Mirassou pinot noir. Red wine will keep a week in the fridge. Just let it warm up a bit before drinking. In fact I just realized with the power out and my house at a chilly 61 degrees, my red wine is at the
perfect temp.

Jam Jar. Sweet Shiraz. Screw top so you can store in fridge.

Op you may like Chambourcin. Very sweet red.

Apothic Red
http://www.apothic.com/wine.html

You can get it for $7.99 at Costco, and it's about $10.99 at other stores like Safeway.

We've also found a wine, I think it's called Tisdale? we've only found it at Giant grocery stores for $4. It's pretty decent for $4 wine...

Oh wait - you will not be able to keep a bottle of red open for a week! You'll have to open a new one. Or buy half bottles.

If your tastes run to more sweet, you can try sherry, madeira, or port. You can keep those for quite a while after open, so you could buy a more expensive bottle and drink it slowly.

Anonymous wrote:Francis Coppola claret.

I prefer the cabernet - ivory label. yumm!

Five Rivers is not bad for a cheap Pinot Noir. Also like Liberty School for a Cabernet Sauvignon. And Kendall Jackson is an excellent value for a Cabernet if you buy it at the right place, like Total Wine.

Smoking Loon Chardonnay and Merlot.

Francis Coppola claret.

Layer Cake Shiraz - it's deeeeelicious! Their cabernet is good too. I've seen both sold between $15 - $17.

Bella Sera Pinot Grigio

Cupcake Wines. Love their red velvet one.

Also the Pancakes wines are quite good.

OH, PP here. I forgot! An excellent Pinot Grigio is the Barboursville Virginia Pinot Grigio from the Barboursville Winery down in Charlottesville. DH and I bought a bottle of this to a dinner party a couple weeks ago and it was gone before we even sat down for the meal. I believe it was around $20. Also, my friend speaks VERY highly of Blenheim Painted Red, but I understand it's not made every year and can be tough to find.

Angeline Pinot Noir. Some girlfriends and I went to a wine bar a week or so ago and did a blind flight- this one was our favorite out of 6 reds. I saw it for $12.99 at Harris Teeter.

For white, I LOVE Loosen Bros. Riesling. They have a Dr L Riesling bottle at Wegmans that is about $10 and is one of my absolute favorites. Their nicer Riesling Kabinett is about $30 a bottle I believe and is also good, but the $10 is delicious for much less.

I also like the Menage a Trois wines- they have a white blend and a California red blend that are surprisingly good. Actually California reds in general tend to be pretty good, as well as Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs.

Red or white. I really like pinot grigio but am also getting more into red. It's not really to serve with meals, I usually have a glass on the weekends after the kids are done. I like inexpensive ones because DH is not a big one guy and often I only have two glasses during the weekend and therefore use the same bottle the next weekend just so I'm not pouring out a ton of wine.

Also, if you can post any to avoid that would be great too.