Ep 526: Wines to Beat the Summer Heat -- 12 of the most refreshing bottles you can drink

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Right now, it’s so hot in much of the country, it’s hard to get creative about anything, let alone a new wine that may provide some refreshment. That’s what I’m here for! Ok, maybe not just me…this is a list that comes from the Patrons in answer to our weekly discussion question about what they drink when the weather gets hot.

I added a few in for good measure, but this is the list of what the best and smartest community in wine has in their glasses when the sun beats down!

In order of popularity…

1. Rosé: Provence, New World, Tavel, Bandol, Rhône, and everything in between

2. Sparkling wine in many forms: Cava, Crémant, sparkling rosé

3. Albariño/Alvarinho -- and the comparison between the Spanish and Portuguese versions

4. Vinho Verde: Look for something beyond just the $8 bottle and you will be surprised at how much this region has to offer – Quinta da Raza, Soahleiro, Quinta da Lixa

5. Riesling – off-dry, dry from Finger Lakes, Australia, Mosel, Rheingau, Alsace and Austria

6. Sauvignon Blanc of all types -- from Marlborough, New Zealand, Loire Versions, Bordeaux Blanc

7. Txakolina

8. Chablis or Unoaked Chardonnay (Especially Oregon Chardonnay, with- herbal and floral notes)

9. Frappato from Sicily

10. Chilled Beaujolais -- especially things like Fleurie, Chiroubles, and Regnie

11. Vermentino- from Tuscany, Liguria, Piedmont, but especially Sardinia

12. Cabernet Franc (just watch the weight and ABV! Loire is best!)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the Podcasts for People who like Wine for Normal People,
0:09.8	the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:13.2	I'm your host Elizabeth Schneider author of the Wine for Normal People Book and
0:19.2	certified wine dork. His show is sponsored by Wine Access.com
0:25.8	slash normal and let me check out six bottles of wine for you four times a year.
0:31.8	Do tasting videos along with you tell you why I pick these
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0:41.0	year, six bottles, you can't beat it, and if you don't want to join a wine club you can also go to
0:46.0	wine access.com slash W. F.M.P and let them know you found out about them through me
0:50.3	listen in the middle of the show for more details.
0:54.3	This time of year I'm always going places doing things and this year is no different.
0:58.8	I'm actually in the outer banks of North Carolina and Kill Devil Hills, which is where the Wright brothers
1:05.7	launched their first flight. So I went to the Wright Brothers Memorial. I've never
1:10.2	been here before, very, very cool, beautiful. I'm a huge beach person, so I've been doing
1:14.8	a lot of reading and relaxing on the beach and also drinking some wine afterwards. It is so hot. It's so hot in so much of the United States.
1:27.8	It's hot around the world. We have this heat dome. I know some people are
1:30.6	experiencing cooler weather, but it is really hard when it's this out, at least for me,
1:35.3	to get creative about anything, let alone a new wine that's going to give you some refreshment.
1:41.6	So we often fall back on the old standbys.
1:44.6	And that's what I'm here for.
1:46.6	Maybe not just me, though.
1:48.1	Maybe not just me, because this list actually
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