It was 50 glorious degrees in NYC today and just a day of gorgeosity! Not busting out my bikini or anything, but definitely busting out the rosé. This lean J. Albin was lovely – Willamette never disappoints. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Rose
the jolie-pitts’ valentine to grapefriends
To add to the ridiculous amount of articles telling you what pink wines to drink on Valentine’s Day, news just broke that Brad and Angie are making a rosé called Miraval (the name of their estate in Provence) that’ll come out next month. Marc Perrin, owner of the amazing southern Rhone winery Château de Beaucastel, … Continue reading
happy playoffs happy hour
Since no one would question drinking rosé with football or Chinese food, I’ll leave the debate to this: who are you rooting for??? Rosé is particularly good with spicy food. This Boedecker is just ok, but so are these playoffs. Go Giants… Continue reading
happy new year’s eve happy hour!
On New Year’s, Happy Hour happens at midnight. I hate delayed gratification. But how can grapefriend bail on anything that involves toasting? This is what was on tap. Fizzmas is technically over, but here’s one last Fun Fact: Laurent Perrier Cuvée Rosé Brut is the world’s best-selling rosé Champagne in the world. Happy New Year’s, … Continue reading
my greatest grapes of 2012
For best-of lists, most people get all well, well, well look at the old amazing wines I drank, 1000’s of dollars worth, and say stuff like “it’s drinking well now.” That’s not really grapefriend though. Partly because I don’t have the money, partly because you probably don’t either, partly because sometimes I love non-expensive wine. … Continue reading
brad pitt be stealing some wine names
Apparently it’s wedding week on grapefriend. Not really, but it’s the second wedding-related post in a row. Anyway, last night Brad Pitt said that his wedding to Angelina Jolie might happen soon. “The time is nigh…it’s soon,” was his exact quote to People. “I got a good feeling about it.” He also said that his … Continue reading
nakey royals everywhere – but only one gets wine!
You’d think Buckingham Palace was in the tropics what with how much the royals like to take off their clothes lately. First we got Prince Harry, rolling through Vegas like he suddenly thought he was on Girls Gone Wild. Then a mere few weeks later, Kate tries to trump him by sunbathing topless in France. … Continue reading
happy laborious happy hour!
After a VERY labor-intensive Labor Day, which involved baking cinnamon rolls from scratch, hiking and yard work, we earned a well-deserved cocktail hour. Despite the fact that we were toiling away in the Berkshires, we celebrated with some North Fork Wolffer rosé and some B Cellars Sauvignon Blanc from Napa. All good with our cheese … Continue reading
housewives’ st. barths wine dispenser awesomeness
BTW, did you see The Real Housewives of New York last night? grapefriend loved it. As if you needed another reason to want to be in St. Barths, their house had a wine dispenser that doled out chilled rosé and Pinot Grigio (ew, but Ramona was there, so…). Carole said that when Ramona and Sonja saw … Continue reading
north fork fun
Had a fantastic time visiting vineyards on the North Fork this weekend. It’s not Napa – and that’s what’s good about it. The wineries are mellow, the vineyards are pretty, and they serve me wine. Nothin’ not to like there. Here were my two faves. croteaux This is the only vineyard in the US that … Continue reading
