"Iced tea - the house wine of the South"

This column from the Kingsport paper hits the spot -

"Tall glasses of the deep amber liquid, accented and flavored with lemon and mint and sweetened with white sugar, accompany checkered-cloth picnics on roadside tables, sit alongside plates of smoky pork barbecue in cinder-block restaurants, and slowly sweat on the wide arms of Adirondack chairs during late afternoon breaks from the garden."