Sweet wines seem to appeal to beginning drinkers; they're easier going down.
Red or white? I started drinking Annie Greensprings Blush Rose years ago but found it too sweet with food - and boring. Then California Chardonnays, but Sav Blanc went down easier. Then Beaujalais Village, Merlots and Cabs, but my fave now are Zinfandels, rich,jammy and complex. Also up to 17% alc! If a Cab had 17% it probably wouldn't 'taste right'! I have very little taste for Sparkling wines and it's hard for me to rate them but I have great opinions of Zins.
Ideal alc is when the wine tastes 'balanced'.
Get actual experience; other's opinions are only their opinions - not yours. Go to wine tastings. Read a book about how to taste wines. Take a wine course at a Jr College, if you're old enough; your question although a good one is a young one.
When you find a varietal you like purchase five different brands of that wine. Talk about what you like/don't like with your friends.
Some folks like H盲agen-Dazs and some Baskin-Robbins, eh?|||Thanks!
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|||RobRobiii is right...you could get a bottle of the most expensive, most highly rated french wine that exists and hate it because it simply doesn't suit your palate.
It's all about what you like...if that means you have a wine cellar full of boxed wine, so be it. There's nothing to be embarrassed about if that's the case. Besides, it's a known secret throughout the industry that those plastic bladders that hold the wine inside those boxes, keep wine from oxidizing until you're ready to serve it even after it's been opened...no bottle can do that once the wine's been opened.
The best way to find wines you like is to go to wine tastings. Many wine shops have them and usually don't charge to attend. If you can't go to tastings, many wines are available in half bottles and you can take home smaller amounts to try them out.|||I think it's been said already but: there's just no good way to tell.
All varieties of wine (for the most part) can be good, it's just a matter of how well it's made. Alcohol content will vary between wine varieties and regions -- so it's not really a factor to consider.
In short, you'll end up choosing some really crappy ones in search of the ones you really like to buy on a consistent basis.
Great wine is made by people with care and experience -- and can be had for $8 a bottle if you know where to look.|||Choice of red wine or white is an individual decision so I leave that to you. What makes a great wine (I am a beer man.) is much the same as what makes a great beer. Balance of flavor brought about through the control and manipulations of the wines parameters aid the wine as being considered great. Of primary concern is quality ingredients, which of course in winemaking is the grape. But then winemaker skills in the processing steps and decisions on whether and how to age a wine will influence the final products' quality.
I present these sites both for an educational reference and point of topic to study.. But also to show just how much needs to be considered in what is or can be a "great wine." In the end, a wine that has quality grapes and has been processed with through thought and care will be a good wine.
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Do an online search for the work from this "person of wine." She is widely regarded as the world's expert on wine sensory analysis.
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