I'm a Brooklyn-based wine expert. Here's the advice I give my friends on how to choose the perfect wine during quarantine.

Muscadet is best known as a young, fresh, salty wine often served with oysters, and these bottles can bring a lot of joy, often for less than $20. But you can also find some hidden gems here: Older vintage Muscadet made by some of the masters (Pépiére, Luneau-Papin, Jo Landron) will begin to drink like Chablis for at least half the price.

Many people think of the Whispering Angels of the world when it comes to rosé: something, light, pale-salmon in color, with little taste, served teeth-shatteringly cold. If you like this, I have some news for you: What you really want is a vodka soda. You're welcome.

But there is so much fun to be had with rosé. Look for bottles that are darker in color then you might expect, maybe from the teutonic region in Germany or Austria, the Loire Valley in France, or the Sierra Foothills in California. These roses will showcase more minerality and a darker fruit profile then their Provencal cousins.

Finally, I've been getting a lot of joy out of wines in the Cotes Catalan. I'll skip the history lesson for now, but we're talking about the south of France, almost Catalonia (home of Barcelona and lingering a vibrant separatist movement) and a climate much different than the rest of France. Grape-wise, we're talking about Syrah, Grenache, Mouvedre, Cinsault, and Carignan, and there's a small but growing movement of organic-minded Natural wine makers (Matassa, Clos du Rouge Gorge) who are bringing this undervalued region new attention. Be prepared for whites with a bit of skin contact, and reds that are best served with a light chill on them.

Kevin Diamond is a sales representative for wine importer and distributor T. Edward Wines based in TriBeCa. He is also one half of the podcast Disgorgeous, an irreverent and self-described leftist comedy wine podcast. His favorite grape is Cabernet Franc.

It's not lost on me that a secondary pressure these days is finding joy in your bottle of wine while also minding how much money is flying out of the piggy bank. This doesn't mean you should resort to buying mass-produced garbage, but it does mean turning to regions other than Burgundy or Napa to satisfy your tastes. Here are a few wine regions you can turn to for exciting wine that won't break the bank.

The first thing I recommend is to find a local shop you love, and listen to the experts who work there. That's harder in a no-contact pick-up world, but not impossible.

Here's a workaround: Say you're buying six to 12 bottles at a time to reduce the number of trips you're taking. Start by picking four or five of your favorites and ask for a blind recommendation for the rest. They'll already have an idea of how you drink from the first handful you've chosen, and a good idea of what your budget is. As an added bonus, this will allow them a chance to flex their wine-brains, something I'm sure they'd love the opportunity to do right now.

Also, with wine and cocktail delivery exploding — because restaurants need to offer it to have any chance of surviving in this brutal environment — there's a great opportunity to take advantage of your favorite wine director's brain as well. Think of a bar or restaurant you frequented in the before times, and see if they've posted their wine list online. Next time you're grabbing pick-up or ordering delivery from them, throw a bottle or two into your cart. You may find something new that piques your interest, and the wine has most likely been chosen because it plays well with the food.

Look, I'm a wine professional, and as such, I love nothing more than to get lost in minute details about soil composition and microclimate. But the truth is, wine should make you happy, and if that means ordering a case of Malbec and drinking the same bottle every night, please do that.