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Each Friday a kickass woman in the industry picks us a wine of the week, and doing the honors today is Bianca Bosker, the author of New York Times best-seller Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste. Bianca was an […]

Is it spring yet!? Three weeks ago we kicked off our first Wine of the Week, a recurring feature on Grok Nation where we speak to kickass women in the industry—sommeliers, beverage directors, critics, or just generally awesome wine connoisseurs—to learn about new wines. Belinda Chang picked a light and bright sauvignon blanc since spring […]

We all have a special item that we just love—there could be a number of reasons why we cherish it… because it’s comfortable, because it holds memories or simply because it’s beautiful. At Grok Nation, we highlight sustainable fashion and these special items with our recurring feature My Favorite Hand-Me-Down. Here we’re pleased to highlight Janet […]

If you spend any amount of time on social media networks, you’ve probably seen countless ads for various meal delivery services. Some claim to make dinner prep faster; others profess to save you money; and many will apparently teach you to cook like a pro. Now, if we could find one that does all three—we’d […]

Welcome back to Wine of the Week, a recurring feature on Grok Nation where we speak to kickass women in the industry—sommeliers, beverage directors, critics, or just generally awesome wine connoisseurs—to learn about a new wine. They’ll give us an (affordable) selection that they’re currently loving and tell us a little about themselves in the […]

It’s impossible to miss the baby chicks and pastel colors in nearly every store right about now. Although Easter is a date celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, you don’t have to be of the faith to mark the the springtime holiday with egg hunts and candy-filled Easter baskets. Sugar is a universal language. I grew […]

Making decisions when browsing through the bottle-filled racks of a wine store can be difficult. We’ve all been there. That’s why we are kicking off our Wine of the Week feature on Grok Nation. Each week we’ll speak to kickass women in the industry—sommeliers, beverage directors, critics, or just generally awesome wine connoisseurs. They’ll give […]

Women’s Day was first celebrated in New York on February 28, 1909, but as the women’s movement picked up steam, March 8 was set as a celebration date. And in 1975 it was recognized as a global holiday by the United Nations. While the UN has dubbed this year’s theme “Time is Now: Rural and […]

The 2018 Winter Olympics kicks off with the opening ceremony at 6 a.m. ET on Friday live from Pyeongchang, South Korea. As excited as I am about the start of my favorite biennial event, I’ll be watching the tape-delayed re-broadcast at 8 p.m. ET on NBC with 10-15 friends. For every opening ceremony, both summer […]

An essay by La Rhonda Crosby-Johnson highlights an ever-changing struggle with racial identity All the Women in My Family Sing is a new book centering on one idea: women telling their stories. In honor of Black History Month, we share the essay titled “From Negro to Black” by La Rhonda Crosby-Johnson from the book. Read […]