| The title “Summer Wine” brings a famous | | | | flavor of sunny days. |
| song to one's memory; sung by Nancy Sinatra | | | | Cherries and strawberries have always been |
| and Lee Hazlewood, it also inspired and stirred the | | | | included in certain recipes to make “summer |
| creativity of other great musicians in time. Here | | | | wine”, most often this type of beverage is |
| we refer to the famous U2 member, Bono, to a | | | | very similar to a normal soft drink one has in |
| band such as the Corrs as well as to orchestras | | | | order to cool down or to make the heat of a |
| all over the world. The lyrics are inspiring and | | | | summer day more bearable. However, there is |
| definitely touch one's soul. What is “Summer | | | | enough alcohol in the summer wine to make one |
| Wine” actually expressing? | | | | get dizzy and lose control over the senses. This is |
| Summer wine is made of a mixture of cherries | | | | actually how the story goes in the song too. |
| and strawberries, but the magic ingredient of the | | | | The lips can no longer speak, the eyes grow |
| liquor is the angel's kiss that charms and puts the | | | | heavy and the singer is totally won over under |
| drinker under the spell. The song starts with the | | | | the “magic” of the summer wine. When |
| “definition” of the summer wine, and | | | | he wakes up in the morning the silver spurs are |
| these lyrics are repeated throughout the song as | | | | gone and so is the girl with the angel-like kisses. |
| a recurring motif or a refrain. One thing is for | | | | The memory of the summer wine treat is only |
| sure, there is a certain mood and a special way | | | | preserved in the headaches and the sickness that |
| of perceiving the summer wine as “mine”. | | | | alcohol leaves behind when one has too much of |
| The temptress who lures the singer with the | | | | it. |
| summer wine is an anonymous “she” | | | | The overall feeling the song gives is one of idyllic |
| attracted by the jingles of the silver spurs that | | | | love: there is flirt, there is passion in kisses and |
| she wants for herself. In return for the precious | | | | the senses are stirred by the qualities of the |
| things she promises and actually gives summer | | | | summer wine. Nevertheless at the other end of |
| wine. Cherries and strawberries are not randomly | | | | the story, there lies the abrupt waking up when |
| chosen as the ingredients of wine: first of all they | | | | the magic is gone and the world is what it is: with |
| relate to summer by specificity to the season, | | | | morning hangovers and material interests. |
| but most important of all they carry the unique | | | | |