Oh, the holiday season. A time where wine drinking isn't just encouraged, it's pretty much mandatory. Buying wine for the holidays is a yearly rite of passage, so where do you go to stock up on your favorite wines without the wild goose chase to find them? Download or update the Second Glass app!

Conquer the season with the Holiday Wine Finder. We've got a cool holiday wine buying guide with pro tips and recommendations. No randos in here -- these are all recommendations based on what you and your friends like! We took the 750 different wines that were poured at all five Wine Riots in 2011 and plugged them into our holiday recommendation engine. Then we partnered with over 150 wine stores in 10 states to create the perfect match! Just click on a holiday to see helpful info for choosing a wine to fit that occasion.

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We know your first thoughts after Wine Riot (besides, "Why did I do that in the photo booth…?") are "Where can I get some more of that wine?!!" Well luckily for you, we're bustin' out a new mobile app feature that tells you just that!

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We <3 NY! Second Glass' Wine Riot hit Brooklyn on September 22-23 for its 4th stop on the national tour. Attendees braved apocalyptic events to get to the Riot, including torrential rains, subway delays and cancellations, floods, fires, plagues, and the traffic-halting presence of basically the entire UN council and Obama (who unfortunately had previous obligations, otherwise would have totally gone to Wine Riot). The party went down at Skylight One Hanson, an old bank with vaulted ceilings, awesome ironwork, marble details, and oh, a massive safe with three-foot-thick walls of solid steel (putting every bank heist movie we've ever seen into perspective.) Attendees totally rocked it on the mobile app and made close to 5,900 reviews! Overall almost half of people at Wine Riot used the app to rate and remember their favorite wines. Droid users were especially ecstatic to see the debut of the mobile app for Android, hot off the press from our talented tech team. With the app we tracked which wines were the most popular based on highest reviews and most liked by the majority of the crowd. Check out each city's top wines here. Rioters took over 1,000 pictures in the photo booth, covered their bods with more than 350 sheets of tattoos, and killed over 1,200 bottles of wine in a single weekend. We had crash courses led by Cameron Hughes, Esporao, Quady, Charles Krug, Dr. Loosen and Olé Imports. There also may or may not have been dancing by the Heredad Lounge... Other highlights involve local celebrity sightings of the Professional Wingman and his protégé for the night, and the dazzling presence of Spanish winemaker Gloria Collell who was holding it down in the Heredad Lounge. There rioters took a tour of Spain, tasted their way through five Iberian wine regions and sent over 250 postcards, including 20 overseas to Spain, Italy, Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand and Australia, and of course countless home to mom. Next up on the Wine Riot tour: Washington DC! We are headed there October 21-22 at the DAR Constitution Hall. We will be taking over the jumbotron with real-time displays of reviews made on the app as well as the list of top wines on the big screen. DC’s vibrant wine culture and massive crew of Millennials will be a great atmosphere for Wine Riot. To stay up to date, be sure to check out our city specific Facebook and Twitter accounts. Washington DC @SecondGlass and follow #WineRiot for more real time updates about DC! Facebook We also have several plans in the works to make our mobile app bigger and badder than ever, so look forward to some awesome new changes when DC rolls around!

Wine Riot is all about learning about wine, gettin' your knowledge on and having fun, but it's also about victory: that championship spirit that leads drinkers to toast their glasses high and conquer the riot. It's that competitive edge that the spartans at United Social Sports in Washington DC are all about.

That's why we're super excited to be teaming up with the crew at USS for this year's Wine Riot! Just as we had awesome success partnering with Social Boston Sports in Boston, these glorious athletes are perfect candidates to come riot victoriously and drink more wine. To reward to the winners of each weekly tournament for their valiant efforts on the battlefield, we're giving the entire squad tickets to Wine Riot DC! We can't wait to see that competitive edge channeled towards drinking wine (a challenge that, we anticipate, will be wholeheartedly accepted). USS brings together friends and groups to compete in a wide range of sports and activities. From skeeball to scavenger hunts, U.S.S. takes care of all the organizing, so all you have to do is show up and rage! They still have spots left in the leagues to play skeeball, bocce ball, corn hole, shuffleboard and of course, beer pong. Registration closes TOMORROW Friday the 30th, so make sure to get in there!

Best Dressed. Everyone secretly (or openly) wants to be acknowledged for their kick ass and original style. Whether its a compliment about your shoes, earrings or your whole ensemble…you always walk away feeling like a badass when someone gives you props. Well guess what…you have a chance to feel like even more of a badass at Wine Riot NYC. We're partnering up with Market Publique to highlight the best of the best when it comes to New York Style. Market Publique will be armed with a camera all night, taking pictures of some of the best outfits. After the event you can vote on who is the best dressed at Wine Riot and win $40 to splurge at Market Publique. Don't have tickets yet to show off your best duds? Like Second Glass and Market Publique on Facebook and comment/like the post about the contest. One lucky winner will be chose at random to win a pair of tickets to Opening Night! Throw on your best sling backs, dust off that blazer and get ready to Riot in style!

Wine riot wine just arrived on Boston shores, and I know what you're thinking, "How can I party with Wine Riot Wine?"  Well lucky for you we have the skinny on where Wine Riot Red will be available.  Grab a bottle this Friday and enjoy with some casual weekend BBQ, or skip the BBQ and just get down with this bad-ass wine!

Secret Locations: Boston Wine Exchange Clarendon Wine Downtown Wine and Spirits Somerville D&L Liquors Giles Liquors Upper Falls Liquors Main Street Wine & Spirits Julios Liquors The Wine Cask Brewster's Wine Cellar Elm Associates

See what people have already been saying about the 90+ Cellars Lot 34 Wine Riot Red!  Once you get your own bottle (or five)  let us know what you think by rating it on the Second Glass App or secondglass.com!   We'd love to hear from you!

The hip and artsy Pier 59 studios in Santa Monica played host to the Rhone Rangers L.A. tasting this past Sunday. And our Event App was a huge hit! Rhone blends were poured for the little over 300 in attendance, our app was working over time and the excitement was in the air! The top picks were awarded to Treana and Vina Robles Wineries out of Paso Robles!! Treana 'Troublemaker' Red blend, Vina Robles Syrah Syree, and Treana White Blend stole the first, second and third titles, respectively. It was no surprise to see the food truck parked right outside the event, a Los Angeles staple. Did I mention the sliders were AMAZING and paired terrifically with Cypher Winery Anarchy? Kudos to Rhone Rangers for putting on a hip event and giving people an excuse to drink wine and visit Santa Monica! Check out the top wines from Rhone Rangers LA Tasting event HERE

Back in October 2010 we partnered with 90+ Cellars to host a very cool lounge for Wine Riot Boston! Attendees sampled five different mystery wines and were told the winner would be made into the OFFICIAL 90+ Wine Riot Wine! Well, its been a long wait, but the bottles finally arrived today!

So how did this wonder wine come about? At the October 2010 Boston Wine Riot, The 90+ Cellars crew took over the lounge,  labeling five bottles A through E and inviting tasters to rate their favorite using the Second Glass Mobile App. So which was your favorite, and crowned victor of the Wine Riot label?

The winner was awesome Australia blend of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot, and petit verdot. Congrats Boston on your excellent taste! Priced at just $14.99 a bottle, the wine JUST arrived in Boston's port today, but should be in stores across they city in the next few weeks!

TBA are details on a launch party set for Thursday August 25th!

Santa Barbara could not have been any more beautiful this past Saturday for California Wine Festival at Chase Palm Park. Did I mention that Chase Palm Park is located on the BEACH? More than 50 wineries braved the so-called "Carmageddon" to soak up some rays and pour some bad-ass wines from Paso, Santa Barbara, Monterey and many more. One of our newest fans, Cantara Cellars, promoted our app hardcore with their iPad proudly displaying the Second Glass app.  And props must be given to them for their handmade wine cork iPad display stand! On top of amazing wine, the food samples handed out were so yummy and made for a great lunch. Personal fav were the BBQ Brisket sandwiches with Habanero BBQ sauce. YUM! Needless to say we cannot wait for next year's event because we will take any excuse to spend the day at the beach drinking wine! Wanna see the favorite wines at California Wine Festival? Click Here