What is a good red wine to drink with out a meal?

Looking for a good red wine that can be drank with out consuming a meal. Nothing way to expensive. Something you could buy in a grocer.|||Oh man, there are so many. Ok, here it goes, Sterling vineyards is great, do not purchase the Vintners blend, a good bottle of Sterling will be about $20/bottle.





Try Jacobs Creek Reserve Shiraz Australia, and Norton Reserve Malbec Argentina, these should be no more than $15/bottle. I think both of these wines are fruity and the Malbec is sweeter to me and the Shiraz is drier.





Spanish wines taste earthy, Campo Viejo Reserva Tempranillo Spain is great for the price, about $15/bottle, I enjoy this by itself, but its distinctive taste is something you would have to try for yourself, of course it it why you asked, so I wanted to tell you about it.|||Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Valpolicella, Barbera are all wines that drink well with light snacks (or even on their own). The first two are usually budget price.





Another thing you could do would be to get some cold meats (continental sausages are good) and pair them with some central european wines. There are some excellent reds from Dealul Mare in Romania, if you look out for them, and with a little care you can also find wonderful red wines from Bulgaria and Macedonia. (These are nearly always very cheap).|||A great "cocktail" red wine that is full flavored yet easy to drink with no food is Cable Car Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon for under $10. I find this wine to have low tannins and fruit forward. It's works for all those who do not like the big rich intense red wines with lots of tannins that make your mouth feel like sand paper or like all the moisture in your mouth disappears. I call this my "Cocktail Cab" because it's a red wine you can drink without food.





Cable Car Cellars website and webpage for this wine is: http://cablecarcellars.com





In the San Francisco Bay Area, it can be found at Safeway. They may also have it in their other division stores like Vons in Southern California and Nevada, Tom Thumb in Texas, Genuardi's in the Philadelphia area, as well as Carrs. It's probably available else where too. If you want to find out if it's sold in your area, you can email Cable Car Cellars at: info@cablecarcellars.com|||With food, I prefer old world style, but will admit that when having red wine w/o food, the less acidic new world wines might have benefits (but I still avoid Aussie stuff, too sweet). Any red from Napa would probably be good, I like Frogg's Leap, Sterling, and Bosche.|||You should try Sterling Cabernet. It has a wonderful, full bodied flavor, yet still a smooth finish. This wine typically cost from 14$ - 20$ per bottle, depending on location, and sales...those are good. Try Wal-Mart, I have seen it lowest priced there. I do hate Wal-Mart, yet I go often.|||For a less expensive $18 bottle, try Seven Deadly Zins (red zin)


Or, a little more expensive is about $35, Santa Cristina Sangiovese, it's the #1 selling Tuscan wine in all of Italy|||Try a good spanish or Chilean wine. Spanish: a Rioja "reserva" could be great and is nort expensive. Or, when is the season, a Beaujolais nouveau.|||Any kind of wine the taste best for you a is a good wine a little in moderation an to much wine is bad for your health.|||I would go with a soft, fruity red like Shiraz/Syrah or Zinfandel. As far as brands, try Barefoot, Hardy's, or Banrock Station.





.|||I always enjoy a nice bottle of Spanish rioja. Quite full-bodied, but I find it good to drink either with or without food. Yum!|||wild irish rose