Apothic Red is good. It's $12. Live a little.

Montes, from Chile, is very good. Also, just about any Argentinian Malbec is going to be a good value. Can't recommend a specific one off the top of my head, though.

I'd look for something from Chile.

Note: do not confuse Charles Smith (The Velvet Devil, Boom Boom, etc.) with Charles Shaw ("Two Buck Chuck"). Very different.

For big flavor crowd-pleasers that are smooth and easy-drinking, go with a Big House red (I'm drinking The Usual Suspects Cabernet right now, 8.99 that I found on sale elsewhere for 6.99; they also make the Cardinal Zin), or for anything from Charles Smith winery in Washington. I think Charles Smith makes some stuff in the $10 range, though they also have stuff that runs up to the low 20s.

For a dollar or so over $10, anything from Cline in Sonoma is going to be good. Their entry-levels are 10 or 11 and some of their next-level-up is about $14. We really like their zinfandel.

If you have drinkers who don't like California fruit bombs, and want a spicy French wine, Whole Foods has one called La Vielle Ferme. It's a southern Rhone blend with chickens on the label. Comes in red or white, costs 7.99 or 8.99.

Anything from Blackstone is also good at about 8.99.

Anonymous wrote:As my friend tells her toddler, "Use your words."

tee hee.

That said, any $10 red at Whole Foods is a $7 red at Harris Teeter.

Red wine?

As my friend tells her toddler, "Use your words."

Please recommend a $10 avg red at whole foods
Thx