Saturday was a close to perfect day for me, full of some of my favorite things – including yoga, good food, the beach & wine.
More specifically, my morning began with a live music rock ‘n roll yoga class at Black Sheep Yoga. While it wasn’t a gentle practice and some parts really challenged my sore muscles, it was just what my body needed after doing high intensity workouts all week. Got to love kicking off the weekend with some invigorating yoga!
Next up, my friend Tiffany, who had joined me in class, also joined me for a trip to a nearby farmers’ market. We strolled around, tasted some fruit, and picked up some local produce and other eats (raw sage honey!) to take home.
Afterwards, I headed back home to take my dog for a walk and shower. My hubby got home from what he was doing around then, and we settled in the living room to watch golf and nap. I don’t nap often, but every now and then, it’s exactly what my body needs. It was glorious!
My favorite nearby hiking & walking spot
When I woke up from my siesta, I spent some time in the kitchen. I loosely followed this recipe for chocolate chip cookies (Thanks, Sarah!), and created and photographed a granola recipe (to come on the blog soon!).
Since two things that my day was missing were 1.) more time out in nature, and 2.) wine, my hubby and I packed a picnic and headed to the beach for a sunset dinner & wine drinking date.
Recently Naked Winery sent me a few bottles of their Outdoor Vino Rambling Red to try. What makes their Outdoor Vino brand unique is that the wine is bottled in BPA-free, recyclable plastic that weighs 1/6 of the weight of glass – making it perfect to bring along when you’re on an outdoor adventure. Since I love to be outdoors and I love drinking wine, I knew that Outdoor Vino wine was a great match for me!
I brought a (super light) bottle of their Rambling Red along with me to the beach on Saturday evening. I tucked the bottle in its respective spot in my picnic backpack, and loved not having to worry about busting out my corkscrew since the bottle comes with an easy screw top. We drank the red blend out of the plastic wine glasses that my backpack came with while we enjoyed the beach and watched the sunset.
Rambling Red is a blend of cabernet, merlot and syrah, and I found it to be a smooth, dry wine. I paired the wine with caprese sandwiches, strawberries, marinated artichokes, bean & corn salad, bruschetta, and some of the cookies that I made earlier in the day:
I love Oregon-based Naked Winery’s fun outdoorsy approach to wine drinking. With winery slogans of, We aim to Tease! and The World’s Sexiest Winery, and their wine club brochure asking if you’re “more of a sweet thing or cougar,” I also got a kick out of their provocative messaging. I suppose it’s what you can only expect from a place called Naked Winery, and after all, wine should be all about fun right?
I also really like that Outdoor Vino wines are environmentally friendly. The plastic bottles use 1/3 of the water to produce than regular glass bottles. Their Rambling Red is an easy drinking varietal blend that’s listed for $18 on their website, and I even saw it for a few bucks cheaper elsewhere online.
I think that their Rambling Red is a fun bottle to bring when you go hiking, picnicking, camping, golfing, are hanging out poolside, or whatever else your outdoorsy self enjoys… and it was a great way to end my close to perfect Saturday full of fun, relaxation, and some of my favorite things!
Sometimes wine drinking + yoga makes for a good combo!
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received Outdoor Vino’s Rambling Red for free from Naked Winery as coordinated by Outdoor PR in consideration for review. As always, all opinions expressed as genuinely my own.
Tell me…
Wine drinkers, do you enjoy your wine outside often?
What would your perfect day include?
Um YES! Yoga, beach, wine and good food would definitely be my perfect day. Love every second of it! I love that yoga photo of you! 🙂
I have started napping a lot more now that my little guy likes to wake me up in the middle of the night. It is necessary!
Thanks lady!
I hear you, I probably would be napping more if I had a little one too. Sometimes you just have to sleep whenever they’re sleeping, right? I’m sure your mom has been helping you lots with your little guy, which must be great!
I LOVE that last shot. So beautiful!
Your whole weekend looks like utter perfection. A picnic on the beach with wine is about as good as it gets for me. Naked Winery was very clever to come up with the idea for an outdoor that’s lightweight and BPA-free. I’ll have to keep an eye out for it!
Oh, and those cookies are my all-time favorite! 🙂
Sarah, I have to tell you, I put half of the batch of cookies in the freezer so that I wouldn’t keep eating them…. turns out, they’re great right out of the freezer too! Haha. Both A and I keep munching on them right from the freezer!
Your day sounds amazing, and this wine is so cool! I’m going to have to keep them in mind for my next camping trip.
You definitely should!
How fun is this!!???! Rock and roll yoga?! Sweet! …and your picnic looks like such a blast! Yum! Those cookies look delicious!
Yup, it was definitely a weekend full of fun!
What a great day! Any opportunity I have to drink wine outdoors I will take it. It just tastes so much better somehow.
I agree! And something about sipping wine usually just makes me slow down and enjoy things… on the beach, even more so!
That yoga class sounds so fun! And really what a perfect weekend! I love the idea of a picnic on the beach – we don’t have beaches close to us but I need to do it anyway! Just not for the beach obviously 🙂 haha Hope you’re having a great week so far!
I bet that you have parks nearby that would be good picnic spots… Keep your eye out this spring and go for one with your man! 🙂
You had a perfect weekend, and i’m SO jealous of your beach/sunset date!
That sunset is amazing! I can’t wait to drink wine outside once we move. Right now we don’t have outdoor space. That is one of the things I am really looking forward to about having a house!
Ah yes, I LOVE sipping wine in my backyard – now that I have one for the first time ever. I’m sure you’ll get to enjoy your patio this summer!
How amazing that it is in plastic instead of glass, that would be super convenient sometimes.
Yup! I think that’s exactly what they were going for 🙂
My perfect day would most definitely consist of being outside doing yoga and sipping on some wine while watching the sunset either on the beach or around the firepit with my favorite people. The wine I am most recently obsessed with is “new age” the is only three flavors to my knowledge and they all need to be chilled since they have a bit of carbonation in them. Love all the yoga photos it really inspires me to get some yoga in, been working up to doing the fallen angel, not quite there yet.
Thanks, Celena Rae! Fallen Angel feels a bit weird to get into. Sometimes if I’m trying to work up to a certain yoga pose, I’ll watch a few tutorials of it to see the different ways that people get into it and what they’re doing that I’m not. Sometimes the tutorials give really good visualization and explanations that help me get into the pose – you should try it!
I’m so late on this, but this is the perfect day! I love wine and drinking it outside, so this plastic bottle looks perfect. It’s so amazing that you live close enough to the beach to enjoy a sunset picnic. We’re now by the beach too, so I hope to be doing some of that asap. Are Naked wines only sold on the west coast, or can I find them here too?
My perfect day is something like yours – get an early start, do a great workout, hit the farmers market, and enjoy the evening with wine and friends.
YES you should get to the beach ASAP for a picnic! You can nab Naked Winery vino via Amazon or their website 🙂
A neighbor brought over a bottle of the Outdoor Vino for a tasting during at a dinner party. We agreed the idea is great but the execution is lackluster. For the price I would expect a much better wine in the bottle. I actually prefere 3 buck Chuck over this single note blend. However, the lightweight bottle is such a good idea that I recommend reusing the bottle by filing it with your favorite wine.