August 22, 2007
What is that in the air? Autumn?
For the second time this week I got the distinct feeling of autumn in the air. Today it was while walking up the porch stairs after taking out the trash. The wind, the wind's direction, the temperature, humidity and air pressure, they all said "autumn". Some of the leaves in the area are starting to turn from the deep green of late summer to the gold and red and orange of autumn.
I love the early autumn, because I have the best tomatoes, the best figs, the first of the winter squashes, and the weather is just getting cold enough to really make me want to drink rich, heavy, tannic wines, like a good cabernet sauvignon, and to eat big roasted chunks of pig or even, as the weather gets colder, braised beef.
Posted by erik at August 22, 2007 12:42 PMIt's a funny thing. I actually like a good port, taken outside, with the usual fixin's (dark chocolate, almonds, candied orange peel or dried citrus, etc.), on a warm summer night (not a hot summer night, but a warm summer night). When the weather gets cold, I tend to reach for calvados.
Posted by: Erik Keilholtz at August 23, 2007 3:48 PMI take tannic wines even in summer, roast pork too.
Best seasonality of all: when the weather finally gets cold, the after-dinner glass of port is in order.
Posted by: Gregg the obscure at August 23, 2007 11:12 AM