recommend a wine

[stevebody]

LA,

Try one of the Italian Moscato D'Astis or a Prosecco. The moscatos are almost always low in alcohol (from 4 to 7%), are a little sweet and sometimes slightly sparkling (What the Italians call "frizante")

Wine just may not be your thing, if the "kick" is something you worry about. Try some mixed drinks, in which you control the alcohol. Hey, no shame in it. Some people just don't care for wine, although wine weenies like me like to say that you just haven't find the wine you like, yet. That may be, too. Good tip: find a good local wine shop, befriend a salesperson, and level with them. They'll give you the kind of one-to-one help that would benefit you more than this forum. If they act like you're bothering them, move on. That's not a great wine saleman; that's an a-hole.