It has always been a great British pastime to complain about the weather, and despite the fact that I’ve just celebrated my 13th anniversary of moving to Galicia, the urge to have a good moan now and again, is still firmly rooted within my DNA. Despite being away at the start of the month I can still tell you that June has been pretty hot and dry, to date, culminating in a weekend of temperatures above the 30°C mark (touching 90°F). Unlike the States, however, Galicia is not tooled up with wall-to-wall air conditioning, and so you largely have no choice but to just grin and bear it, and the nights especially, can be very uncomfortable. Of course I have no right to complain, when we have just enjoyed the very same conditions during the flowering period in our vineyards. At the moment the heat and extended sunshine is actually not too bad for the vines, albeit that eventually we will need a bit of water just to keep things in balance.It has always been a great British pastime to complain about the weather, and despite the fact that I’ve just celebrated my 13th anniversary of moving to Galicia, the urge to have a good moan now and again, is still firmly rooted within my DNA. Despite being away at the start of the month I can still tell you that June has been pretty hot and dry, to date, culminating in a weekend of temperatures above the 30°C mark (touching 90°F). Unlike the States, however, Galicia is not tooled up with wall-to-wall air conditioning, and so you largely have no choice but to just grin and bear it, and the nights especially, can be very uncomfortable. Of course I have no right to complain, when we have just enjoyed the very same conditions during the flowering period in our vineyards. At the moment the heat and extended sunshine is actually not too bad for the vines, albeit that eventually we will need a bit of water just to keep things in balance.