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Sip & Give!

May 3, 2012 – 5:52 pm | No Comment
Cellar Angels

There are book clubs, sports clubs, and – our personal favorite – wine clubs. And we’ve got our eye on one particular members-only wine-groupie site: Cellar Angels. This Napa Valley-based community brings its members undiscovered …

The Urban Grocer Takes Geneva! DRINK

March 19, 2012 – 3:35 pm | One Comment
Drink Geneva, Featured Image

From an art studio-cum-cafe to a Spanish wine bar to a butcher shop turned local watering hole, The Urban Grocer’s co-founder, Caitlin Zaino, explores the most innovative spots to quench your thirst in Geneva, Switzerland. …

Return of the Living Red

December 12, 2011 – 7:59 pm | One Comment
return of the living red, wide

Forget the chateaux. Forget the birds. Forget whatever nonsensical French-countryside illustrations you’ve seen on wine labels. And enter Mash. Always creative, never predictable, Mash is one of our favorite creative agencies. Hailing from Oz, their …

Raise a Glass, Raise a Roof

November 22, 2011 – 4:00 pm | One Comment

For many of you readers out there, it’s almost time to mosey up to the dining room table and give thanks over an exceedingly large meal. Well while you’re at it, we hope you’ll pour …

Lovely Labels: TUG’s Top Wine Label Picks

October 14, 2011 – 5:56 pm | No Comment
matsu wines

Admit it. Sometimes you impulsively buy a wine bottle for the label. And that’s not always a bad thing, especially if that label speaks as much to art and creativity as it does wine. We …

Hipster Foodie Must-Haves

September 30, 2011 – 8:47 am | No Comment
wine rack

If you’re reading this while in skinny jeans, converse, and Ray-Bans in a vintage-chic café in Williamsburg, east London, or Bourke Street, then you might be a hipster. And dear friends, you’re in luck because …

Taking the Snob Out of Wine Snob: Joe Roberts

September 28, 2011 – 1:15 pm | No Comment

Take the snob out of the wine snob, and what’s left? Joe Roberts, the man behind the wildly popular and often irreverent 1 Wine Dude blog. Roberts, who’s based in Philadelphia, is serious about his …

Green Glass: Full Circle Wine

July 19, 2011 – 12:09 pm | No Comment

So maybe you’re a sucker for design and you just can’t get over the aesthetic flaw of wine in plastic bottles, or perhaps you adhere to the school of thought that believes plastic tampers with …

All for One: UNA, Italy

July 5, 2011 – 8:57 am | One Comment

What better way to celebrate a birthday than with a gorgeous bottle of Italian wine? Apparently, the Italians agree. In honor of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, creative agency Cibic Workshop partnered …

The Urban Grocer Gets Hitched!

June 24, 2011 – 10:34 am | 2 Comments

It was while studying in the library at the University of Chicago during a bitterly cold winter that I first met my now fiancé, Michael. Cut to six years later and we’re looking forward to …