Summer solstice marks the longest day of the year (in the northern hemisphere), the height of its brightness, and the beginning of summer. The summer solstice is analogous to the full moon—a time of celebration, culmination, climax. After today—though we still have much summer and heat before us—the days will shorten, slowly and ever so slightly, as we move toward the autumnal equinox. But for now, we revel in the height and heat of summer, partake in its hedonistic pleasures, languish in its languorous afternoons. We consume the fruits of our labor, imbibe what we’ve fermented into wine.