| coming of spring is an important time in the life of | | | | work. If you are enjoying fish or seafood, why |
| the winemaker. The vines are starting to show | | | | not go for a Loire Valley Muscadet? This is an |
| new life as new shoots appear and the year of | | | | underrated wine because it is usually fairly |
| wine making starts again. | | | | inexpensive and is lighter in alcohol. It works really |
| Spring also brings in us the yearning for sunny | | | | well with seafood and evokes memories of |
| days and with that comes the hunger for | | | | French fishing villages. This is a great wine to |
| different food and drink. Spring often means | | | | make you think about your summer holidays and |
| leaving those red wines that you have come to | | | | because of its relatively light alcohol content, it |
| love over the winter period behind and start to | | | | won’t make you feel at all light headed. |
| rediscover rosé wines and white wines, which | | | | If you are enjoying a roast chicken why not go |
| we associate more with the sunshine. | | | | for a Chablis? This wine is light in flavour but not in |
| So what are the great wines for spring days? | | | | alcohol content. It is subtle but fresh in its flavour, |
| What is it about certain wines that make them | | | | with a zippy acidity that cuts through the soft |
| ideal and others that just don’t work? | | | | juicy flavour of the chicken. If you are enjoying a |
| Probably the best thing to think about when | | | | cheese dish, why not go for a Rioja? This will |
| choosing a spring wine is how you will be drinking | | | | compliment the cheese and remind you of days in |
| it. Is it to go with a certain type of food? Is it for | | | | Spanish bars enjoying the tapas. |
| a celebration? Or is it just because you want to | | | | If you have a special occasion to host, now is the |
| celebrate the beginning of the new season and | | | | time to break open a bottle of sparkling rosé. |
| would like a bottle of wine to make everything | | | | There is something about the light, fruity taste |
| seem new and spring like? | | | | that will go well with anything you choose to |
| If you are looking for something special to go | | | | serve. This will get any party started or round off |
| with food, here are a few options of what might | | | | a dinner party nicely. |