Suggestions for a newcomer

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"we both have had little experience with wine I don't know where to start"

Let us start with where you have started - you previous experience (no matter how little) with wine.

Have you ever had any wines that you liked?

If you have, that's where you want to go. If you goal is sensual pleasure rather than experimenting with wine, than stick to what has already worked.

When people say Pinot Noir can have cherry flavors they are correct. Very often, these flavors are only detectable by those experienced with drinking red wines, because the wine itself does not taste "like" cherry flavor, but only "of" cherry or other fruit flavors, noticeable through or in addition to the very noticeable undeveloped sensations of alcohol and tannic astrigency.

For many people with little experience in wine, a PN with what are described as terrific cherry flavors by more experienced oenophiles tastes simply like red wine.

For limited or non-experienced wine drinkers, I would normally suggest a California 'fruit bomb' Cabernet or a quality spätlese level German Riesling.

Those are my blind suggestions - let's go back to the beginning - have you ever had any wines that you liked?

If you don't remember the name, that's alright, state what you do remember: red or white, a little or not at all sweet, a lot of aroma or taste etc.