Sort of bored with this Sylvia affair. She seems too frumpy for Don. All of his other tryst women have at least been cool and/or intelligent in some way. She and her poofy hair just seem really lame and matronly. Her saving grace: she’s a grapefriend. When they were at dinner (winner: clunkiest set-up to … Continue reading
I don’t watch Scandal but I might as well since everyone freaking talks and tweets about it so much. I also find it very odd that until recently no one brought to my attention that one of the main characters is a major grapefriend. That said, the show does a shit job of it. I … Continue reading
This, from the opening scene of Charade, which was made in 1963 and still so good. Audrey’s having some déjeuner at Mont d’ Arbois in Megève, Switzerland. Local red wine there is made mostly from either Mondeuse or Gamay grapes, both make light red wine perfect for Alpine ski breaks. (Check out that vintage bottle of … Continue reading
Lollapalooza has been rocking Brazil and Chile with bands like The Black Keys, Queens of the Stone Age (love), Puscifer, and Pearl Jam. Solid lineup, but let’s focus on the last two since they’re the best – because they’re grapefriends. First, Puscifer is fronted by Maynard James Keenan who makes wine. His wineries, Caduceus and … 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
“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
