SARAH VINE: After the endless summer, I want to throttle everyone, family included. Here’s who I would pick first…

Are you there yet?

I only ask because it’s normally around now, in the dog days of August, when it happens to me. After weeks of broiling hot days and sweltering nights, I start to fantasise about pulling on a lovely pair of soft woolly socks or snuggling into a favourite scarf.

I long for chilly autumn nights and cosy evenings, to put away the cloying summer rosé and crack open a bottle of something dark and sturdy – a nice nebbiolo from bosky northern Italy, or something suitably Carpathian.

Ever since I was a child, I’ve loved that back-to-school moment – not

This post was originally published on this site

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.