What to drink?

The mix of waning heat, fatigue from a long day on the water and wonder at the everchanging landscape and sunsets at Lake Powell cry out for a glass of wine to be enjoyed in the quiet and solitude of an isolated camp site while watching the sinking sun.

But what to drink?

I must admit that I, or more appropriately, Gloria and I, drink a lot more red wine than white wine - even after a hot day at Lake Powell when we lean back in our fold out camp loungers and watch another sunset of which we never tire.

During the warmer months at lake Powell, wine cannot be kept in anything other than a cooler. It is simply too hot. I would much rather have a chilled red than a hot red.

Consequently we usually take less expensive red wines that have a definite fruity character that does well if lightly chilled. We do not put our red wines on ice, but keep them to one side of the ice chest with no direct contact to any ice.

Examples of the kind of red wine we take to Lake Powell are Fusee Merlot or a Yellowtail Shiraz/Grenache blend. There are many more choices than just these two.

What would some of you recommend?