SOMM FILE: Off-the-Radar Reds For Sultry, Wintery Nights
Brad Ball, Advanced Sommelier | Owner, Social Restaurant + Wine Bar | Resident Wine Geek, Wine Awesomeness Every wine has its place. Actually, I should say that every quality wine has its place and...
View ArticleSOMM FILE: V-Day Wines
From my years in the restaurant business, I have come to despise ‘amateur night’. For this reason, I hate Valentine’s Day. Couples who rarely dine out feel obligated to go out this one particular...
View ArticleSomm File: Wines and SXSW just go together
The Wine Awesomeness crew hit up Austin to help keep it weird. A little festival just happened to be revving up and some of the world’s most talented and creative entrepreneurs, musicians, and...
View ArticleSomm File: Drink Wine Like Lapo Elkann
To call yourself a real connoisseur you must be familiar with old world wines(like our current bromance Lapo Elkann, for example). The Wine Awesomeness curating team spent time in beautiful Italy for...
View ArticleSOMM File: Real Men Drink Rosé
Are you the type of man who likes a cold Budweiser, not because of the way it tastes but because it’s the manly choice? It’s time to put on your big boy pants and pop open a bottle of the pink stuff...
View ArticleSOMM File: A Gadabout’s Guide to Bubbly
Serge Gainsbourg knew well enough that the way to a lady’s heart was with a bottle of bubbly, as did his old pal Jean-Paul Belmondo. These two legendary gadabouts (habitual pleasure seeker) inspire...
View ArticleSOMM File: Miami Swim Week
Summer. Fashion. Miami. All these collide for Mercedes Swim Week in sultry Miami, where less (clothing) is always more. Knee wobblingly gorgeous Brazilian models can be found bouncing in every hotel...
View ArticleSOMM File: Ultimate Burger Wines
Like most people, when you hear “burger” you probably think beer, but ask your stomach and it’ll say, “Fermented grape juice, dummy!” That’s right: wine. Next time you’re sucking down a half-pounder,...
View ArticleSOMM File: King of the Tailgate
All hail the season of the gods! That’s right, men: it’s time to rip that remote from your lady’s thin fingers and end her reign of celebrity dancing and sexploitative dramatic nonsense. It’s FOOTBALL...
View ArticleSomm Files: Post-Oktoberfest Wines to Cure Your Beer Blues
Oh Oktoberfest, you drunken little nymph that leaves us bruised, disoriented, and wanting more. You have saddled your keg of pure golden pleasure and returned to a magical land of large-breasted women...
View ArticleSomm Files: Drinking Your Way Through Spain
Yo there, cork taint. You ever stared at a wine list and felt your brain cave implode from information overload? There’s the year, the producer, some name that doesn’t tell you a damn thing about how...
View ArticleSomm Files: Inebriated in Italy
So, if there’s one thing the Italians do well, it’s making things that should be rather simple into an absurdly elaborate and difficult to follow system. Take any Italian airport for example, or the...
View ArticleSomm Files: Holiday Wine Guide for Your Awkward Family
Are you a disappointment? Do holidays make you regret that liberal arts degree, or remind you how many grandchildren you have yet to produce? Then welcome to the Awkward Family Wine Gift Guide. In this...
View ArticleSomm Files: New Studies Show Wine Makes You Better Looking
What’re you looking at, ugly? Yeah, we know you’re ugly cause you clicked a link to read about how to get better looking. Unfortunately, we lied to you. Wine doesn’t make you better looking; it makes...
View ArticleSomm Files: 5 Wine Gadgets Your Valentine Will Love
At Wine Awesomeness we’re more about helping people find the right wine than hawking James Bond-type gadgets, but since V-Day is coming up—and we know how much our ladies (and men) love their...
View ArticleSomm Files: March Madness Food & Wine Pairings
Being a wine drinker, there are times you might feel left out. Like when your stupid friends are munching down on some chicken wings and pounding a bucket of Coors Light, or you’re at a buddy’s house...
View ArticleAmazing America: 10 Best Sarah Palin Quotes That Will Drive You To Drink
“America, prepare to be amazed,” Palins declares at the start of her new reality TV show Amazing America, her shoulders back and chest out displaying the proud confidence that only comes with blind...
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