“You don’t know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation we drink because it’s good. Because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. Because we deserve it. We drink because it’s what men do.” – roger sterling In a world where cocktails ruled, where wine was treated like early-days … Continue reading
While we’re waiting for the return of the Mad Men 60s, let’s travel a few decades later to those fun 90s when Kate Moss & Johnny Depp dated, wore weird sunglasses, and drank wine. Let’s not forget that when she bought a vineyard in the south of France for her now-husband Jamie Hince, she called … Continue reading
Earth Day isn’t til April 22, and grapefriend will once again be doing Green Week. But as a little prepper, we’re having a happy hour wine chat with the DeMartino winemaker tonight. They’re in the Maipo Valley in Chile, and they were the continent’s first carbon neutral winery. They have three new organic wines in the … Continue reading
grape: Viognier. If you don’t love Viognier, start drinking it now. Spring is the absolute perfect time for this grape, since your glass basically turns into a bouquet of fresh flowers. Most are from the Rhone in France, but the US is making a little now too, and hooray for that. producer: Vina Robles country: USA region: Paso Robles, … Continue reading
So after I did the post about Jennifer Lawrence drinking BV Cab in Hawaii, she found out about it and started tagging me in pics when she was drinking wine. With a total of four tags, she’s our March Grapefriend of the Month! We all now how big of a grapefriend she is, so this … Continue reading
I was watching The Rachel Zoe Project last night, and when she was talking about how designers have to choose all of these different elements like material, accessory details, and color and bring them together into one piece, I was thinking it’s really similar to winemakers. They have to make decisions about grapes, barrels, temperature … Continue reading
As you know, mini wine sippy cups crack me up but this one is ten times better because it’s an actual glass inside the sippiness. (Still plastic though.) I wrote about these Vino2Go ones in my Holiday Gift Guide because honestly, other than wine, could there be a better gift? They were unfortunately sold out then – … Continue reading
Reese Witherspoon just: a) turned 37 b) went to Cabo with her husband Jim Toth c) celebrated with rosé – twice All of the above of course. Happy birthday, grapefriend! follow @grapefriend on Twitter for more grapey fun Continue reading
I just went down a really weird hole looking at wine-related Hey Girl memes. And since Ryan Gosling‘s not making any movies for a while, these should tide you over. I swear I’m not even into Ryan Gosling, but these just started making me laugh. Clearly we need a new meme “Hey Grapefriend.” follow @grapefriend on Twitter … Continue reading
If you’re not following grapefriend on Twitter, you may have missed these great grapey gems this week! No seriously, these people sell an abalone Grenache Blanc for $25: It’s not the abalone farm I went to but obsessed that they have their own wine: Chateau d’Abalone! @giovannisfish giovannisfishmarket.com/fish/Chateau-d… — grapefriend (@grapefriend) March 22, 2013 My Glossi … Continue reading
