Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer in the U.S. Many of us spend the weekend grilling or heading to the beach. We hosted a rooftop barbecue and sipped on Winc wines throughout the afternoon. We are excited to share our weekend with you.
Wine is a personal experience. We prefer white and rosé wine in the spring and summer and red in the fall and winter. With Winc, you don’t need to be a sommelier to drink wine that you love. Winc is a monthly personalized wine club, founded in 2012 by Xander Oxman and Geoff McFarlane. Winc curates over one hundred wines, and makes it easy for members to receive delicious, affordable wines personalized to their tastes. Each 4-bottle shipment includes tasting notes to help you track the varietals and flavors you like.
To receive your high quality selection of vino without ever stepping out of your house:
- Take a quick online quiz to receive your personalized wine recommendations
- Select your preferred mix of red, white, rosé and/or sparkling wines
- Override recommendations to make your own wine selections at any time
- Choose the Wines Featured tier, which includes vino from $13+ per bottle or upgrade to the Winc Select tier, which includes the premium wines (we prefer the Winc Select tier).
- Rate the wines to receive better recommendations going forward
- Skip a month whenever you want
- Reach out to Winc if you don’t like any of the wines, and they will credit your account
We selected
- 2017 Finke’s Sparkling White Blend
- 2016 Selected Works Chardonnay
- 2016 Selected Works Pinot Noir
- 2016 DIME Red Blend
For outdoor parties, we highly recommend melamine and galvanized metal tableware, platters and trays. We added a burst of red to our chic tablescape with . We rounded out the table decor with Pottery Barn’s , and .
Our floral centerpiece featured mini white gerber daisy, red anthurium, white orchid, green trachelium and red and white roses.
We kept the appetizers for the barbecue fairly simple with a of fresh raspberries, strawberries and apples, white tortilla chips with homemade guacamole and blueberries.
We kicked off the festivities with Finke’s Sparkling White. This blend of Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay is a bright, crisp bubbly from California. It is light and dry with notes of apple, honeysuckle, lemon and pineapple. We added some Memorial Day flair with raspberry and blueberry garnishes.
Next we sipped on The Selected Works Chardonnay. This white wine has vibrant fruit flavors of pineapple, peach and lemon. This wine is medium bodied, dry and unoaked.
Guests had their choice of beef, turkey or veggie burgers.
Next, we sipped The Selected Works Pinot Noir. This medium bodied and dry wine paired well with the burgers.
For dessert, we feasted on Maison Kayser’s The Cardinal cake. This delicious raspberry mousse cake has a vanilla creme brulee center, raspberry biscuit and a raspberry glaze. We also served a star spangled strawberry rhubarb pie. We enjoyed dessert with a glass of the DIME Red Blend.
So kick back, relax and enjoy this summer with a Winc membership. Use the code twinparties22 to save $22 on your first box of Winc.
True patriotism isn’t cheap. It’s about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going. Robert Reich
Awesome, looks like a great weekend! <3
I really need to borrow this party theme. It’s so clever and cute! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Not a wine person but you guys looked like you enjoyed the time. The title was interesting too. Great job.
I love trying new wines!!! This is so awesome and it truly got me excited and happy. Thanks for sharing.
I love to entertain and my friends love wine so this idea is great. Your decor and food choice have a mix of simple and sophistication.
They sound like great wines, and what a view of the city!
Looked like a very classy and fun celebration! Love the selection of wine. Outdoor parties really are the best x
Looks like you’ve had a great weekend. I love that theme party, it so beautiful!
I love the gorgeous tablescape! Everything looks so fancy, the food looks delicious and it looks like a really great time! Wish I could be this fancy at planning outings!
I’m so happy I found this post. I love wines especially white wines.I wish this wine club was available in my country because I would certainly subscribe. Love the spread, the food looks great.
This sounds like a great way to spend the holidays with good friends, good food, and wine!! It looks like y’all had a wonderful time and all the decor looks so well put together!
The party looks great and so are all the partitions! Very nice place and people! lovely!
I love wine! I love all these high quality photos!! I was just in New York few days ago, and reading this made me miss it. Sounds like y’all had a great time here.
I miss drinking wine! I am super busy these past few days and I forgot to relax!
I’m so jealous! I love Pinot Noir! I would definitely pick the 2016 Selected Works Pinot Noir
White wines has been my favorite one, but i think it won’t hurt to try the other kinds as well, thanks for sharing these recommended wine brands!
I miss wine, it is definitely one of the things I have grown to love. This might be my next theme if I host dinner. Your photos are so gorgeous as well.
I miss wine, it is definitely one of the things I have grown to love.
This might be my next theme if I host dinner.
Your photos are so gorgeous as well.
I miss wine, it is definitely one of the things I have grown to love.
This might be my next theme if I host dinner.
Your photos are so gorgeous and great quality
Me and my husband loves wine so much. This is one of our way of enjoying and spend time together without the kids 🙂
Wine is the only kind of alcoholic beverage I will drink. This looks like a pretty cool place with awesome company.
Love Winc and getting wine in the mail is amazing!! Looks like you got some great choices there.
That outdoor setup is so relaxing. I wish we could have those kind of celebration at our home. Also, I agree with you 100%. True patriotism comes at a cost.
Awesome! Looks like you’ve had a great time. I love red wine and white wine too. Maybe I prefer white wine cos it is more light. As I am petite I can’t hold alcool well.