Any Suggestions?

[Innkeeper]

Hi MM, and welcome to the Wine Board. If you are looking for a red try a Beaujolais. These come in a few varieties. There is Beaujolais Nouveau. This is from the current year and comes out in November and fades by the following April or May. You may still see some around now, but don't recommend it. Then there is plain ole Beaujolais. It doesn't say anything more on the label. One step up is Beaujolais Villages. This is what I recommend you look for. It runs $10 more or less. There are also Crus Beaujolais that are more sophisticated and come from smaller named regions than the wider Villages. The have names like Fleurie and Moulin-A-Vent. You may like them too and they cost a little more.

If all Beaujolais is to dry for you. You may want to look for a Lambrusco. The most common is made by Reunite.

Whites that are off dry includes most Rieslings and Chenin Blancs that don't say "Dry" on the label. Most other white wine is dry. Dry does not mean cottonlike. It means that all the sugar in the juice has been fermented into alcohol. Dry wine can still be fruity and thus, does not taste like what most folks would call "dry."

[This message has been edited by Innkeeper (edited 01-26-2005).]