在这个温暖的季节里，烧烤已经成为了我们共度时光的最佳方式。虽然桃红葡萄酒和白葡萄酒在炎热的日子里也非常受欢迎，但没有什么能像西海岸那款大胆、充满魅力的红葡萄酒那样完美地搭配牛排或汉堡。因此，无论是举办一场户外盛宴还是仅仅是一顿快速烧烤晚餐，这里有十款选项供你挑选。
加利福尼亚Joseph Phelps 2015 Freestone Vineyards Estate Grown Pinot Noir（索诺玛海岸）$60, 95分。这是一款出色的葡萄酒，它以多汁的红色水果、辛辣的丁香和柑橘皮闻名，带有一股泥土气息。它融合得很好，结构坚固，酸度提供了持久的结构和优雅的点睛之笔。
Hartford Court 2015 Sevens Bench Vineyard Pinot Noir（Carneros）$70, 93分。这款朴实无华却又迷人至极，带来了蘑菇、白垩、煤烟和堆肥味道。单宁浓郁，口感丰富，有森林风情，同时还伴随着亚洲香料和成熟红色水果。
Halcyon 2016 品丽珠（加利福尼亚）$30, 92分。一款卢瓦尔风格的大师作品，以樱桃、黑蔓越莓、碎胡椒粒、湿石及杜松开启其故事。口感新鲜且入口即化，有辛辣香料装饰深而酸甜的地中海风味，并以轻盈单宁结束，是一个芳香完美收尾。
Rock Wall 2016 Hendry Vineyard Block 29 Zinfandel（纳帕谷）$45, 91分。这是一瓶来自南部产区绝佳地点的大型结构，一股蓝莓与雪松交织并带有肉豆蔻辛辣风味，让人沉醉不已。
Martin Ranch 2015 Therese Vineyards Reserve Zinfandel（圣克拉拉谷）$32,90分。一股浓烈烟雾、一股黑莓酱、一股薰衣草、一丝迷迭香及山艾树从这瓶储备版鼻孔中喷发出来。在口中出现的是干涸泥土与野生的红色浆果与花朵，让人联想到老加州葡萄酒世界。
Gramercy Cellars' The Third Man Grenache（哥伦比亚谷）$36,92分。这是一个由四份不同品种组合而成：三份歌海娜、三份慕合怀特、一份佳丽酿平衡，其颜色淡微带微黄，从新鲜草本到覆盆子到李子再到矿物质熏肉展现出清新的纯净感，而余韵则是多汁结尾将其封闭。
Avennia's Justine Red Blend from the Columbia Valley ($38) is a blend of three varieties: Syrah (55%), Mourvèdre (32%) and Grenache (13%). Its color is light pinkish red with an aroma that starts with fresh raspberry fruitiness. It has a mature style reflecting its warm vintage year.
Mark Ryan Winery's Long Haul Red Blend from the Columbia Valley ($55) is primarily Merlot (84%), with the balance being Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. Fruity aromas abound from grapes sourced from Quintessence, Red Willow and Ciel du Cheval vineyards. With flavors of bread crusts to mulberry to earthy notes to coffee beans or chocolate bits in between for added spice.
Underground Wine Project's Idle Hands Red Blend from Yakima Valley ($30) is nearly all Syrah. Rich aromas include elderberries as well as plum cake baking spices orange peel cinnamon and blackberries. A full-bodied wine that covers taste buds with rich fruit flavors bringing pure delight while more restraint than this warm region year would suggest.
Lastly Underground Wine Project’s Devil’s Tramping Ground Syrah ($30) offers a nose filled with cocoa-covered cherries plums apricots blueberries woodsmoke plus fragrances of spices like ginger nutmeg & clove along with hints of lemon zest & herbs followed by tannins fine & silky smooth - it’s hard to identify grape variety or name but it makes for an enjoyable easy drinker though difficult determine kind or title!
