Alright, Wine lovers.....

As I'm sitting here drinking my riesling, browsing the forum and gallery, I thought....I need help. With wine that is. Can anyone recommend a really good Red Wine for me?? I love riesling, but really would like to find a good red wine....any suggestions???

Don't be shy, I know you girls love the wine!!

A Reisling girl here, too, Jess! My husband loves Pinot Noir, and I can at least sip on that, on occasion. I can't stand Merlot, Cabs, etc. -- too dry for me, and I always get a MAJOR headache when I drink red. Good luck - wish I had better suggestions for you. Couldn't read a wine post and not respond!

I love cabernet, and one of my fav inexpensive bottles is Santa Rita - around ten bucks and its pretty smooth.
** I'm no expert, just know what I like
but all time favorite is a little winery called Eden vineyards and they have this amazing starfruit wine that is absolutely amazing. I also like that when I purchase their wines its local business, and very little sulfites in their product (no headaches)

So the sulfites is what causes the headache?? I did not know that!! Thanks girls:)

I've tried and tried but I just don't care much for red wine, too dry. I'll share some Reisling with you though... now you're talking!

sorry no reds for me either.

I do like the Riesling but I LOVE the Moscatos. The sweetness gets me........

ReneeLamb wrote:

sorry no reds for me either.

I do like the Riesling but I LOVE the Moscatos. The sweetness gets me........

My mom loves those too Renee!

Pinot Noir is my fave!!! I am a total wino, wish I could afford the good stuff, that's for sure.

Maybe a Zinfandel or Shiraz would be good for you Jessi if you don't like the real dry stuff. You can get sulfite free wine, Jessi. It is a bit more expensive though.

I like Jacob's Creek..it is middle of the road, affordable and delicious

There are some Merlots that give me the raging headaches and those have a ton of the sulfites. However, in my state I have found at my local fred Meyer a few brands that are pretty good: Tisdale, Turning Leaf, Barefoot, and Yellow Tail, and I think there is one from the chateau st Michelle brand too. Hopefully helps

See, I am a Riesling or blush girl myself. My MIL & FIL own a grape nursery/vineyard on the east side of the state so a lot of what we drink comes from them. If you want to try red:



Jess, I suggest you try Ménage à Trois - Red. I am not a huge fan of red but this amazing (sad to admit that I can almost drink a whole bottle by myself). I can usually find it at Target LOL! Love the white and blush as well! You cannot go wrong with this wine (as long as you can get past the name LOL!!!)

http://www.folieadeux.com/mat/red.html

I have that brand before..it's good

unfortunately the first time I bought it was for the name, LOL!

A good, inexpensive red wine that is very smooth is Louis Jadot Beaujolais. It's available in most grocery stores and is under $10 a bottle. Just make sure to let it breathe a bit.

Oh, thank you all for all ths suggestions!! I am just now getting back to this. But I am gonna try some of these for sure!!

Brianne, the name doesn't bother me at all...you should see some of the names of the beers that my dad and husband get...the flying dog beers have the best names:)

i love pinot grigio. its a crisp white wine.

Ok, so I like my wines sweet, here are some of my favs:

Adam Puchta:
http://www.adampuchtawine.com/index.htm
Berry Balck
Riefenstahler
Jazz Berry
Vignoles

St James
http://www.stjameswinery.com/
Velvet White
Velvet Red
Strawberry
Blackberry

There's one other that I LOVE LOVE but I'm out and I don't remember the name

Theresa Hernandez wrote:

A good, inexpensive red wine that is very smooth is Louis Jadot Beaujolais. It's available in most grocery stores and is under $10 a bottle. Just make sure to let it breathe a bit.

you're so lucky you can buy it at the grocery store! In PA we have special stores for wine and liquor.

Oh that's right. I forgot about that. When I lived in Ohio, we had state liquor stores, but you could still get beer and wine at the grocery.

We can't get wine in the grocery store here, either. Such a pain when the kids were little to have drag them in to the liquor store so Mama could get her Reisling - lol!

Tracy F. wrote:

We can't get wine in the grocery store here, either. Such a pain when the kids were little to have drag them in to the liquor store so Mama could get her Reisling - lol!

haha! that is so true. i have one in the same place where i teach so i head there on my break, LOL!

Hi everyone! Just starting to post but the topic of wine has drawn me in here!!

I love red wines and one of my faves is from Argentina. Its an organic wine so no sulphites to worry about and its really good value and very smooth. Here in Canada its about $13 a bottle - Cuma, Organic Malbec by Michel Torino.

Janedee wrote:

Hi everyone! Just starting to post but the topic of wine has drawn me in here!!

I love red wines and one of my faves is from Argentina. Its an organic wine so no sulphites to worry about and its really good value and very smooth. Here in Canada its about $13 a bottle - Cuma, Organic Malbec by Michel Torino.

Ooo, sounds heavenly! I'm off to the store now. I'll look and see if they have any.