Chuffed to have two wines listed in Tony Loves 100 Summer Drinks - TopicsExpress

Chuffed to have two wines listed in Tony Loves 100 Summer Drinks in last weekends Tiser...summers coming!... First Drop Mere et Fils Adelaide Hills Chardonnay ★★★★1/2 Drink with: Chicken, bacon, pistachio terrine Beyond the humorous back label, this is one clever little chardonnay, all modern techniques in play — wild yeast, barrel ferment, lees and solids stirring — all with a sensitive measure of restraint because that’s exactly how this wine shows: neatly balanced fruit then oak with delightful results. A real pleasure First Drop ‘Nacional’ McLaren Vale Touriga ★★★★ Drink with: Charcoal grilled steaks Touriga Nacional is Portugal’s best known grape, employed mostly in the past for fortifieds but increasingly favoured in fragrant and quite punchy table red. Look for red-blue flowers and plums with dusty oak edges, medium bodied feel, wild red flavours and deeper spiced elements in a neatly balanced finish. Light the barbecue.