What type of red wine is the best for a beginner?

I've never drunk much wine in my life, but am considering giving it another shot. What is the best quality wine for the price? What brand or type supposedly offers the most health benefits?|||If you're not a wine drinker, you'll probably find it easier to start with white than red. Even the lightest, most fruit-forward reds are drier than most whites.





Try a riesling or a gewurtztraminer. Then try a pinot grigio. Then a sauvignon blanc - these will be like grapefruit juice. Chardonnay.





For the reds, I'd start with pinot noir or petite sirah. Both are light, and the Oregon pinot noirs in the $10-$20 range are pretty fruit-forward. Concannon petite sirah is another inexpensive red that should be a good novice wine that's not hard to drink.





One that I like and fits the budget - but is wholly unsophisticated is Menage a Trois Red by folie a deux. It's a blend of cab, merlot %26amp; zinfandel. It's juicy and fruity without being sweet and really easy to drink. The vineyard is in Saint Helena, Napa, and it should run you about $12/bottle if you can find it. It's fun and I get a stupid, juvenile kick out of the name. ;-)|||Cabernet is good, but very dry. In regards to health benefits though a glass of grape juice non fermented has the same effect.|||Me personally, I like Cabernet Savignot. I slaughtered the spelling. Sorry.|||Either you like wine or you don't.


But if you HAVE to, a mild french one is the way.|||You get a fruity red wine, I think that is the way to go, it is light. Cabernet is heavier but very nice.|||It is the level of antioxidants in red wine that offers its supposed health benefits, in particular, a substance called 'resveratrol.' Sainsbury's, a UK supermarket chain, has released a wine called 'Red Heart Wine' which has higher-than-normal levels of resveratrol and is designed as a form of health supplement. I'm afraid I have not yet tasted this wine and so cannot comment on its quality but I must advise you that, while research shows that one glass of red wine per day may decrease mortality rates by as much as 30% (!!!!!!), it should not be seen as a cure-all. Antioxidant supplements are available from health-food stores and chemicals with similar properties to resveratrol can be found in other foods. Fresh garlic has very high levels of antioxidants and does not contain the harmful alcohol.





I should always advocate the enjoyment of wine as that is my passion (and my job), but wine is, by no means, a medicine.





Hope this helps.|||Not sure aboout the health benefits of it, but if you're looking for a smooth, inexpensive wine, try white first! Any kind of Reisling will do. Its sweet like a wine cooler %26amp; great for beginners. ;-)|||Cab. Merlot. The defnite choice for a newbie. It won't be too strong and the merlot will soften the feel thus will not put you off drinking full bodied ones.|||The best wine for a beginner is one that suits your tastes. Try for a semi-sweet red, or a lighter sweet white like a reisling or a gewurztraminer. In time you may grow to like drier, more tannic reds. For an experienced nose, that tends to be where all the flavor is!|||shiraz, lambrusco or a piesporter|||Merlot, it's smoother and softer|||try a light (sweet) fruity red wine. Ask the guy in the liquor store to recommend a good, light fruity red wine.