Who doesn’t love a perfect drop of wine? It’s no secret that Australians go mad for the grape-based elixir, with our nation being one of the world’s top producers for all things red, white and rose. But getting access to some of the very best wines is no easy task, until now.

Naked Wines, a wine retailer and online community was founded in 2012 and cuts out the middleman, paying the winemaker directly. They are your VIP ticket to some incredible wines, all produced in Australia and New Zealand and right now, Naked Wines is offering DMARGE readers $100 off their first case.

Available to new customers only, the Naked Wines $100 voucher can be redeemed against any 12-bottle case on their site, either mix and match your own or choose from any pre-built selection that suits you. You can view the wines you’re going to receive on your doorstep before you purchase and with all vintages coming from award-winning winemakers, some of who have previously worked for the likes of Penfolds, Wolf Blass and Yalumba (easily some of the best producers in the entire country), you can be assured of real quality.

If you love the idea of getting better wine at a better price while supporting Australian independent winemakers, you can become a Naked Wines Angel (read: member) which allows you to credit your online account each month to then spend whenever you wish to restock your wine fridge. Better still, you’ll even score up to 40 per cent off, unlock free bottles and cheaper delivery, all while gaining access to exclusive wines unavailable anywhere else.

Naked Wines continues to expand it’s winemaker portfolio, and expects plenty of fresh drops in the coming months, having set aside US$5 million to help struggling winemakers in the wake of the global pandemic and recent tariff hikes.

Click below now to score yourself $100 off an incredible case of locally-made wine, just in time for the festive season, all while doing your bit to support local independent Aussie winemakers in the process.

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Who doesn’t love a perfect drop of wine? It’s no secret that Australians go mad for the grape-based elixir, with our nation being one of the world’s top producers for all things red, white and rose. But getting access to some of the very best wines is no easy task, until now.

Naked Wines, a wine retailer and online community was founded in 2012 and cuts out the middleman, paying the winemaker directly. They are your VIP ticket to some incredible wines, all produced in Australia and New Zealand and right now, Naked Wines is offering DMARGE readers $100 off their first case.

Available to new customers only, the Naked Wines $100 voucher can be redeemed against any 12-bottle case on their site, either mix and match your own or choose from any pre-built selection that suits you. You can view the wines you’re going to receive on your doorstep before you purchase and with all vintages coming from award-winning winemakers, some of who have previously worked for the likes of Penfolds, Wolf Blass and Yalumba (easily some of the best producers in the entire country), you can be assured of real quality.

If you love the idea of getting better wine at a better price while supporting Australian independent winemakers, you can become a Naked Wines Angel (read: member) which allows you to credit your online account each month to then spend whenever you wish to restock your wine fridge. Better still, you’ll even score up to 40 per cent off, unlock free bottles and cheaper delivery, all while gaining access to exclusive wines unavailable anywhere else.

Naked Wines continues to expand it’s winemaker portfolio, and expects plenty of fresh drops in the coming months, having set aside US$5 million to help struggling winemakers in the wake of the global pandemic and recent tariff hikes.

Click here now and score yourself $100 off an incredible case of locally-made wine, just in time for the festive season all while doing your bit to support local independent Aussie winemakers in the process.

The boring bits: To use this voucher you must be 18 years or older. Delivery not included. This voucher entitles first-time Naked Wines customers to $100 off their first order of 12 bottles. All orders are a minimum of 12 bottles, and a minimum spend of $155.88. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer or promotion. We don’t ship to Northern Territory. Delivery not included. Offer is subject to change. See website for full Terms and Conditions.

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How many times can you respond to someone’s 2am “you up” without considering it a booty call? How many dates can you respectably go on in one week? Is beard-baiting ever ok?Dating in 2021 is full of Big Questions. Case in point: an Oops! The Podcast podcast episode DMARGE recently came across, entitled, “The Walk Of Shame.” The main question raised? Who should open their purse (or wallet) for the Uber home when a woman spends the night with a guy (at his place)?The American comedian, and co-host of the podcast, Francis Ellis begins by pointing out the “walk of shame” is made much worse for women than men, not (just) because of ancient gender stereotypes, but because, “[of] the shoes.”

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Francis recalls a time when he was single and when – the morning after a one night stand – his acquaintance made references to wanting to leave. “She was hanging out and I was pretty hungover. I didn’t really have my wits about me and she was kind of lingering.”“She kept talking about wanting to go home and like, leave. And I was like ‘Yeah, no problem.'”

“Finally, she goes, ‘the least you can do is call me an Uber.”

“I remember thinking: ‘No, the least I can do is nothing. That’s what least means. Calling you an Uber is way up on the scale of doing something.'”“There are several other ‘more-least’ things I could do, before ordering you an Uber.”In the end he called her the Uber (“one must wisely choose the hills upon which one dies”).This could be seen as an extension of the expectation placed upon men to pick up the bill for dinner, for example. Both stereotypes are changing, but it’s a fraught issue, with some individuals – both women and men – still expecting these ‘gentlemanly’ actions, and others (see: Francis) rabid to bin them.DMARGE reached out to Katie Wilson, Director of Communications at HUD, a “sex positive app” designed for single people everywhere, to get her take on the issue, and to ask where she sees this dynamic going.“Society has evolved beyond ‘A man must always hold the door open, fetch the lady’s wrap, and pull out her chair at dinner,'” Katie told DMARGE.“I think the whole reason this is a social dilemma is that there aren’t any set rules about this sort of thing.”

“Women are taking control of their sexuality, wanting to be able to date (and to have sex) like men do, and of course this means they should be able to order their own Uber after a hookup.”

But just because they’re able to, doesn’t always mean they’re obliged to, Katie added.“Looking more deeply, I think this is an issue of equity more than simple equality.”“Typically, women put a lot more effort (and money) into a hookup than men do. We wax and groom our bodies, put on expensive lingerie, do our makeup – all of which cost a lot of time and a small fortune to the typical male’s ‘shower and body spray’ pre-hookup routine.”“So even before a hookup takes place, we’ve made a significant investment in it.”

“For the guy to order me an Uber after we hook up is an acknowledgment that he sees the effort and wants to do his part.”

“And here’s a dirty little secret that men don’t know about – cishet (someone who identifies as the gender they were born with and is attracted to someone of the opposite gender) hookups are not only more geared toward men just because women who seek casual sex are often branded as sluts while men are lauded for being players, but also, there’s the orgasm gap to consider.”“Research shows that up to 70 per cent of women don’t actually reach orgasm during male-female sex, while over 90 per cent of men do.”

“So are you trading an Uber for the fact that you had an orgasm and she didn’t?”

“The flip side is, a lot of our female HUD users tell us that they offer to pay for their male hookup’s Uber if the guy has come to their house or apartment. Lots of our users agree to split costs for hotel rooms, Ubers (no matter who is coming or going where), and meals or drinks if that’s part of their date.”

“Also, a lot of our male users offer to pay for the hotel room, Uber, etc without being asked.”

“I think that using a casual dating app like HUD encourages people to be upfront and honest about what they want and what they expect, so perhaps that leads to more open conversations about who will pay for the Uber.”“Ultimately, treat people the way you want to be treated. Have some respect for what women go through, not just physically but emotionally and culturally, in order to be the sexually liberated woman you’re hooking up with.”“Do men really want to go back to the days when sex was only supposed to take place in the missionary position in your darkened marital bedroom? Then pay for the damn Uber. It’s a small price compared to what women have to deal with.”

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Cohesive politics. A soccer world cup trophy. Worldwide understanding of NFL. There are a lot of things America probably won’t be seeing again any time soon. One of them, unfortunately, is people freely (and safely) swarming the streets again.

In a move that celebrates a milestone for Australia, media outlet Complex recently shared a video of “what life is like with 0 locally acquired Covid cases.” The video depicts Australian office workers strolling around the streets, sans masks, and tells viewers “the state government encourages returning to offices from 14th December” and that “everyone is back at school in person (except universities).”

The video also points out “borders between states have/will be opened” and purports to have been taken “during lunch rush hour 8th December, Sydney Australia” by Instagram user Dana Wang, who is a “food and travel addict” from Sydney who “sometimes makes videos.”

 

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Wang’s personal account also shows passengers getting on and off trains, hanging out in food courts, crossing streets and eating in local cafes and shopping as recently as the 10th December, 2020. Underneath both videos, a range of rueful comments have tumbled in, ranging from, “Something the US won’t see for a long time” and “jealous” to “this looks like a movie it doesn’t seem real.”

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Others expressed their doubts America will see an improved situation any time soon (“Wish America could learn from other countries but we are so stubborn”). On the other hand, there were those that said they enjoyed working from home: “not gonna like [sic], not having to commute to work everyday has been pretty sweet.”

Further comments included:

“They did it without a vaccine.”

“Life could be like this if everyone wasn’t afraid.”

“This is what happens when everyone wears their mask.”

“See what happens when people listen and not complain about their ‘rights’ being taken away.”

“AMERICA COULD NEVER.”

“Wow that’s what a successfully run country is like.”

“USA can y’all listen!!!”

This shows just a smattering of the perspectives on show. At the time of writing the USA has recorded 16.3 million cases of COVID-19 and 299 thousand deaths. Worldwide 72.2 million cases have been recorded and 1.61 million deaths.

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While America’s been responsible for some of this year’s weirdest fitness trends and Australia’s led the way when it comes to food or drinks, Europe has been responsible for the most memorable style trends of 2020.

Lewis Hamilton and Conor McGregor reviving the ‘Canadian tuxedo’; Richard Biedul and Harry Styles redefining masculinity when it comes to men’s fashion; Johannes Huebl singlehandedly proving that a pandemic’s no excuse to dress poorly… They might be struggling with The Bat Kiss right now, but Europe’s not struggling to come up with the goods.

Speaking of COVID, many men have taken advantage of our current socially-distanced circumstances to experiment with different haircuts. Europeans once again led the way in the ‘do department, with celebrities like David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo providing follicular inspiration in spades.

But it’s not the Brits or the Portuguese who are kickstarting the next men’s grooming trend: instead, it’s those crazy Swedes, who just as the year is coming to an end have decided to one-up all the other bizarre trends of 2020 with a real doozy.

NORDDDB, the Scandinavian arm of global advertising firm DDB, has come up with a particularly unique ad campaign for McDonald’s Sweden, which celebrates what they’ve rebranded as “the Golden M”: huge 90s bangs. They’ve even opened a virtual barbershop to help you style the cut, as well as released a ‘Golden M Detector’ app that will give you a voucher for a Big Mac if it detects that you’re rocking the hairstyle.

“DIY hairstyling has become a necessity in the pandemic… people can book virtual consultations with influencer hairstylist Adam Lukacs at the pop-up “Golden M” barbershop in Stockholm, which opened this past weekend, to style the ultimate Golden M cut,” AdAge reports.

“(People took part in the session from home after booking via a website, but Lukacs worked from the actual shop and people could see him at work when they walked past.) The virtual salon was fully booked within two hours of the launch.”

It’s a very clever ad campaign, capitalising on our nostalgia for the 90s. If you didn’t associate Leonardo DiCaprio bangs with McDonald’s previously, you will now: it’s effectively retroactive subliminal advertising, now that they’ve planted that thought. But we’re not so sure about the haircut. Are we laughing with the Swedes, or at them?

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90s revivalism has been one of the most persistent style trends of the last five years, with ugly shoes, bold colours and a deep sense of irony blurring the lines between good and bad taste. This haircut stunt is a good example of this: 90s bangs are so uncool that they’ve become cool, like cargo pants or white socks with dark shoes.

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As Sydneysiders complain about the Instagram famous attractions in their own backyard and as Byron Bay locals shake their heads at Melbourne ‘climate refugees’, you could be forgiven for thinking this was a year of division.

There is one thing that unites almost every Australian, however, and that is our love for Bali. The island of the gods, the archipelago of excess, though there are some embarrassing assumptions Australians tend to make about Bali, it’s hard to deny we have genuine affection for the joint.

There is one slightly sordid reason we have developed an even greater love for Bali in recent years though. No: it’s not the epic waves – they’ve always been there – but rather the opportunity to provoke FOMO in family and friends.

 

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How? Chiefly via social media, which has really exploded in recent years, with Instagram and Youtube – for many – replacing Tripadvisor, The Lonely Planet and Google for travellers looking for guides, inspiration and visualisation for their upcoming trips.

This, alongside the fact that luxury experiences that might cost an arm and a leg back home only cost an arm in Bali, has seen many Australians develop a penchant for splashing out on luxury experiences in Bali they wouldn’t dream of paying for back home, in order to get a better ‘jealousy induced per dollar spend’ ratio.

 

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Enter: the above photo. Shot at the beautiful Alaya Resort Ubud, and posted to the @beautifulhotels Instagram page in 2019, the image depicts ‘style, travel and life’ Instagram influencer @taramichellebrose enjoying a floating breakfast in the pool (a phenomenon many Australians have become avid fans of too in recent years).

The caption?  “We will take this breakfast for one, thank you.”

Before you throw your organic Matcha at our heads: hear us out. The subject of the above photo, @taramichellebrose, may be California based, and may not have been specifically intending to send her followers into a spin of FOMO and self-loathing (DMARGE found this image via the Alaya Resort Ubud geotag, and does not claim to know why she posted it). She also may be able to afford luxury experiences all over the world, not just in Bali.

 

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However, she, we believe, perfectly represents this concept of ~flaunting~ which we have found ourselves (in significantly less photogenic fashion) falling prey to over and over again in recent years. She is also far from alone in her FOMO inducing post, with 2,076 images appearing on Instagram in total with the hashtag ‘alayaresortubud‘ and a seemingly never-ending stream of images cropping under a geotag of the same name.

It’s also worth noting that five days in a deluxe room at Alaya Resort Ubud in June 2021 (a typically popular time for Bali, despite the current travel complications) will cost you $318.51, while five days at Elements Of Byron (in Australia’s Byron Bay) at the start of February (a typically popular time for Byron) will cost you $3,225, judging by the quotes provided by each resort at the time of writing.

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In any case, countless other resorts all over Ubud and Bali, with rooms going for similar prices, are seeing similar phenomenons. The result? Australians (and tourists in general) seem to be working themselves into something of a social media frenzy, with Instagram’s jealousy industrial complex hitting height after height.

 

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The 2020 Formula One World Championship was one of the most memorable in recent memory.

Despite The Bat Kiss necessitating a shorter season and some high-profile incidents such as Romain Grosjean’s scary crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix, it was still a highly entertaining year for the sport. To no-one’s great surprise, Mercedes-AMG wunderkind and contender for ‘Greatest Of All Time’ status – Britain’s Lewis Hamilton – topped the driver’s standings this year with a whopping 347 points and 11 first places (that means he won roughly two-thirds of all the races this season).

On top of absolutely demolishing the competition, Hamilton also made headlines this season with his high-profile advocacy for the Black Lives Matter movement (which has sparked solidarity both from fellow racers and the sport’s governing body).

Another statement he’s been consistently making this year has been his wardrobe. Just as Hamilton’s made the sport his own, he’s also proven himself to be the most stylish man in motorsport, using his pre-race appearances in the same way that the fashionable men of the NBA treat their pre-game arrivals: as an impromptu fashion show opportunity.

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Yesterday, before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – the last race in this year’s F1 season – Hamilton decided to go out with a sartorial bang, arriving at the Yas Marina Circuit in a stylish monochromatic fit: a matching patterned shirt and trousers from Pyer Moss, Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars; a Prada bucket hat; and Louis Vuitton shades designed by Virgil Abloh.

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Pyer Moss, one of Hamilton’s favourite brands, is the personal menswear label of Haitian-American designer Kerby Jean-Raymond. A cult favourite among celebrities such as Dua Lipa, Anderson .Paak, Michelle Obama and Odell Beckham Jr., Jean-Raymond was named Global Creative Director of sportswear brand Reebok earlier this year.

Hamilton often makes a point of supporting black designers like Heron Preston and his namesake label; Off-White and Louis Vuitton’s Virgil Abloh; and Pyer Moss’ Kerby Jean-Raymond. Other brands Hamilton’s been spotted in this year include Christian Dior, Puma, Tommy Hilfiger and of course, plenty of IWC Schaffhausen watches.

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Saudi Arabia, the oil-mining, journalist arresting Middle Eastern country that is attempting to rid itself of a negative global image to become a new tourist hotspot, has just revealed its latest in a line of must-visit attractions that finds itself in the most unlikely of places.

As reported by CNN Travel, Saudi Arabia plans to build a new hotel into a huge expanse of sandstone, a stone’s throw from the country’s first UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Hegra (Mada’in Salih), in the country’s North West.

 

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Taking a leaf out of Santorini’s book and resembling something that wouldn’t look out of place in the Star Wars universe, Sharaan – as it is known – has been designed by French architect Jean Nouvel to be built into the rockface to such a degree that you’ll barely pay a second look if flying overhead.

Positioned as a luxury resort unlike any other and to attract the world’s wealthiest, Sharaan will feature 40 guest suites (a mixture of one- and two-bedroom), 10 tented pavilions and 5 large resort villas, with listed amenities including “restaurants and a large spa.”

 

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Conceived in partnership with the Royal Commission for AlUla, an official statement adds Sharaan will be a “truly unique and instantly recognisable piece of architecture – a prized global icon – that respects and responds to the integrity and authenticity of a desert environment that has remained unaltered for millennia.”

Indeed, AlUla was founded in the 6th century BC and during around 100 BC came under the rule of the Nabataeans, the same people who settled in what is now known as Petra, Jordan. It’s not surprising to learn, then, that Saudi Arabia has earmarked it as being a potentially huge tourism hotspot, owing to its historical and archaeological significance.

Sharaan is expected to be the first in a number of world-class resorts and will, as CNN says, “complement, rather than detract from, the surrounding landscape”, and with other features such as a glass-walled elevator that scales down into exposed rockface, we’d say it’s on course to fulfil its vision.

The RCU says, “Nouvel has introduced a new typology of architecture never seen before, using abstraction, sculpting within the landscape itself rather than competing with it. Inspired by the Nabateans, it plays on the old ways of living to build on the present and meet the challenges of the future.”

“Jean Nouvel integrates the way Nabateans interacted with their environment, both verticality and horizontality, to reconnect to the earth and build sustainable habitats, away from the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter.”

Architect Jean Nouvel adds, “Our project should not jeopardise what humanity and time have consecrated,”

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What a year 2020 has been (so far). While the majority of us were keen to ring in the new year back in January, we can all safely agree it has since been one to forget, and with vaccines beginning to show their face to stop The Bat Kiss in its tracks, let us hope 2021 will be a year that we can get through safely.

However, for all its negativity, there is one man who will be finishing 2020 with a large smile upon his face: The Weeknd. The Canadian artist may have seen himself snubbed by The Grammys, but Billboard recently crowned his stratospheric single Blinding Lights as its Hot 100 Song of the Year.

Charts success is one thing but we imagine he’s far more pleased with the vintage Mercedes-Benz convertible he recently shared an image of himself cruising around in. Unaccompanied by a caption, the sultry black-and-white image depicts The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) behind the wheel of a classic Mercedes-Benz 190SL roadster.

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Produced between May 1955 and February 1963, the 190SL was produced as a more affordable alternative to the 300SL (the one everyone not-so-secretly wanted) – yet it’s still a fitting automotive reward for the Starboy singer.

At least, that’s our assumption. We’ve not seen Tesfaye cruising around in the iconic car before, and given he recently collaborated with the German marque to help launch their EQC electric SUV, it could well be a loan vehicle or the world’s greatest ‘thank you’ present.

Regardless, we can’t think of a car more fitting to his personal image: stylish, cool, seductive.

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Upon its release, a 190SL would have set you back just under US$4,000 but today, you’ll need to part with the best part of US$200,000 to secure yourself an immaculate example. Tuppence for Mr Tesfaye.

The second single to be taken from his fourth studio album, 2020’s After Hours, Blinding Lights was actually released over a year ago on November 29th 2019, quickly finding its way into the ears of millions – no doubt helped by the way with which it went viral on social video creation app TikTok – going on to be streamed 4.5 billion times, according to Variety.

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