The day to share my Uncorked and Unwined party is finally here! If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve already seen a few photos from the party, but I can’t wait to share all the fun in today’s post.
For those of you that are new to the blog, Uncorked and UnWINEd is an opportunity for us to have a girls night in and try some new wine in the process. You can follow along using the #uncorkedandunwined hashtag. Today, I am linking up with the Uncorked team to share all of our parties with you. If you hosted your own party, you can link up with us below. The Uncorked team includes:
- Val from Chicken Scratch
- Kelly from Sequins & Scissors
- Jessica from Jessica Stout
- Samatha @ Cotten Tales
Since my birthday was in July, I decided to go all out for Uncorked and make it my birthday party. I named it “Champagne Wishes and Paris Dreams” and went with a champagne tasting with a Paris twist. I got my inspiration from Birthday Express’ Paris Damask party theme and I was able to purchase their party supplies. They even had a matching Evite and free printables that I was able to customize for my party.
To get ready for the party, I went down to DeVries & Co. Cheese Shop in Eastern Market to stock up on Brie, Gouda, Manchengo, Gruyere, Cheddar and Camembert to try with our champagne.
I also found a fantastic French bakery, Cannelle Patisserie, to get some sweet treats (including macaroons).
Without further adieu, welcome to Paris:
We had a lot of fun tasting all of the different champagnes. I ended up getting nine different champagnes in total, three French champagnes, three Italian sparkling wines and three US sparkling wines to mix it up. At the end of the night I was popping those corks like a pro!
We decided that our favorite champagne was the Pommery, which is a blend of three different grapes and is aged three years before it even gets on the shelves.
At the end of the evening, I gave these adorable macaroon trinket boxes as favors to all of the guests. They were just darling!
I ended up with a few extra favors, and I am going to be giving them away for a few lucky readers! Enter via the Rafflecopter below and I will announce the winners next Monday:
The giveaway is over, if you won, you will receive an email from me, so make sure to respond within the week. Thanks to everyone who participated!
If you hosted your own Uncorked and Unwined party you can link up with us here and check out all of the other awesome parties:
Our next link up will be on September 29 and I already have an awesome idea for my next party. I can’t wait for you to join us!
If you missed my last party, you can click here to check it out.
