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July 4th 2022
July 4th falls on Monday this year, so get ready for a three-day weekend. Some of you may have had Friday or part of Friday off, too, so you are enjoying a flag-waving four-day weekend. It’s high summer and time to celebrate our nation and surviving another journey around the sun.
Summer celebrations call for less alcoholic, chilled wines. Forego the big bad reds of deep winter. Embrace gossamer delights of rosé, Prosecco, vinho verde.
Rosé and Prosecco are rising stars of wine for the past several years. You also should consider Portugal’s vinho verde, plus Spain/Portugal albariño/alvarinho—wines made with basically the same grape and in same area, northern Portugal and northwest Spain near the Atlantic.
The common theme of lighter wine is freshness, crispness, food-friendliness—especially with seafood and shellfish. They also are relatively low alcohol, which enhances their ability to pair with food. More and more people realize wine should be
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