I need a good wine.?

Question

I'm looking for a inexpensive, sweet wine that I can find at a regualr local store. I know absolutly nothing about wine. A wine that is sweet not bitter. Please help.

Answer 1

go to Wal-mart or a supermarket that sells wine or a liquor store...look for a White Zinfandel wine, this is sweet, yet not too sweet...most people like this wine, even if they are not big wine drinkers...there are many, many choices available, price wise....Beringer, Sutter Home, and others make very decent wines and their White Zinfandel is usually only $ 4-$ 5 for a small bottle, or you can get 1 1/2 liter for $ 7- $ 10 for some other brands......try a small bottle first, to make sure you like it, unless you need a larger bottle for company ??!!.....good luck to you....enjoy your wine !!...oh, white zinfandel tastes better, if you chill it for a few hours, in the refrigerator, before serving it !! ENJOY !!!

Answer 2

Hmmmm. Where exactly is local? Prices vary for wines depending on your location. German white wines are your best bet for sweet and inexpensive. Try a gewurtzraminer or sweet riesling. They are generally refreshing, with no hard acid and round berry flavours. One of my favourites that will go with holiday food, is from Ironstone Vineyards in California called Obsession. It should retail for approx 8 dollars in the US, anywhere from 10-16 in Canada, and should be about 5 pounds in the UK.

Answer 3

Ice Wine is definately the sweetest, yet a typical sized bottle of stable ice wine will run you around 80 greenbacks!! I also have a 187ml bottle (certainly a million/4 of a familiar bottle) and it value 22 greenbacks. no longer purely the cost, yet i ought to down this entire little bottle in approximately 5 seconds and that i wont even sense a buzz. try reisling, its like white grape juice with alcohol. stable ones attainable for 10-20 money. happy ingesting!!

Answer 4

When you are at the store look for chennin blanc, Riesling or German wines. Go to the section with the Rieslings or chennin and you will see that they are in a taller, skinner bottle. This is another way to tell the difference for this style. Then ask the clerk they will direct you to a wine that you should enjoy.

Answer 5

If you want something that is REALLY sweet, try D'Oro. It's an Italian wine and it comes in a glass jug. It really isn't that bad and it's inexpensive.

Arbor Mist wines tend to be sweet and fruity--they're somewhere between a wine cooler and regular wine. They're usually between $3-4 a bottle.

At your local liquor store, ask the clerk if they can recommend a sweet Reisling. Reisling wine tends to be sweet and rather mild, but it varies if it's semi-dry or dry. Usually semi-dry is sweeter. Also, I find that American REislings tend to be sweeter than German ones.

Also at your local liquor store, look for fruit-flavored or fruit based wines. A local vineyard makes this heavenly peach wine that's sweet but not sticky sweet. There's another local vineyard that makes raspberry wine and another that makes blueberry wine. Some tend to taste like fruit juice but there are some that are nicely balanced.

Answer 6

If you want really sweet and easy to drink, Bully Hill Vineyards' "Sweet Walter" is very good. I usually don't like sweet wines, but it's very very nice.

For a medium sweetness, this is the season for Beaujolais Villages, a very mild, easy to drink red wine.

If you're looking for a dessert wine, try a German Eiswein. (Ice wine) They're made from grapes that have frozen on the vine, so the sugar concentration is higher. They're good lightly chilled.

Answer 7

My local Target, costco, and grocery store carry Fetzer Gewurtztraminer. It's under $10 a bottle and is quite sweet. It's not a "good" wine as your title asks for, but it fits the rest of your descritions and is quite drinkable for a simple wine. : )

Answer 8

For sipping or for dinner?

Not many sweet wines match main course foods, except for reislings. (There are some others, mostly Austrian grapes, but they are not commonly available at "regular, local stores."

Otherwise, for sipping and relaxing, you should enjoy fortied wines: Cream and Amontialdo sherries, Tawney and Ruby ports, Rainwater and Bual Madeiras, etc.

Answer 9

Try Umberto Fiore. It takes like pure white grape juice, but still has a good buzz to it. It is delicious and about $10 a bottle.

Answer 10

Try Zind-Humbrecht Gewurtraminer alsace 2004 I dont know where you live and so dont know where you could find it but this is sweet and should retail for about $20