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?
2018 Wine Days:
February:
- 18 February 2018 – Global Drink Wine Day (join the 2018 Facebook Event)
- 24 February 2018 – Open That Bottle Night
March:
- 3 March 2018 – Mulled Wine Day
April:
- 17 April 2018 – Malbec World Day
May:
- 4 May 2018 – International Sauvignon Blanc Day (always the first Friday in May)
- Official hashtag: #SauvBlancDay
- 9 May 2018 – World Moscato Day
- Learn more about Moscato Wine via my ultimate guide
- 24 May 2018 – International Chardonnay Day (the Thursday before Memorial Day (U.S.) each year thanks to the creator Rick Bakas)
- Learn more about Chardonnay via my ultimate guide
June:
- 9 June 2018 – National Rosé Day (second Saturday in June every year)
- Official hashtag: #NationalRoséDay
- The date is highly debatable for Rose Day, see August 14 for more info
- 21 June 2018 – Lambrusco Day
August:
- 1-5 August 2018 – International Albariño Days
- 4 August 2018 – National White Wine Day
- 4th of August every year
- 14 August 2018: International Rose Day
- Some say it’s in June, others say it’s August 14th and some say it’s the whole month of August – I’ll leave this one up to you!
- Learn more about Rose Wine via my ultimate guide
- 18 August 2018 – International Pinot Noir Day
- 30 August 2018 – International Cabernet Day (the Thursday before the US Labor Day every year thanks to Rick Bakas)
- Official hashtag: #CabernetDay
- Here are 7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Cabernet Sauvignon
September:
- 21 September 2018 – International Grenache Day (3rd Friday in September every year)
- Official hashtag: #GrenacheDay
- Facebook Page
October:
- 14 October 2018 – International Pinotage Day
- 19 October 2018 – Champagne Day
- Here are 20 Ways to Celebrate International Champagne Day!
- Offical hashtag: #ChampagneDay
November:
- 7 November 2018 – International Merlot Day
- 9 November 2018 – International Tempranillo Day
- Hashtags: #TempranilloDay or #Tempranillo
- 15 November 2018 – Beaujolais Nouveau Day (3rd Thursday in November every year)
- 21 November 2018 – National Zinfandel Day (3rd Wednesday in November every year)
December:
- 4 December 2018 – Cabernet Franc Day
- 20 December 2018 – Sangria Day
If you know of any other important wine appreciation dates please let me know by leaving a comment below. And yes 2019 dates will be put up closer to the time. Cheers!
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!
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)
Thanks for the heads up Katti!
I believe National Zinfandel Day is the 3rd Thursday of November.
Ooo brilliant, thanks for the heads up Johan!
International Pinotage Day is on 14 October 2017
Haha nothing wrong at all with celebrating 2 days in a row Carmen – practice makes perfect right ;)
Thanks for this!!!! I almost celebrated Cabernet Sauvignon day too early, imagine I would’ve had to celebrate two days in a row! Hmmmmm….
Your welcome – enjoy all the upcoming wine days Villa :)
Great post, thanks for sharing the list…
Oh my, how terrible of me not to already have that on the list! Thanks for much for that JME – adding it now :)
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”.
Thanks for the heads up on Tannat Day Bugabea!
El día del Tannat del Uruguay (nuestra cepa insignia ) es el 14 de abril. Lo fijó la autoridad nacional del vino.
In Uruguay “Tannat Day” es 14 abril. Uruguay is known over the world because of Tannat.
http://www.wineriesofuruguay.com/notas/leer/inavi_establecio_el_14_de_abril_como_dia_del_tannat
Awesome thanks for the confirmation Derek!
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!
I have done some further research and the US National Drink Wine Day is Feb 18th for sure (which I say we make it Global Drink Wine Day) and #ChardonnayDay should more accurately be the 26th of May – every year – you can find more details here: https://tigchandler.com/2011/05/30/international-chardonnay-day/ & http://grapevine.webologyworlddemo.com/world-chardonnay-day-26th-may/ I have updated the post accordingly, cheers for the heads up :)
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?
Hi Carma, yep some of them will change and yes I will be doing a 2017 version :)
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?
Thanks Carolyn!
November 19, 2016 national Zinfandel day
Awesome thanks for that :)
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.
Awesome thanks for the heads up guys!
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.