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Three Great
Burger Wines
Making burgers for your backyard barbecue? Try one of these wines to bring out the flavor and turn a simple hamburger into a gourmet meal. NV Lini Labrusco Lambrusco ($14) It's purple, it's fizzy, it comes from Italy, and it's really good, the latter part being what separates it from most Lambruscos. '09 Crios de Susanna Balbo Malbec ($15) Malbec was made for grilled meat (that may explain its popularity in Argentina, where people eat something like 125 pounds of beef each year, per person). Susanna Balbo, one of Argentina's greatest winemakers, has a knack for the grape, which this juicy, lightly spicy red makes clear. '09 Foxglove Zinfandel ($14) Bob and Jim Varner produces terrific, high-end wines under their own name, and inexpensive, wonderful wines under the Foxglove label. There's a little Petite Sirah in this which adds some backbone to Zinfandel's lush fruit. Pairings courtesy of Ray Isle, Executive Wine Editor of Food & Wine Magazine | 
