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Wines for people who dislike wine A lot of people in the US who don't like wines think that: -White wine is a butter-oak chardonnay plant from California. -Red wine is a tannic mouth-puckering experience. I would look for wines with more fruit in them. They often taste sweeter even when they are not, because we confuse the fruit taste with sweetness. This may mean looking for wines from outside the US. For whites you could do worse than starting with sauvignon blancs from New Zealand (though the last couple years haven't been great) or from Bordeaux or the Loire for example. Rieslings from Austria, Germany and Alsace (and New Zealand). Lots of delicious wine in these categories in the $11-$15 range. For reds, you could try experimenting with australian Shiraz or shiraz-cab blends. Maybe not the most interesting wines in the world at the low end of the price range, but they tend to have some fruit. If you are willing to go up to $20 per bottle, you could try Ridge zinfandels from CA (or other Ridge wines) for example. And then there is Spain which has great values in reds and whites (as you've already discovered). Once you start to know a little about what you might want, a good guy a good local wine store is a real resource.
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