I love love love port cocktails. I had a ton of great ones at the Yeatman last September, and they seem especially inspired for a Valentine’s Day! Whether you’re celebrating with an actual Valentine or you’re just in love with yourself, one of these will add to your day. the saint valentine 1 1/2 oz. … Continue reading
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
What a year for grapefriend. I’ve had so much fun sharing the love of the grape with everyone. People loved all sorts of different posts each month, but here are the top 10 posts of 2012! 10 you deserve a grape today, victor cruz!: Ah, to be back in last football season when the Giants were on their … Continue reading
David Wilson is MAKING our afternoon. 155 yards, two plays, one touchdown. Screams all around. Wine for Wilson. Continue reading
Last night I went to a benefit for Look Good Feel Better, an organization dedicated to teaching beauty techniques to cancer patients to help offset the side effects of treatment. Like many NYC benefits, this one was held at Cipriani. I’d already had a pre-party Crémant de Loire so wanted to continue the bubbles theme … Continue reading
A little scared of the SEO on this one, but it’s worth it. First, it’s pronounced CO-burn’s. I found this out the hard way on my first night in Portugal, and was politely corrected. Still, it’s not like everyone there doesn’t know what they’re dealing with. And many of them do have a wicked sense … Continue reading
And the grapes just keep on coming. Especially if you’re Amy, who wins the Grapefriend of the Month award for tweeting me pictures of everything she drank on her French vacation! Salut! Here’s Amy’s trip du vin in the south of France and Paris: In other parts of the world, Lauren said this wine in … Continue reading
Grapefriend came to a BBQ. Grapefriend came packin with lots of rosé, which goes great with BBQ. Continue reading
Again, this is a catch-up post but it’s a doozy. Last Sunday’s episode was the official first where no wine was consumed. But being the most amazing drink in the world, it is completely obvious why: the episode was about ugly things, and wine wanted NOTHING to do with it! Joan had her epic moral … Continue reading
First of all, this is really delayed because I was on vacation and am just catching up on my Mad Men. So this one’s about the episode where Don and Joan went drinking and the other dude went chanting. It was getting really treacherous at the end because we were at like the 50-minute mark … Continue reading
