August is an exciting month for wine aficionados. This month, we celebrate love for red and white wines with both National White Wine Day on August 4th and National Red Wine Day on August 28th. As a way to recognize these holidays Princess Cruises is offering internationally curated white and red wine selections to add to your personal menu.

Princess Cruises also offers wine country cruises sailing the Pacific Coast stopping by Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Monterey, Seattle and more for oenophiles, made to taste and learn about wine through on shore excursions that can also be enjoyed this month.

Princess Cruises Wine Offerings below:

August 4th – National White Wine Day

• Attems Pinot Grigio, 2017

Friuli Venezia, Italy

• • This versatile wine makes a delicious aperitif and is the perfect partner to rich salads and fish-based dishes. It’s lively with apricot, apple and pear notes.

• Laurenz V. Singing Grüner Veltliner, 2016

Lower Austria

• • Laurenz V. focuses solely on Austria’s legendary native grape variety, Grüner Veltliner. This wine is best described as having elegance and finesse with a floral perfume and a refreshing zip!

• Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay, 2016

Carneros, California

o   The 2016 offers alluring, energetic aromas and flavors of honeysuckle, kiwi, apricot, citrus zest, pineapple and toasted almond. A dazzling, juicy bowl of exotic fruit is held together with

flinty structure, pleasing minerality and refreshing acidity.

August 28th – National Red Wine Day

• Château d’Esclans Whispering Angel Rosé, 2018

Côtes de Provence, France

o   Very pretty and perfumed with notes of tangerine, passion fruit and lemon. Hints of watermelon and cranberry add a bit of red fruit character.

• Decoy Merlot, 2015

Sonoma Valley, California

o   Lush and inviting layers of black cherry, blueberry and cassis, underscored by vanilla and cocoa. On the palate, balanced acidity adds poise and elegance.

• Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon, 2015

Napa Valley, California

o   Inky purple with aromas of dense blackberry jam, cassis and balsamic, followed by a layering complexity throughout the mouth feel of supple, sweet tannins and rich black fruit.