National Wine Day

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National Wine Day Facts & Quotes

• According to the book A hisotry of wine in America by Thomas Pinney, the first American wine was a pink sparkling sacrifice made in the 1840s from a hybrid grape called Catawba.
• Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing. ― Ernest Hemingway
• Age is just a number. It’s totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.- Joan Collins

National Wine Day Top Events and Things to Do

• National Wine day is an excellent oportunity to plan a trip to a vineyard to do some wine tasting! Wine tasting is a very sophisticated way to try all of the various kinds of wine that a vineyard has to offer.
• Take your family and watch the Somm documentaries while tasting a nice bottle of wine.
  There are two documentaries by the same team — one simply called Somm from 2012 that explores the preparation behind the Master Sommelier exam. The second, from 2015, is called Somm: Into the Bottle, and it gives a sneak peek into the wine-making industry.

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