National Red Wine Day.

August 28th is apparently National Red Wine Day… and really who am I to argue an excuse to celebrate such a wonderful drink?

Surprisingly Red Wine is how I really got into wine.  Most people start off easy with to  light white wines, but I dove right in with a spicy Cabernet Sauvignon with my parents and has been hooked ever since. When I first started drinking wine it was a social thing that made me feel sophisticated (lets be serious though, I was still in college and drinking from a box) and fancy.  But – I didn’t really understand how unique and intricate wine could really be at this time.

My now husband and I started to really get into wine and learning about wine about 6 years ago – we enjoyed it so much we had a wine themed wedding.

As much as I love Fashion – I love Wine too and wanted to use this blog as a place to talk about wine and help others have easy access to basic wine information.

When I first started getting more interested in Wine I started with these two books:

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Both of these books are available on Amazon:
– The Wine Bible – Here
– Wine Folly – Here

* Just a side note this version of Wine Folly is the original book – they have a new edition coming out this September – It is available for pre-order (which obviously, I did).

Here is the major differences in the books – The Wine Bible is an extremely comprehensive and detailed book that really dives into wine extensively.  Wine Folly is a great basic starter book, it uses a lot of easy to understand graphics to get the information about wine basics to its readers.  Both books are really wonderful and I highly recommend them.

I also recommend downloading the free app Vivino to your phone – this app changed my life.  You take a picture of the label on your wine bottle – it finds the bottle, gives you loads of information about the wine and lets you rate the wine out of 5 stars.  The reason I love this app so much is because it logs all the wines I have tried, how I rated them and develops my flavor profile based off of my ratings and suggests great new wines for me.

Since it is National Red Wine Day — allegedly.  My wine recommendation for the day is Dievole Chianti Classico – I particularly enjoy the 2015.  It is an Italian red wine that consists of Sangiovese grapes.  I find this wine to be on the drier side and have a medium to bold body with an intense red color.  It has tastes of ripe red fruits – think cherries.  It pairs well with pasta in your traditional red sauce, cheeses and grilled meats.

I hope you try this wine and make sure to let me know what you think of it if you do!

Cheers!
xo Kait.

*Please remember to always drink responsibly.