Newbie to the Max! Need help deciding

[TheEngineer]

Welcome aboard! I'm sorry that I did not see this sooner but travels get the better part of me.

I agree with WW, that is a nice list with a lot of good value and I'd happily drink all of them. You should go to a wine merchant and show him this list. If you are luck, he will have 25% or more of them, or else he can show you similar things.

There is only one suggestion I'd make and its frankly not even mine. I had a non-wine loving person and there is one wine on that list she could drink and that was the Flowers. A sample of one means nothing but consider that an incidental data point. She liked a softer, not tannic, not mouth filling, fruity and uncomplicated wine.....

Perhaps if that is the guideline then I would not pick anything that is more then $80 here, perhaps the Belle Glos and Au Bon Climat Pinots or the Orin Swifts might do the trick.

Good luck!