History Main / AGlassOfChianti

* Alucard from ''{{Hellsing}}'' is seen enjoying red wine on his throne more than once in there series. It is hinted it may be mixed with blood just to make it more badass.

***** Seeing as Alucard is immune to every other vampire weakness, even if lesser vampires are not, it's reasonable to assume it was real wine and it just doesn't hurt him.
** The Major is another fine example.

* [[BigBad Father]] does this in ''FullmetalAlchemist''. It's not wine, though, nor even blood, but ''soulds''[[spoiler: - from Greed's Philosopher's Stone]].

* [[BigBad Father]] does this in ''FullmetalAlchemist''. It's not wine, though, nor even blood, but [[spoiler: Greed's Philosopher's Stone]].

* {{Subverted}} in ''EurekaSeven'', Anemone achieves the same imagery of drinking blood by eating mermelade.

* When Kanako of ''MariaHolic'' returns to her dorm room for the first time, she finds [[VillainousCrossdresser Mariya]] sitting there. [[spoiler: I actually bought volume 1, so it's Bordeaux.]]

** Not quite: he [[DramaticShattering breaks the glass]] in anger after being insulted by Raiden in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohvQrV6eKZQ pre-fight cutscene].

->''"A census taker once tried to test me. [[ImAHumanitarian I ate his liver]] with some fava beans, and a nice Chianti."''

* In TheBlackCauldron, Horned King broke his glass with just like in Saint Seiya.

* In SaintSeiya,the great Pope have a glass too, but broke it in his fist when he start to be upset.

* The titular Count in ''{{Dracula}}'', eat or drink. He does however know enough about fine wines to provide Johnathan Harker with "a bottle of excellent Old Tokay" to have with supper.

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[[caption-width:296:So you ''do'' [[{{Dracula}} drink... vine!]] [[ILied Liar!]]]]

* Also, Mai Valentine on a couple occasions.

** In another film (WikiMagic, please provide name, it's a Sean Connery one) he identifies the vintage of a sherry by taste. When sarcastically told sherry doesn't have vintages, he states that he meant the wine the sherry was made from.

* The titular Count in ''{{Dracula}}'', eat or [[IDoNotDrinkWine drink]]. He does however know enough about wine to provide Johnathan Harker with "a bottle of excellent Old Tokay" to have with supper.
** Though in Coppola's version, he does drink Absinthe, calling it La Fée Verte for maximum [[EvilIsCool showing off]] effect.
*** Not really, he was making the girl drink it.
** and to be clear he [[AdaptationDecay never]] [[BeamMeUpScotty said]] [[LostInImitation that]] in [[{{Literature/Dracula}} the novel]]. in the novel all he said was "I do not sup" which at that time meant to eat a meal after dinner.

* JamesBond, in ''FromRussiaWithLove'', senses something isn't quite right with [[TheDragon Red Grant]] when he orders red wine...with fish.
** Not just any red wine, but ... AGlassOfChianti!
* At the end of ''DiamondsAreForever'', 007 defeats the [[EvilDuo bad]] [[CampGay guys]] using his knowledge of fine wines.

* Funny enough, in the original novel of ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' it was a "big Amarone" and not Chianti. Still a red wine from Italy, though.
* Subverted in ''{{Dracula}}'', who [[IDoNotDrinkWine does not drink... wine]].

* In TheBlackCauldron, Horned King have a glass too, but broke it in his fist when he start to be upset.

* Doctor Doom has been shown lounging about on thrones or in throne halls with glasses of what one can only assume is a wine variant of one or other.
** This troper has always wondered: How does Doom drink through his mask? Does he just sort of pour it through? A sippy straw? What?
***Probably just a [[BodyDouble doom bot]], anyway.