the friday feed: just peachy

Ah, summertime—the season of sun-kissed days and ripe, juicy peaches. From May to late September, it’s prime peach-picking time across America and July and August are when peaches shine brightest.

Peaches in white wine, pesche al vino bianco, is a quintessential summertime southern Italian dessert, a rite of summer in many households. Good peaches, a nice, dry white wine, and a little bit of time create a beverage reminiscent of sangria. When the summer produce is fresh and bountiful, Italians know how to be resourceful. And of course, Italians know their way around a good bottle of vino.

Right now at the farm, we are selling South Carolina peaches. They are close to the cash register and smell so good! Our construction project is getting close to being finished. Amidst the mayhem of trying to remember where things are, scraping food scraps into the trash can, washing dishes by hand, and vacuuming dust every day, a glass of wine at the end of the day makes the shoulders relax. I remembered reading an article about Italians drinking pesche al vino bianco, so I bought a few peaches to take me away to la dolce vita. 

That taste of a chilled peach-flavored wine in the heat of summer is sooooo good. You can also spoon those wine-soaked peaches over a bowl of vanilla ice cream. A perfect end-of-meal-summer dessert. An after thought...maybe try peaches with rosé for a pretty peachy pink drink.