Summer wine

The pleasure of wine with food lies in serendipitously discovering a marriage that works for you. You can have a bacon butty with a great burgundy and find a match made in heaven. However, we should try to seek out wines that have a distinctive cultural heritage, wherein the individuality of the grower is expressed, where substance precedes commerce and also where sustainable and preferably organic methods of viticulture are being employed - in short, wines in touch with their roots. Promoting a living food and wine culture is all about recognising, understanding and choosing quality, and appreciating the rhythm of the seasons themselves.