What's Pressoir Drinking?

July 21, 2020
By Daniel Johnnes

I find summer offers the most opportunities to drink every type of wine. In winter, I feel more inclined to drink red and fuller bodied wines. In the summer I am drawn to lighter, more casual wines as well as the regular dip into the great Burgundy (red or white) or from any great wine producing region for that special holiday celebration. I feel more liberated in the summer and freer to get reacquainted with wines I don't visit as often.

This week at my beach retreat I brought a tremendous mix of Stein German Riesling from the Mosel, Russo Etna Rosato, Max Breton Beaujolais, Lafon Meursault, Roulot Auxey-Duresses, Burlotto Pelaverga from Piedmont, a Griotte Chambertin from Drouhin and more. In short, I brought a wine for every fish and meat - grilled steak with the Breton Morgon, grilled swordfish with the Griotte-Chambertin, sauteed shrimp with lemon and herbs with the Riesling, the volcanic  Russo Rosato with seafood spaghetti with chili peppers and maybe the Pelaverga tonight with grilled sausage. Who knows but there are so many great wines in the market today at all prices points and flavors. Now is the time of year to take a "voyage" in more ways than one.