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What is a good red wine and a good fruity wine?


It's almost christmas and I'm looking for some last minute gift ideas for my girlfriends parents. The mother loves fruity wines and the father loves red wine. I need to find two wines, preferably wines that I can find at an LCBO or a winery in the Toronto area. I'm very inept when it comes to wines and all the help that can be provided would be very appreciated.
Thanks

A good choice for sweet wine:
Rieslings have a floral aroma. They range from very dry and crisp to intensely sweet depending on where it is from. German Riesling is slightly sweet and balanced with some acidity. California Riesling tends to be sweeter.

A good choice for red wine:
Zinfandel can be light to full bodied. It can be rich and spicy or lighter and fruitier. Aromas and flavors that are typical include raspberry, jam, black pepper, and licorice. A specific Zin suggestion -

Renwood 2004 Old Vine Zinfandel
The 2004 Old Vine Zinfandel is medium ruby in color. The bouquet consists of brown sugar, caramel, sage, eucalyptus, and bursting with dark berry fruit. The flavor is a sumptuous blend of warm blackberries on the entry, with a hint of dried fruit, finishing with sweet fleshy tannins.(around $20)
If you can't find Renwood other good wineries are Rosenblum, Serghesio, and Ridge.

Good luck!

sangria is a good fruity red wine

For the red lover, a bottle of Kunde Zinfandel is great. Big bold and delicious.

For the fruity wine lover, a Beaujolais from Louis Jadot is tasty, or for something lighter than that try Beringer White Merlot or Big House Pink.

a fruity red is more like a sangria? For the Red you can't go wrong with pinot noir.

Try any California pinot noir or merlot.Robert Mondavi Private Selection,Beringer Third Century or Sabastiani Sonoma County.

There are alot of great fruity and sweet wines on the market
I'm in BC so I'll give you some international brands you may have in Toronto a nice blush from Australia would be good for the mom like a Zinfandel or a rose wine or even get a couple of those cheap bottles of that wild vines those are really fruity.

For the dad go with a Rosemount Estates Shiraz or a Cabernat/Shiraz blend.

Yellow Tail also makes a great Merlot and check out the pinot
noirs the french make great red wines so be sure to look around and get input from the staff.

If you are in the Toronto area you must have specialty store's just for wine I would go to one of those and ask away.

LCBO will have a good selection but the wine shoppes will have wines that you would not find in a LCBO if they are not commercially available. Meaning better selection make a good impression and shop around.

Merry Christmas and Best Wishes.

I like Red Sangria.
I first had it at a fancy Italian restaurant in Florida, while I was on vacation with my parents.
It was served in a tall, thin glass, on ice. Awesome wine. Great.
Liquor stores in my area of Pennsylvania sell it by the gallon for about $10.00, but a glass of it at the Florida restaurant was about $7.00.
So your girlfriends parent's may think you spent alot but in fact you got a bargain.

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