Alternative summer red wines

Are you looking for something different to drink as the weather gets better (i.e. hotter)? Sure, there are plenty of good white wines out there to quench your thirst but when you just don't feel like white consider this:

port or lambrusco

Port: What you can do is throw the bottle of port in the fridge/ice bucket/whatever cooling device you've got hanging around. It's quite refreshing and is one of the few red wines that will go well with spicy barbeque sauces (as long as you have it well chilled). If you think port is too "alcoholy" for you try it this way. When you cool the port down it significantly numbs the amount of the alcohol that gets play in your mouth. Instead it will evaporate once you've swallowed it. And the great thing about port is once you open it you don't have to worry about it going bad like other red wines. It will stay good long enough. So pop open a bottle and keep it around...

Lambrusco: This semi-sparkling (fizzy) red Italian wine is very popular in the center to center-south part of Italy. Generally very soft and approachable they can be served chilled to good results. Nothing too complex or honestly exciting, but a great fall back. Also, goes real well with spicy barbeque. Won't cost you an arm and a leg, either...