Had dinner with Joel Peterson, the founder and winemaker of Ravenswood. We tasted his 7 single-vineyard Zinfandels as well as the Icon from the 2009 vintage. My faves: Dickerson: this was the first one I tasted, and what I tasted was toothpaste! I couldn’t believe it since I had brushed my teeth over an hour … Continue reading
They’re serving Gnarly Head wine at the US Open. My friend sent me this pic of her juice, and she was not in love. This is a friend who only drinks red wine, and I’m trying to get her to be more open to white 1) because some are phenomenal and 2) for moments like … Continue reading
Fall has sort of officially kicked off, which brings back one of my favorite things on grapefriend: FOOTBALL WEEK! This week will be chock full of football grapefriends and tons of other grapeball goodies. That said, last season took a LOT out of grapefriend. Even though my team won the Super Bowl, it wasn’t an … Continue reading
My friend works for Kiehl’s and every year goes on this LifeRide with them, where a bunch of badbass bikers and celebs two-wheel it 1800 miles from Miami to DC to support National HIV/AIDS Awareness Month. This is the third year, and she was telling me stories of lots of riding and even more partying. Now … Continue reading
This just happened. Skate of Wine. Venice Beach. So at Venice Ale House, you get to order samplers of wine and they serve it to you in an environmentally-apropos skateboard. I LOVE skaters and obv I love wine, so this was a slam dunk. They’ll choose the wines for you if you want, but that’s … Continue reading
Oooooooooh I just love this recurring post. I happily do not have to go to the shows anymore (though I do miss the Champers at the parties and some presentations), but I love looking through all the photos. So inspirational. So without much more intro, here are my favorite looks from the fall collections and … Continue reading
