Happy National Wine Day! 

To celebrate national wine day, we’ve paired some of our favourite books with a wine. Cheers!

WINE: Argentina Malbec

A rich, deep colouring with blackberry plum and black cherry flavours. 

BOOK:  In A Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

Like this rich, bold wine In A Dark Dark Wood delivers a twisty and dark mystery with a savory story line you’ll find hard to put down.

Click on the title for a sneak peak! 

WINE: Australian Shiraz

A smooth, red wine with hints of blackberry, mocha and tobacco flavours. 

BOOK: Nightfall by Richard B. Wright

This tale is not one of sweeping romances, and bold advances, it is a subtle story about young and old love, and the bonds of intimacy, with sweet and bitter moments. 

WINE: Rose

A crisp, fresh taste, better chilled with hints of strawberry, watermelon and raspberry flavours 

BOOK: Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner 

This sweet and heartwarming story is perfect for a warm summers day lounging in the sun. Perfectly paired with a glass of sweet chilled Rose. 

Click on the title to read an excerpt!

WINE: Sauvignon Blanc Smooth, zesty taste with green apple, passion fruit and white peach flavours, perfect for white wine sangria. 

BOOK: Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin

This book delivers a lot of wit, zest and class! Perfect to share with gal pals, over a couple glasses of your favourite wine out on a patio.

WINE: Riesling

A sweet, mouthwatering chilled wine, with hints of floral, pear and peach flavours. 

BOOK: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

An unforgettable tale of love and characters to swoon over, but this book has its bitter parts too—just like a crisp sweet Riesling. 

So pull up a seat, grab a glass of wine (or two), and a good book tonight! 

Bookish Tasting Notes

These tasting notes are perfect for any wine drinking, book loving person!

Eight Hundred Grapes, Laura Dave

Waiting on Wednesday: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Taylor Jenkins Reid is back! We thought we’d never be able to survive the wait. For anyone who’s read a TJR book, you know EXACTLY what we’re talking about. 

Side note: TJR’s Forever, Interrupted is going to be a movie and Dakota Johnson, the star of Fifty Shades of Grey, will play Elsie! And if we’re being totally honest here, we couldn’t help but picture Dakota as the main female protagonist (Hannah) in this book, too. 

Perfect for fans of: 

Maybe in Another Life comes out July 7th, 2015.

Drinks with Nick: Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave

I'm always looking for the hook in the book that will translate to the glass, and with Laura Dave's new novel, I was handed the wine region of Sonoma County where Georgia Ford flees after discovering her fiancé’s not-very-well-kept secret. A secret both serious and significant.

Once back home in Sonoma, Georgia will hit the local bar where she orders whiskey - because she thinks she should - only to end up drinking wine because her father's a wine-maker and the solace of the grape has always been intoxicating.

So, for Georgia, I just put them both together.  Her favorite wine is Pinot noir, and Sonoma produces some magical Pinot, heavy on the cherry.  New Yorkers have their Manhattan, but now I have a Californian.

Californian:

2 oz. Breaking and Entering Bourbon 1 oz. Acacia Pinot Noir .5 oz. simple syrup 10 drops Bittercube Cherry Bark Vanilla bitters

Combine all and stir with ice.  Strain into chilled cocktail glass.  Garnish with bourbon-soaked maraschino cherry.

Kinfolk Issue Ten is out today!  This winter edition of Kinfolk—The Aged Issue—is dedicated to all things that get better with time: loved ones, food, family traditions and a good bottle of wine. Order your copy here.