Another popular red wine, and one of the less expensive red wines, is Pedroncelli 2000 Dry Creek Valley. It has sort of a blackberry flavor, goes very well with red meat and sells for a very cheap $14 a bottle. They say this is a great wine for Valentine's Day.Sangiovese - This grape is believed to come from Tuscany in the 1700's. Currently it is successfully grown in California as well. Finally we have a terrific wine from France, the people who just about invented great wine. Just don't tell the Italians that. The wine has a name a mile long. For those who want to tackle trying to pronounce it, the name is Chapoutier Chateauneuf Du-Pape La Bernardine. Try wrapping your tongue around that for a while. As for the wine itself, it has aromas of leather, pepper and liquorice and a black cherry flavor. It goes great with rib eye steak and has a nice price tag of about $40. A really fine wine. 紅酒wine香檳酒 drinks fine wine Malbec is a type of grape that is mostly grown in Argentina, and it thrives there because of the hot and dry summers. It was once an important grape grown in the Bordeaux region of France, but its popularity is on the wane. The acidity of this type of grape can vary, and you will find this wine types being blended with the other varieties of grapes grown in Bordeaux. Merlot is a grape type that has grown in popularity as a result of the French Paradox, and it has soft, mellow and light tannin that appeals to most people. Another popular red wine, also from Connecticut, is Cabernet Franc which is made exclusively from Cabernet Franc grapes. This wine is best served with all red meat dishes as well as chocolate desserts. It sells for about $17.50 a bottle.It is good for the heart - consuming moderate amounts of red wine can do a number of good things for the heart. Because it contains antioxidants called flavonoids, drinking red wine can raise HDL levels, which is the good cholesterol that everyone wants; it can also lower LDL levels, which is often described as bad cholesterol. Drinking red wine can also act as a blood thinner which can prevent dangerous clotting.