I making a pasta dish with a tomato based sauce, but I’m also using chicken as the meat portion of the meal. What wine, both color and variety of said color, should I go with? Need to know before Saturday!!!!

I have been experiencing with some different wines and have really become fond of white wines however i have found for the most part they don’t seem to go well with red meat and pasta. I have tryed merlot in the past and hated it my question are all red wines like that or does anyone have suggestions for a "better" red wine to go with pasta and red meat.

I have to bring a bottle of wine to a wine tasting party. I have this spare bottle around the house. If I bring this, will people laugh because it is a cheap, low quality wine? Or is it a decent, respectable wine?

OK I’m making homemade pizza for my GF next weekend and I want a great wine to go with it. I’m not a wine hobbyist (as you can tell) I want something that will be good, but not break the bank because I’m a poor college student. I read somewhere that a Joel Gott 2005 Zinfandel would be good, but I’m not here I can it here in Nebraska. Any suggestion would be most appreciated.