Summer in the Vines
SUMMER IS AN EXCITING TIME TO BE VISITING WINE COUNTRY. THE VINES ARE ON SHOW EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, BUNCHES HAVE EMERGED, AND BERRIES ARE FILLING OUT.
The weather patterns we experience this season will go on to impart individual expressions of terroir that each variety will
communicate differently, and each winemaker will attempt to enhance and then capture in a bottle.
No two Summers are the same, and a vintage's overall success often comes from an ability to work with this ever-evolving
Summer season, not against it.
For organic farmers (such as Tamburlaine), this is an extremely critical time for maintaining crop protection in the lead up to the New Year.
Traditionally fruit-forward and characteristically bursting with flavour, it is no mistake that Summer wines often taste like
bottled sunshine. When we think of Summer styles, we instinctively reach for the chilled whites such as Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, or Viognier, but the big surprises of the season can often be found in a Rosé, Pinot Noir and, of course, all those Summer bubbles.
Food pairings for Summer wines, as with the wines themselves, should exhibit bright, light, flavoursome characteristics
that work to enhance this sunny season. If only one word could be used to describe the ultimate food pairing for a Summer varietal, it would undoubtedly be… fresh.
"All of this hard work and vigorous preparation must undoubtedly be linked to our love of 'Summer Styles' because, let's be honest - nothing follows hard work on a hot Summers day quite as well as a vibrant Summer varietal." Mark Davidson.
