When shopping for good, inexpensive red wines, especially imports, the search doesn’t need to be difficult. Here, we’ve cherry-picked 12 international red wines from Wine Enthusiast’s Top 100 Best Buys list to make it easy peasy. These current vintages, which hail from three continents, are so good and so low-priced that they’ll please your friends and family without putting a strain on your credit card. All of these bottles, with five big servings in each, cost no more than one fancy cocktail from your local mixologist. Another benefit to our selections is that they lack some aspects of most more-expensive, special-occasion wines. Lower-priced red wines are often lower in tannins and alcohol, not to mention lower in the lavish oak flavors that can smother your favorite day-to-day meals. These Best Buy red wines are mostly light to medium in body and boast fresh, fruity flavors. Most omit the tooth-drying tannins of “big” wines that are meant to age. Tannin lovers, however, should aim for the Madiran and Douro wines in our selection. All, however, have enough juicy acidity to make them mouth-watering. Whether they’re to accompany tacos, pizza or pasta, a bottle or two from this selection of Best Buy red wine imports will certainly help complete the meal. Best Buy Reds from Argentina Kaiken 2020 Estate Malbec (Mendoza) Alta Vista 2021 Vive Malbec (Mendoza) Santa Julia 2021 [+] Malbec (Mendoza) Best Buy Red Wine from Chile Casas del Bosque 2019 Reserva Carmenère (Rapel Valley) Best Buy Red Wines from France Boutinot 2020 Uva Non Grata Gamay (Vin de France) Château de Terrefort-Quancard 2019 (Bordeaux Supérieur) Château Viella 2019 Tradition (Madiran) Best Buy Red Wine from Italy Castello di Gabbiano 2018 Cavaliere d'Oro (Chianti Classico) Best Buy Red Wines from Portugal Rui Roboredo Madeira 2019 Castello d'Alba Reserva Red (Douro) DFJ Vinhos 2019 Vega Red (Douro) Best Buy Red Wines from South Africa Lovely Creatures 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon (Western Cape) Warwick 2019 The First Lady Pinotage (Western Cape) Why You Should Trust Us All products featured here are independently selected by our team, which is comprised of experienced writers and wine tasters and overseen by editorial professionals at Wine Enthusiast headquarters. All ratings and reviews are performed blind in a controlled setting and reflect the parameters of our 100-point scale. Wine Enthusiast does not accept payment to conduct any product review, though we may earn a commission on purchases made through links on this site. Prices were accurate at the time of publication.