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Wine Holidays 2021 – International Wine Days to Celebrate

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International Wine Days 2021

Don’t you hate how it’s all of a sudden Global Cab Sauv or Chardonnay day and you are not prepared? I don’t know about you, but when it comes to this sort of thing I hate not being ready for it. Therefore, I have put together a list of important wine days to mark your calendars or you can print out my Wine Days infographic below.

I have mentioned the source (below infographic), just in case you come back and point the finger at me saying I made it up (it’s only Global Wine Day I can be thanked for).

There are not many wine appreciation days which are actually “official”. The majority of them have been started by die-hard fans or wine companies who’ve used social media to help spread the word.

I’ll add to this post as we go through the year in case any other ‘very important’ days pop up/are created. And hey, if they are celebrating a ‘national day’ in Europe or America, I don’t see why we can’t also celebrate in Australia and New Zealand too! Any excuse right?

2021 Wine Holidays

Jump to 2022 Wine Days »

July:


August:

September:

  • 1 September 2021 – International Cap Classique Day
    • Cap Classique is a term used in South Africa for méthode traditionelle sparkling wine
    • Held on the 1st of September every year
  • 2 September 2021 – International Cabernet Day
  • 10 September 2021 – International Port Wine Day
    • Celebrated on the 10th of September every year
  • 17 September 2021 – International Grenache Day
    • Celebrated on the 3rd Friday in September every year
    • Official hashtag: #GrenacheDay
    • Facebook Page

October:

November:

  • 1 November 2021 – International Xinomavro Day
    • The Association of Winemakers “Wines of North Greece” recognises the charismatic
      “Xinomavro”, as it holds the top rank among the Greek varieties. Thus, it is decided
      to establish the “International Xinomavro Day” in order to promote the noble variety
      around world.
    • The 1st of November every year
  • 7 November 2021 – International Merlot Day
    • November 7th every year
  • 11 November 2021 – International Tempranillo Day
    • Hashtags: #TempranilloDay or #Tempranillo
    • Always on the 2nd Thursday of November
  • 17 November 2021 – National Zinfandel Day
    • 3rd Wednesday in November every year
  • 18 November 2021 – Beaujolais Nouveau Day
    • 3rd Thursday in November every year
  • 24 November 2021 – Carmenère Day
    • 24 November every year

December:

2022 Wine Holidays

February:

March:

April:

  • 14 April 2022 – Tannat Day
    • Celebrated every year on the 14th of April
  • 17 April 2022 – Malbec World Day
    • Celebrated every year on the 17th of April
  • 27 April 2022 – World Marselan Day
    • Celebrated every year on the 27th of April

May:

June:

If you know of any other important wine appreciation dates please let me know by leaving a comment below. Cheers!

Casey started Travelling Corkscrew in 2010 and has been wine blogging ever since. She has completed her WSET level 2 and 3 and is currently based in Victoria, Australia. When she's not drinking wine and blogging, she runs an SEO & Google Ads company and hangs out with Mr Spittoon, Baby TC and her 2 furbabies.

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  2. Great page and site Casey! Do you happen to have a list of any official International Wine Months? I select wines for a monthly wine club in the States and I love organizing them around themes. Thanks!

  3. Hi Jan, oh I do like the sound of Riesling Weeks – I am 100% behind that!!! I haven’t noticed many events here in Australia specifically for German wines. It would be nice though as I love German wines and attended a fabulous tasting in London quite a number of years back. And no I also haven’t had the chance to taste Ezerjó 🙁

  4. Hi Casey,
    I know, ‘International Riesling Day’ is March 13 … but in Poland dated 01.06.2021-31.07.2021 (!) the office of the Deutsches Weininstitut (German Wine Institute) is arranging and supporting promotions and events of “Riesling Weeks”, which is the part of an overall promotion of german wines.
    Warm summer, chilled riesling … why not!
    Have You met any similar events for german wines in Your country?
    Best regards
    Jan

    Have You any opportunity to taste Ezerjó meanwhile?

  10. Hi Casey! Renata is right for Port Wine September 10:
    https://www.ivdp.pt/noticias/port-wine-day
    https://portugalinews.eu/port-wine-day-is-celebrated-this-thursday/

    And as we have May, let add not only for the Pinot Grigio enthusiasts, the (seems to be) italian-american initiative of May 17 the National Pinot Grigio Day:
    https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/05/prweb15474781.htm
    https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/pinot-grigio-day/
    (Pinot grigio, Pinot gris, Grauburgunder, Ruländer, Rulandské šedé, Szürkebarát, … Tokay d’Alsace (!))

    Best regards
    Jan

  14. Hey how do you print this without screen grabbing? When I select print off google chrome your ad is covering the content.

  18. Hi Casey! Please find some tips for Prosecco, which basically seems to have established its own Day for August 13 but also announced to perform celebration the whole week in July, 20-26 … with one day breath for Shiraz? Best regards. Jan

    https://www.casaprosecco.com/what-is-national-prosecco-week/
    https://www.winemag.com/2020/06/25/national-prosecco-week-goes-digital-to-celebrate-worlds-most-popular-sparkling-wine/
    https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/national-prosecco-day-2021/
    https://www.thereisadayforthat.com/holidays/united-kingdom/national-prosecco-day
    https://www.publicholidayguide.com/awareness-day/national-prosecco-day-2021/

  19. Hi Casey! This has already been noticed …
    The World Lambrusco Day is June 21st … not 11th.
    But as the link is showing, it’s 11th World Lambrusco Day this year.
    Greets from Poland
    Jan

  20. Hey, Casey. What about Port Wine Day, from Portugal? September, 10 🙂 Cheers…

  28. Also, International Prokupac Day has been celebrated for 6 years already… Prokupac is the flagship grape of Serbia … #ProkupacDay is celebrated always on 14th October

  42. Hi Casey,
    Was just checking on the upcoming days to see what I had to look forward to while in lock-down and noticed an error. World Lambrusco Day is on the 20th June, 2020 according to their Twitter feed.
    Happy Malbec drinking for today though… 🙂

  45. Hi Sacha, thank you so much for that – I am going to update it right now – most appreciated 🙂 Cheers, Casey

  46. The Wine Geek’s International Rose Day on the 14th August is no longer promoted and your website link goes to an error page.
    The National Rose Day on the 2nd Saturday in June is only celebrated in the USA and is more of a promo for the Bodvar brand.
    However the Organisation Internationale du Rose have launched an International Rose Day on the fourth Friday of June each year. Perhaps this is more relevant to everyone?
    See more info below:
    https://www.provencewinezine.com/an-international-rose-day-is-launched-from-provence/
    http://www.rose-day.fr/organisation-internationale-du-rose/

    Time to update your list again perhaps? 🙂

  52. Casey Thank you!)
    Carignan Renaissance has proclaimed the last Thursday of October to be Carignan Day.

  54. Thanks for providing the list of wine days to celebrate, very convenient. Just an FYI, there is a typo for March 2019.

  55. Thanks for your comment Maike and I am so glad you ended up finding my post 🙂 Your International Cabernet Day sounded fantastic!! I’ll do some research regarding Syrah Day and see what I can dig up. Thanks for the heads up and cheers!

  56. I read about International Cabernet Day on facebook yesterday, googled it and ended up here 🙂 I live in Germany and of course, my family decided to join in the celebration. To make it even more international we had one bottle from South Africa and one from Chile. Thanks for the inspiration and your list! My husband was looking for a Shiraz Day. I found a facebook-post saying that International Syrah Day was on Feb 16th. Maybe you’d like to add this to your list. (I counldn’t really find out who started it though)

  65. Oh my, how terrible of me not to already have that on the list! Thanks for much for that JME – adding it now 🙂

  66. What about National Rosé Day? It is the second Saturday of June. This year it is June 10, 2017. Is it an international declaration?

    National Rosé Day was submitted to and approved by the registrar of National Day Calendar in October of 2014 by Bodvár – House of Rosés – a Rosé House specializing in Rosé wines to raise awareness and give Rosé lovers a day to celebrate with “summer’s water”.

  70. Thanks for sharing this list of important holidays! One correction: Chardonnay Day is May 25th this year (2017); it is defined by creator Rick Bakas as the Thursday before Memorial Day (U.S.) each year (similar to #CabernetDay in the autumn). Cheers!

  72. Hmm…I’m seeing Chardonnay Day on May 21, and National Wine Day for May 25 in 2017…if Chard day changes as everyone says, then yes, it would be the 25th. Can anyone clarify?

  74. Hey Casey! Do you know if all these days are the same each year or if they change? Or are you looking at putting together a 2017 list at all?

  78. Rick Bakas, who actually created International Cabernet Day back in 2010, says it’s the Thursday before Labor Day meaning Thursday 1st September this year, FYI.

  80. International Chardonnay Day is the Thursday before the last Monday in May (Thursday before American Memorial Day), so it will be May 25 in 2017.