What's a good red wine for someone that doesn't like red wine?

Question

i love wine, but so far the only wines i like are white and blush wines.

any suggestions for a red wine that a white wine lover might like?

Answer 1

the cheaper wines tend to be easier actually, since they are usually sweetened, those lead you to the more expensive dryer wines after your wine tastes mature... at least thats what my family says (still at the sweet cheep stuff level myself)

Answer 2

I recommend trying a pinot noir. It is lighter style red wine that usually has a lot of fruit on the palate. It's what I always recommend to white wine drinkers that are looking to expand their horizons with red wine when I am pouring wine at wine tastings.

Answer 3

Start out slow with a Merlot.

Answer 4

You might not want to go too dry to begin with. A plain Merlot, may be a bit dry. You could go with a blended wine such as Merlot blended with other berries like blackberry or cherry. It will make it a little sweeter, without being sickeningly sweet.

If you prefer the sweeter wines, you could go with a Fredonia.  It's a light fruity red, that is on the sweet side. Again, it's not sickeningly sweet, but it's sweeter than a Merlot.

If really sweet is what you like in the whites (like a Catawba or Niagara), then you might like the Concord. It's very dark in color and very sweet. (Too sweet for MY taste, but good for a beginner.)

If there is a wine shop or winery near you where you can go in and sample a few wines, go for it. Tell them what you like in a white wine, and they should be able to come up with something comparable in a red.

I enjoy both wines, but tend to lean towards the reds, rather than the whites. I'm not sure why, I just tend to like the reds better. You could be one that just enjoys the whites more than the reds. And really, that's okay. Wine is, after all, a personal thing.

Answer 5

If you don't like red wine, chances are you probably don't like the reds with a higher tannin content. Merlot, Chianti and Bordeaux have lots of tannins which will be difficult (and unpleasant) for you to drink when you're not used to them. They can seem a little bitter.

I suggest a lighter bodied red wine like Pinot Noir. Louis Jadot Gevry Chambertin is a good one but a little pricey. Also, Rex Goliath Pinot Noir is quite good - and the cost is very reasonable.

Answer 6

How about white merlot, as a start?  I would not really consider that a red, but it is closer than other blush wines.

You can also try a sangria made with red wine, which has a fruitier flavor and is not as deep and rich in flavor as a glass of plain red wine.

Answer 7

Yellow Tail Shiraz, its my favorite

Answer 8

I would suggest a fruity and soft red like Pinot Noir or Beaujolais.  You may even like them slightly chilled.

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Answer 9

Beaujolais it's a fruity medium wine and very palatable for new red wine drinkers. (it was my first).

Answer 10

Try a Spanish or Chilean wine.  It doesn't have to be pricey.  The flavor is much milder.

Answer 11

I have, in my humble opinion, the wine you are looking for.  For the life of me (the wine nerd life of me that is), I don't understand why more people do not recommend this.  You don't like red, probably I guessing, because the tannins turn the back of your mouth into a black hole that sucks all the moisture from your mouth, like drinking a strong cup of tea.  

You want soft tannins but you also want (I'm being pretty presumptuous here, I know) balance.  That means good acidity.  Merlot tend to have better balance, but the tannins can still be a little rough.  Pinot has great balance, but its a finicky grape and quality range a little too broad for my taste.

Ah, there is a red wine that has great, mouth-watering acidity with just enough soft tannins to give it body.  Its great strawberry-cherry fruitness to it.  Best yet, its one of the few wines (very few) that taste great chilled.  Very low tannins, so the cold doesn't bother it.  The chill brings out the red berry flavors like no white has.  Wines from Beaujolais.

Skip the nouveau.  Go pass the Beaujolais.  Start with Beaujolais-Villages.  Or a little more interesting, start a Cru Beaujolais like Moulin a Vent or Brouilly.  You'll love it.  This is the red for white wine lovers.  Have fun

Answer 12

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