This robust young red wine from Argentina offers excellent quality for the price, and it's produced in quantities that should assure wide distribution. It offers juicy flavors of blackberry and blueberry, and a rounded, smooth texture. It's not enormously complex, but it has a friendly approachability that would make it perfect for an evening barbecue.

-- Michael Dresser

2009 Alamos Malbec

From: Mendoza, Argentina

Price: $13

Serve with: Grilled meat, pasta