In addition to all of the amazing biodynamic wines I tried for Green Week, here are just plain old organic ones to try. Organic basically means the grapes were grown without chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides or herbicides, and that they also didn’t use any preservatives in the winemaking process. I didn’t do a massive, all-encompassing sampling so there are a ton … Continue reading
Warby Parker is a very grapefriendy company. They have lots of happy hours and wine tastings for employees, and even have glasses that come in Pinot Noir color. Today they’re launching their new 1922 Collection with glasses and sunnies named after Duke Ellington, Scott Joplin and Cole Porter. The 20s sucked for wine since America … Continue reading
It’s Thursday, and here’s what I’m throwing back: There are so many well-known and well-marketed Champagnes in the 40-buck range. So when I find one that’s the same price but so gorgeous and unknown, I gotta tell grapefriends about it. Gorgeous nutty brioche! You could smell it for hours (ok, minutes, because you’ll want to … Continue reading
So last night Louisville won, and we are done with the Madness and all its squeaky sneakers. If we were doing this according to grapes, we all probably would’ve been rooting for Michigan, whose wine is a little better than Kentucky’s, at least according to the Wine Spectator who did a Final Four taste off … Continue reading
We had 15 minutes left of the 2-hour premiere and wine hadn’t even been mentioned. Blue cocktails in Hawaii, vodka guzzling at work, puking up Old Fashioned’s at funerals. I was convinced that the opening scene with Don reading The Inferno was Matthew Weiner’s way of telling me to abandon all hope that anyone would … Continue reading
I’d never had abalone before last week, but now I want to have it all the time. That’s probably not gonna happen since apparently it’s kind of rare and sort of expensive from what I heard from the people drooling over the pictures I was posting. So at least I had it at the Ocean … Continue reading
grape: Pinot Noir producer: Archery Summit country: USA region: Willamette Valley – most Oregon Pinot Noir’s come from here, and I’ve rarely had one I don’t like (if not love) year: 2010 yum factors: Amazing! Refined and elegant black cherry with an undertone of cranberry. Plump and ripe with some great Oregon earthiness. Willamette perfection! price: $48 buy it: here Continue reading
If you’re not following grapefriend on Twitter, you may have missed these amazing grape gems this week! Nelson Mandela’s daughter and granddaughter are launching House of Mandela wines. His granddaughter Tukwini Mandela said: “The wine movement is growing.” Ohhhhhhhhhh yeah it is! Not sure how I missed this Clicquot Airstream thing, but it looks pretty awesome … Continue reading
Guy Fieri recently bought a five-acre vineyard of Pinot Noir grapes in Sonoma’s Russian River Valley. Last year was the first vintage but right now he’s just selling grapes to La Crema and Williams Selyem who both have contracts with his vineyard. Ultimately, though, he wants to make his own wine of course. “Our son’s … Continue reading
The grapes just keep on coming! What with Christmas, New Year’s and your general grape guzzling, I’m pretty sure the last month of 2012 was the grapiest month of all. Keep it up, grapefriends! Our clear Grapefriend of the Month is Jordan from Edmonton – I think you’ll see why in this month’s gallery! As … Continue reading
