Pinot Grigio Day is celebrated annually on May 17. Pinot grigio is the second most popular white wine style in the United States. It’s a crisp, fruity, food-friendly white wine that can go well with seafood dishes. Most people believe Pinot grigio originated in Italy. But, pinot gris, the grape pinot grigio came from, was born in France like many of the world’s most popular grapes. In the case of white wine, pinot grigio and pinot gris have different flavor profiles. So, have you got yourself a bottle of pinot grigio to celebrate the day?
National Mushroom Hunting Day
National Mushroom Hunting Day is an annual holiday that falls on May 17, created in 2014 by a mushroom lover, Jace Shoemaker-Galloway. If you’re going on the hunt, you need to know how to identify which mushrooms are edible. You probably don’t want to go mushroom hunting hastily and end up eating the poisonous ones. Mycologists and mushroom hunters commonly use the spore print technique to differentiate between similar-looking species. So, educate yourself before you go on the mushroom hunt.
NF Awareness Day
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day is observed annually on May 17. It is said that thousands of people have neurofibromatosis (N.F.), but they don’t even know it. Besides, there is still no cure for N.F. That’s why the day is observed to raise awareness of this condition, educate people about it, and raise money to support research so that there can be effective treatments for N.F. It’s also to encourage parents to take another look at their children for the signs and symptoms so they can be treated sooner. So, let’s support the people with N.F. and the research to end N.F.