Six wines to get you in the mood for summer

I always feel I am tempting fate when I write about wines for summer in Ireland — I feel as if the weather gods are waiting to thwart me should I even mention the garden or the word barbecue.

However like most Irish people, I’ve mastered the art of holding an umbrella while I barbecue, and we now have an inexpensive canopy to sit under, such is our determination to enjoy the wines of summer.

To be honest, I don’t drink that differently in the warmer months but I do alter the temperature of my wines.