Forget Rosé – This Is the Summer of Palomino

Forget rosé – the thing I’ll be drinking this summer is well-chilled Palomino, which, in its very best forms, is as vibrant, sapid and thirst-quenching as white wine gets.

Better-known as the sherry grape, Palomino is a sun worshipper; it thrives in scorching environments like Jerez in Andalucia. Yet even in drought-like conditions, its vines yield big, juicy berries, resulting in table wines that are fresh, saline, and relatively low in acid and alcohol. Great heatwave…