the goods Summer sips

Fill your castle, cottage, lake House or ranch House with one-of-a-kind finds from city view antique mall. come visit 55 dealers at our new facility. 6830 walling ln. (off skillman/abrams) 214.752.3071 cityviewantiques@homestead.com

Parents got those summertime blues? back to school is already at your dallas-lake Highlands once upon a child. don’t forget tax free weekend 8-9-11. store hours: 9am - 7pm m-F, 10am - 7pm sat and 1pm - 6pm sun 6300 skillman st #150 214.503.6010

get ready for school with the coolest gear from soyoung. monogram these bags to make them your own! $20-50 6721 snider Plaza 469.232.9420 shopbabybliss.com

This is the time of year that requires wines that are lighter, whether red or white, and that can be served cool or sometimes colder — even with an ice cube or two. In other words, porch wines, which are perfectly suited for summertime sipping, whether you’re on a shaded porch or indoors, with the air conditioning on and glad you’re not on the porch.

Porch wines don’t have the big alcohol or tannins (that puckery feeling in the back of the mouth) that heavier wines do. In this, they’re more refreshing and don’t make you feel even more uncomfortable than the heat already does. Doubt that premise? Then taste one of the ones suggested below, and then taste a cabernet sauvignon with 14.5 percent alcohol. You’ll be amazed at the difference.