It is a good starter dry red wine. It, too, is a good wine to start with as a dry red and has berry flavors. There are many other varieties on the market, but these are the most common and good varieties to start with. How to read those labels Generally, a label in the United States doesn't tell a whole lot other than the winery name, wine variety, the vintage or year the wine grapes were harvested, the alcohol content and, occasionally, the sugar content. Sometimes, the back label describes the wine, the vintage, the region or the winery that produced the wines.
All labels have the warning about consumption by pregnant women or drivers.
French and German labels are another matter. And not the subject for a column aimed at beginners. First, you need to master a cork screw. There are dozens of different types. Probably the simplest is a T-shaped cork screw you twist into the cork, grab a firm hold on the bottle and pull.