Summer officially ends at 10:29pm tonight. I’ll be here finishing my rosé and weeping audibly. Continue reading
Tag Archives: wine
alto adige awesomeness
Just got back from an incredible trip to Alto Adige, a wine region nestled in the super high, super gorgeous Tyrolean Alps. I’ve loved the region ever since I had my first sip of crispy Kerner a few years ago, so I was stoked to head there in person to drink a lot more. Here were … Continue reading
patriot-ic grapefriends
As a Giants fan, I’ve had the joy of beating the Patriots twice in the Super Bowl. So it makes me sad that Patriots fans can’t get certain wines shipped directly to them for consolation. It makes former Patriots QB Drew Bledsoe sad, too. After he retired from the NFL, Bledsoe moved back to his hometown of Walla … Continue reading
the $64,000 nfl rookie dinner
Before the football season begins every year, it’s a tradition for rookies to pick up (at least part of) the tab for the veteran players who go to dinner with them. Cowboys’ wide receiver Dez Bryant told people he was pissed off when he was rookie and had to pick up the dinner tab in … Continue reading
you deserve a grape today, matt ryan!
Matt Ryan threw for 440 yards in his first game of the 2014 season – holy moly! He’s the 5th QB since the AFL-NFL merger to throw for at least 440 yards in a season-opening win. The even better news? All the previous four guys who did that made the playoffs. As insane as 440 … Continue reading
tight ends – they’re just like wine!
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
Football Week Kickoff!
Jerseys on, fantasy apps fired up, and bottles popped! FOOTBALL. IS. BACK!!!!!!!!! We kick off this year’s Football Week with a vintage rosé Champagne to celebrate the awesomeness of the grape + gridiron pairing. Lots of good things in store this week. See you tomorrow, I got games to watch and bubbles to drink! Continue reading
Happy draft happy hour!
THIS is how you do a draft. Fantasy football, rosé reality. If you’re one of those people who either say: 1) summer is over, I can’t drink rosé anymore 2) I can’t drink wine while watching football then you’re my new project! As regular grapefriends know, I live for getting people to drink wine while … Continue reading
throwback thursday: charlie’s angels sabrina swillin’
Killer 70s find! What do you think Sabrina was drinking – a little Whispering Angel, perhaps? Actually, I’m pretty sure Whispering Angel wasn’t around in the 70s nor is she drinking rosé so that’s really just a lame Angel joke. More likely it was Chablis or Blue Nun, which were popular whites back then. Despite … Continue reading
friend request: garganega
Garganega is a white grape mostly found in the Veneto region in northeastern Italy, and the predominant grape in the smaller Soave region there. Recently we headed down to Chinatown to have a (huge) dinner to drink through a bunch of wine from Soave: Garganega can throw off a lot of lemon and white florals. It’s pretty … Continue reading
