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February 25th Open That Bottle Night

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Wow, a Day that is a Night! Here’s something new! It falls on the last Saturday of February and was created by Dorothy Gaither and John Becher to try and get everyone to celebrate together by opening a bottle of wine together, almost like they are having a party together. I guess it doesn’t have to be a bottle of wine, it could be soda or whiskey, Egg Nog or Milk… the idea is just to open a bottle and drink. It does not, however, mean to over drink!

How to celebrate – Open a bottle, after 5 PM of course. Open that 200 year old bottle you have been waiting to open all your life. Throw a bottle opening party.

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February 18th National Drink Wine Day

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It use to be that the only thing safe to drink was wine. It was processed in such away that it destroyed those elements in liquid that could harm a person. It also can be a very healthy drink for our systems, helping us digest our food and relaxing the nerves. Of course, like all things, we humans can find a way to make a good thing something bad so over drinking wine is not so good as we tend to get a little goofy and can endanger others when we do not realize we have had enough to drink. But for now, lets forget all about that and raise our glass to toast one another with a nice glass of white, red, rose or even sparkling wine… just no Ripple.

How to celebrate – Find a wine you like. Have one glass with supper every night. (The glass should not be gallon sized) Have a wine tasting party.

November 7th International Merlot Day

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If you like wine, you will like today. Merlot is one of the more popular wines on anyone’s wine list. Most Merlots come from France where 60% of the vines grown are Merlot grapes. They are a mainstay of the product coming out of Bordeaux, France where the word Merlot roughly means “Blackbird”. As I understand it, most Merlot are red wines, though some can be rose’.

How to celebrate – Have a Merlot. Visit southern France. Through a wine tasting party.

June 12th Ros`e Day

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June 12th Ros`e Day

The Swedish Ros`e House Bodvar` created this day, probably after whining about it for a while! Get it, whine! It celebrates red wine and white wine, the summer wine, sort of mixed together. I’m not sure I got this right but, I think it is white wine blended with different types of fruit. I understand how strawberries and cherries can add thew reddish color but I’m not convinced that it. Anyway, if you enjoy wine I’ll bet you’ve at least had a Ros`e wine before.

How to celebrate – Have some wine. Learn how to make your own wine. Try making a new type of wine with things like, vegetables.

February 27th Open That Bottle Night

February holidays

Finally, a night to celebrate instead of a day! This holiday always falls on the last Saturday in February and was created by Dorothy Gaither and John Becher in 2000. Why? Because, “it’s five o’clock somewhere”. Now I have to admit when I first heard of today my mind went instantly to those bottles of wine or alcohol that are like 500 years old that no one opens until just the right occasion. But nope, this is just about opening any bottle and getting busy drinking. At least it suggests that you wait until night to do it.

How to celebrate – Open a bottle! Drink with a friend. Nothing says that bottle has to be alcoholic so open any bottle you choose!

February 18 National Drink Wine Day

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Today, of course, is for adults only. Wine has been around forever. It was probably discovered when men, and women, still lived in caves. For years wine was the only safe drink for people because the process of making it removed impurities that the water may have carried. And there is always that relaxing quality, right before you probably have had too much. Wine is actually good for you though. I have never been much of a wine drinker. A lot of it is bitter to me but I know I am not in the norm. I guess I do not have a sophisticated palate.

How to celebrate – Have a glass of wine today. Have a wine tasting party. Learn how to make your own wine.

December 31st National Champagne Day

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National Champagne Day December 31st

Champagne is a sparkling wine named for the region it comes from in France. It is appropriate that today falls on December 31st when many, many bottles will be uncorked to celebrate the coming of the New Year. Raise a glass and bring in the New Year with something as bright and bubbly as we all hope your future will be.

How to celebrate – Welcome in the New Year. Celebrate the New Year with a glass of champagne. Visit the Champagne region in France for the New Year.

May 25th National Wine Day

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May 25th National Wine Day

Do you prefer red or white? Do the best wines in your opinion come from France, Italy or California? There are wines you serve before dinner, during dinner and after dinner. There are pink wines, sweet wines, bitter wines but they all come from grapes. So the better harvest of grapes available, the better wine selections that are available. Some are very expensive, some are cheap and some are just glorified vinegar.

How to celebrate – Have a wine tasting party. Visit a vineyard. Learn how to make your own wine.

February 23rd Open That Bottle Day

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You know that bottle of wine, champagne, scotch of whatever you have been saving forever for some unknown reason… well to day is the day to finally open it and have a taste. If you stop and think about it, what have you been waiting for? Take care though if it is a bottle of Ripple or Boone’s Farm, it has probably turned to vinegar!

Today was created by Dorothy Gaither and John Becher, both columnists for “Tastings”. While the idea is to open a bottle of champagne but it really works for anything that has a cork, or if cheap, a screw top! It falls on the last Saturday of February, though I don’t think it has always been there.

People end to save a special bottle of something for some special occasion. The idea has value but if you stop and think about, isn’t every day special? And if you want to save it to share it with someone, why wait until they are far away? The catch is, it does not begin until after 5 PM.

How to celebrate – Open that bottle you’ve been saving. Buy a bottle this year and wait until next year to open it. Read “Tastings”.

February 24th Open That Bottle Night

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Tonight is the night to open that bottle of wine or champagne that you have been saving forever but never seem to get around to. What have you been saving it for!?! It’s time to open it up and share it with someone, a lover, friend or even a stranger if that’s all that is available!

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I mean, if you think about it, what have you been waiting for? On top of that, why drink alone. If it’s that good, prove it to someone, if it’s not at least you’ll have someone to share your disgust with. Beverages are meant to be enjoyed, not stared at through a label.

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This holiday was created by “Tasting’s” Dorothy J. Gaither and John Brecher, I assume, to get people to try the bottles of wine, champagne, scotch, bourbon… even sodas and see if it’s been worth waiting for.

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It is nice to have that full wine cellar. It shows class and breeding and that you really aren’t an alcoholic because you haven’t already partaken of all that booze you have! But there is a point of, “what’s the point?”

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Open That Bottle Night always comes on the last Saturday of February, so the date does change from year to year. Don’t miss it or you’ll have to wait another whole year to try that bottle of whatever it is you’ve been waiting for.

How to celebrate – Well… open that bottle up! Have a wine tasting party. Be sure to write down what you like, and forget what you don’t like!