes it for the Saints. He scores so many points that he actually argued he should be classified as a wide receiver when he was negotiating … Continue reading
I love hitting up emerging wine regions in the US. The North Fork is especially fun because you get to clock some relaxing water time, usually with some Croteaux rosé on deck (their sparkling Merlot rosé is especially delicious, though sold out). Once I was thoroughly soothed by the bay, it was off to wine country. … Continue reading
So last week Lena Dunham and Katie Holmes had dinner at Osteria Morini. I find this an incredibly odd pairing, as did pretty much everyone else. People are speculating all over the place about why these two completely opposite end of the cool spectrum girls would be eating together. Grapefriend has some questions too! 1) what did they … Continue reading
grape: Merlot. It gets a bad rap from Sideways, but it’s an excellent grape that just got overdone. Revisit some good ones and you’ll get why it got so popular in the first place. producer: Emmolo. This is a relatively new wine line made by Jenny Wagner, who’s the daughter of the Caymus winemaker. We were at … Continue reading
In a land where almost every guy wears Carhartt (I didn’t know what it was til I went there either), they’re making some good wine. We tried a ton when we visited Walla Walla and Red Mountain AVAs during the week. Then we headed to Seattle for the weekend to hit up Taste Washington, a huge event full of … Continue reading
If you follow grapefriend on Twitter or Instagram, you saw all the wine fun we had in Washington state a few weeks ago. I love heading to wine regions I’ve never been to, learning about their whole deal and – obvs – tasting a ton of wine. Washington state had been on my list since they’re the third … Continue reading
James Cameron is a grapefriend! He just bought Beaufort Vineyard & Estate Winery in British Columbia, the latest and grapiest addition to his other sustainable farmland holdings all around the world (including a walnut farm in New Zealand). Beaufort’s a pretty small vineyard with only 8 acres and a production of 2,000 cases. They make some regular … Continue reading
Boeuf Bourgignon is the best winter dinner. Pair this hearty stew with a hearty red and I could almost be fooled into thinking winter isn’t my most-loathed season. But even though it’s called Bourgignon, which means it’s from Burgundy, I usually don’t use a Burgundy to make it or even drink one with it. Burgundy’s … Continue reading
