What is a good red wine to begin with?

I would like to change my drink from beer to red wine but I have no idea where to begin. I would like to find one with a sweet mellow taste. Anyone have some suggestions?|||If you want lighter wines (avoid cheap sweet wine at all costs) try chilled rose at the minute there are some bargains because its autumn and they are summer wines but hey turn the heating up, put a towel down in front of the telly and pretend you're on the beach.





Avoid the shiraz and syra, they are quite robust - although you'll get into them.





I like merlot, cabernet merlot, and claret. These are usually medium bodied and quite Yum.





I'm switching from wine to beer myself.|||My favorite red wine is a dessert wine, and it's called Elysium. It's the best!! Also another sweet and fairly mellow tasting wine (not quite sure if it would be considered a 'red' wine) is PLUM wine.|||Ravenswood and Cline Red zinfandel wines are very good choices to start with.|||If you are just starting with red wines I would suggest trying some of the aussie grocery store brands like Yellow tail, or north coast california wines, like mondavi reserve north coast. They are made for young wine drinkers, a little bit sweet, fruity, etc.


Further, try lighter reds at first, pinot noir, grenache, zinfandel. You can chill these a little before drinking.


But after you start to get a taste for red wine, you have to get away from the cheap, sweet, mass production stuff.


But let's focus on getting you started first.