drink me: clos de la roilette fleurie beaujolais
grape: Gamay producer: Clos de la Roilette country: France region: Fleurie, in Beaujolais year: 2010 price: $18 yum factors: Big fan of good Beaujolais – a good light and fruity red option for summer....
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Are you kidding me? Jeez, the things you find out about people. Steve Carell is hilarious and makes a ton of coin acting now, but he recently told Parade that he used to be a wine telemarketer!...
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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...
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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...
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It makes sense that Marie is my new hero, since she gave birth to Megan, the Official Mad Men Grapefriend. She may have just usurped the title though. First, we get both mom and daughter having Jadot...
View Articlehappy gamay happy hour!
Technically this went down yesterday, but you can take my drink choice and apply it to tonight’s happy hour! It’s still pretty nice out in NYC – not sweltering and not cold, which means the perfect...
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Dearest Gladiator Grapefriends: Apologies for missing the action last week! Between SXSW and other real life obligations, we missed Liv’s return to wine. But fear not, we’re back on track with an extra...
View Articlehappy standard happy hour
Domaine Vissoux, Beaujolais – great summer red. Ignore the ice cube – it’s hot, yo, and the wine was outside temp! Don’t leave Wardy Loo! Continue reading →
View Articlebeaujolais nouveau: rookie of the wine world
When Quintessential wines asked me to partner with them for a post about Beaujolais Nouveau, it was a no brainer. After all, it’s fall, which means two things: I’m watching football and drinking light...
View Articlewine when football starts (and hopefully not ends)
We’ll see how this 2020 football season plays out. But one thing that’s for sure is how good chilled reds will be when watching at least one week of games. We all know whites and rosés get chilled on...
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