Line #74 Main/AGlassOfChianti


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2	[[caption-width-right:296:[-So you ''do'' [[Film/{{Dracula 1931}} drink...vine!]] [[ThatLiarLies Liar!]]-] ]]
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4	->''"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans, and a nice Chianti."''[[note]]In the original book it was "a big Amarone".[[/note]]
5	-->-- '''Dr. Hannibal Lecter''', ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''
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7	Many [[BigBad villains]], being more high-class than most heroes, like to sip some wine, usually red, while [[SlouchOfVillainy lounging on their]] [[OrcusOnHisThrone throne]]. This makes them seem [[WickedCultured refined]] and [[EvilIsCool worldly]], even when [[VillainsOutShopping relaxing]]. Heroes and [[LowerClassLout unsophisticated, petty villains]] go for the more boorish beer, usually because they either can't afford wine or they have [[EvilTastesGood no taste for the stuff]].
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9	Note that red is seen as a lot more sinister than white wine, due to its {{Color Cod\|edForYourConvenience}}ing and general connotations with blood. When a vampire (usually [[VampiresAreRich richer]] and more refined, not one of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent biker vamps]]) drinks red blood from a wine-glass, it invokes much the same imagery, and it's possible that villains drink red wine specifically to invoke the vampiric example.
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11	Villainesses and neutral {{Femme Fatale}}s also have the option of sipping white wine and champagne ("girly" wines), and seductively drinking from a tall flute glass and peering through the bubbles at the hero.
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13	Another common variant is the Snifter of Brandy, preferably poured from a snazzy, cut-glass decanter.
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15	If these type of villains suffer a VillainousBreakdown, it's likely that there will be a DramaticShattering of that glass of wine as a metaphor for the breakdown.
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17	A SubTrope of WineIsClassy. Wine, especially rare and expensive wine (and the ability to identify vintages of it by sight, smell, and taste), has become a cliche commonly associated with the Grey Poupon set. This can be used to indicate someone is [[AppealToFlattery a snob]], or simply as a part of the background culture of the story. Further, red wine is more often an acquired taste, possibly hinting that one had the funds to develop it.
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19	In some parts of the world, any class connotations come from which wine it is, not the bare fact that it's wine. Also, if a Chianti is a villain's wine of choice, that can be a clue that they are not really as classy as they claim or that they really know little about wine; Chianti is a pleasant but modest table-wine, but it's not generally regarded as particularly sophisticated or elegant. Therefore, the {{Trope Namer\|s}} ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' is [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample not an example]] of this trope.
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21	Contrast IDoNotDrinkWine.
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23	!!Examples:
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27	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
28	* Creed from the ''Manga/BlackCat'' manga had this once, complete with a rose inside of it, while he was [[SlouchOfVillainy lounging around in his evil castle]].
29	* ''Manga/CaptainHarlock'''s trademarks are scars, eyepatches, and wine, in roughly that order. While he's more of an AntiHero, many of his actions could certainly be seen as unlawful and he's actually portrayed as the villain in ''Cosmo Warrior Zero''.
30	* ''Anime/MazingerZ'' : [[MadScientist Dr. Hell]] and his lackeys are sometimes seen drinking glasses of wine.
31	* Piedmon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''. He even got to keep it in the dub, with none of the dub's infamous FrothyMugsOfWater lines.
32	* {{Subverted}} in ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', Anemone achieves the same imagery of drinking blood by eating marmalade.
33	* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'':
34	** Alucard, who provides the trope image, is seen enjoying red wine on his throne more than once in the series. It is hinted it may be mixed with blood, or be blood entirely.
35	** The Major is another fine example, except with a glass of champagne.
36	* When Kanako of ''Manga/MariaHolic'' returns to her dorm room for the first time, she finds [[CreepyCrossdresser Mariya]] sitting there. [[spoiler: It's Bordeaux.]]
37	-->'''Mariya:''' It's tomato juice.\
38	'''Kanako:''' That's definitely a lie!
39	* Gakuto from ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch''.
40	* Evangeline of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' does the "ungirly" version by often drinking red wine ([[VainSorceress usually in the most refined way possible]]). She is partial to several varieties of rare alcohols though (also drunk in refined ways).
41	* [[BigBad Altena]] in ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' not only drinks wine but also owns a private vineyard. She also picks up the grapes herself, and is implied to at least participate in the making of the wine, as well. All and all, she's one hard-working villain.To some extent this is a subversion, since the vineyard isn't used to demonstrate [[AffablyEvil Altena]]'s decadence or refinement, but rather meant to emphasize her [[DissonantSerenity preternatural humility]] and role as a [[TheHighQueen Madonna figure]]. It takes a [[ZenSurvivor special kind of villain]] to willingly do hard manual labour day in and day out.
42	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''' Giovanni sometimes is seen drinking some sort of alcohol, though it's never certain what sort it is.
43	* Captain Napolipolita in ''Anime/ProjectAKo'' is invariably seen with a glass of wine. When she can't get any, she goes into instant withdrawal and [[MoreDakka shoots up her own bridge]]. (It's a parody of ''Manga/CaptainHarlock''.)
44	* Prince Diamond of ''Manga/SailorMoon'' goes so far as to hold his wine glass up to an image of Neo Queen Serenity, with whom he is infatuated, so it looks like she's ''sitting'' in the glass.
45	* The Computer Society President from ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' gets to try this out while he's villaining it up in the episode "Day of Sagittarius III". It's okay that he's underaged, it's all just part of the DeepImmersionGaming shtick. This is actually a ShoutOut to [[BigBad Leader Desslok]] in ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato''.
46	* [[TheChessmaster Fei Wong]] of ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' spends most of his time drinking wine, looking bored, and letting loose a needlessly cryptic comment vaguely foreshadowing the next step of his plan to whoever happens to be listening.
47	* Dr. Muraki in ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'' (the anime) only got one scene where he drank red wine, but he milked it for all it was worth.
48	* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
49	** Pegasus loved to [[VillainsOutShopping drink wine and read comic books]], but the censors turned his wine into [[FrothyMugsOfWater "fruit juice"]]. Which actually [[{{Woolseyism}} works with his character]], because he acts like a ManChild for most of his on-screen time.
50	** They referred to it as wine in [[Anime/YuGiOhTheMoviePyramidOfLight the movie]], however. (Wine spritzers, specifically.)
51	%%** Also, Mai Kujaku/Valentine on a couple occasions.
52	** Rex Godwin from ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' did it a lot too while discussing things with minions, and also once while making a deal with Yusei. (It wasn't identified as wine or anything else in the dub.)
53	* [[BigBad Father]] does this in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. It's not wine, though, nor even blood, but ''souls'' [[spoiler: - from Greed's Philosopher's Stone]].
54	* [[BigBad Dilandau]] from ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' has a taste for red wine.
55	* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', [[BigBad Frieza]] is seen sipping [[WickedCultured red wine]] (or whatever he drinks that looks the same) in a similar fashion in early scenes and flashbacks during the Frieza Saga.
56	** Later on, his father displays the same behavior.
57	* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', the character Inazuma takes this to the extreme, as he [[GenderBender (or she)]] carries a goblet of red wine at ''all'' times, ''even while fighting''.
58	* In ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', the great Pope has a glass, but [[AGlassInTheHand broke it in his fist]] when he got upset.
59	* The head of the committee after the protagonists in ''Manga/ChoujinGakuen''. At this point in the story, the heroes haven't met her face to face and she watching the fight from a button on the minions she sent after them. But Adam manages to guess correctly that she holding one just based on her condescending tone.
60	* Dio Brando from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' often has a glass of wine while reading in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders part III]]; by then, he's pretty much just flaunting his level of sophistry.
61	* [[TheAlcoholic Yuuko Ichihara]] of ''Manga/XxxHolic'' enjoys nothing more than tossing back beers, sakes and anything with liquor in it in the most booze-hound manner imaginable. That she's still creepy, imposing and pretty much ''omniscient'' at times, is a rather interesting contrast. Not to mention smoking ''an opium pipe''. It could just be tobacco in there, but still...
62	* In ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' and both of its [[Anime/BattleOfThePlanets American]] [[Anime/GForceGuardiansOfSpace translations]], [[GenderBender Berg Katse]] was often seen with a glass of wine.
63	** Egobossler from ''Gatchaman Fighter'' as well.
64	* Doji of ''Anime/MetalFightBeyblade'' manages to make drinking orange juice look sophisticated.
65	* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', it isn't uncommon to see classier Ghouls drinking blood from wine glasses. InformationBroker Itori runs a bar and is frequently drinking blood from a wine glass, while PickyPeopleEater Tsukiyama does so as part of the overall attempt to imitate fine dining while he eats. As a sign of his slip into AntiHero status, protagonist Kaneki is seen drinking blood from a martini glass while discussing business with Itori.
66	* Vampires of ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'' drink what appears to be wine in a wine glass, but is actually blood.
67	* [[BloodKnight Prince]] [[WarriorPrince Heinel]] and his [[EvilUncle uncle]] [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Emperor]] [[AliensAreBastards Zambajil]] of ''Anime/VoltesV'' are both seen drinking [[WineIsClassy a familiar reddish-pink liquid in wine glasses]]. However, they're [[EvilColonialist aliens]] from a planet 14,000 light years away from Earth, so it likely isn't wine...
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71	* The Vatman in the ''ComicBook/BloodyMary'' comics is something of an alcoholic... even after losing the bottom half of his face.
72	* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
73	** Immortal caveman conqueror Vandal Savage can tell the year and region of a wine by the sound of it being poured, and refuses to drink anything newer than 1,000-year-old vintage.
74	** ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' villain the Top is an elitist who never fit in well with the other Flash villains. Part of this comes from the fact that he can taste the difference in red wines...
75	** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': Priscilla Rich has a glass of wine in her hand while lounging in her furs at a Nazi meeting where they're plotting the killing of innocents and the destruction of ComicBook/WonderWoman.
76	** ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge'' opens with the titular ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' villain and her minion Derek enjoying a glass of expensive wine and lounging in a beach on the French Riviera while discussing her criminal schemes.
77	* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
78	** In ''ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld'', one of [[RealityWarper Mad Jim Jaspers]]' first scenes in the 616 universe involves him transforming white wine into red wine:
79	--->He wants to laugh, but he feels too sad because the wine is wrong. It's ''white'' wine. He doesn't ''like'' white wine. He likes ''red'' wine.
80	** ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': 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.
81	--->''"Love a good wine... and a good war."''
82	** [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor It is a sick joke]], of course, but in one ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story, ComicBook/{{Venom}} pretty much paraphrases Hannibal Lecter's famous quote while ''anticipating'' eating Spider-Man's liver. (He had previously goaded the hero by saying he was trying to decide between the lungs, spleen, or pancreas; [[AxCrazy the guy is nuts]].)
83	** Emma Frost did this quite often when she was an ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain. As stated about villainesses, she preferred champagne. Her tastes changed after joining the team, where her spirit of choice became whiskey out of a flask in tense situations, but she still prefers a glass of chianti when relaxed.
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86	[[folder:Fan Works]]
87	* In one scene in ''Fanfic/ShadowchasersAscension'', [[BigBad Jalie Squarefoot]] is drinking Demon's Blood from a wine glass; this is the equivalent of fine wine to the aristocracy of Hell, like himself. (It is established early in the fic that devils cannot become drunk by drinking alcohol, and require magical substances to experience intoxication; lower-class devils drink other stuff like gughalaki, their version of whiskey.)
88	* ''Fanfic/BartSimpsonAttorneyAtLaw'': [[{{Slimeball}} Jeremy]] enjoys a glass of champagne as his plan [[spoiler: to destroy Alex's reputation on TV unfolds]]. Appropriately, [[ShootTheTelevision he throws the bottle at his TV]] in fury when his plan falls apart.
89	* In ''Fanfic/OldWest'', [[BigBad Dufa]][[ManOfWealthAndTaste yel]] is shown indulging in a glass of brandy several times. He actually borders on TheAlcoholic due to his drinking so many glasses being his way to cope with his obscure anxiety over the stalemate he has with the heroes for the majority of the story.
90	* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has Lysandre pull this trope off during a party during the Holiday Special.
91	* Lucius Malfoy, being WickedCultured, enjoys this trope in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm.''
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94	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
95	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', there's a wineglass in the vicinity of Jafar, but before he can drink it Jasmine throws it in his face.
96	* Ratigan from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' drinks a glass of champagne while, indeed, lounging on his throne.
97	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'', the Horned King [[AGlassInTheHand broke his glass]] when he decides to execute the clairvoyant pig.
98	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' depicts Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash using a mug of coffee to this effect in the final battle. He takes a long swig of it right before fighting the Flash.
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101	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
102	* In ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', Hannibal Lecter famously announces, "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti," before making a hideous slurping sound. [[note]]The choice of Chianti here suggests a minor bit of fridge horror: Lecter paired a mundane but enjoyable wine with a mundane but enjoyable meal. Though in the original book, he had "a big Amarone", which is what is actually recommended to accompany liver. Alternatively it's a psychiatric medication joke as all three of them are things you really should not consume while on [=MAOI=]s.[[/note]]
103	* In ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', the Merovingian sips wine while holding court in the restaurant.
104	* In ''Film/ModestyBlaise'' TheMovie, Gabriel (played by [[CampGay Dirk Bogarde]]) lounges with a glass of ''blue'' wine while dispensing his evil orders.
105	* In ''Film/TheIsland2005'', CorruptCorporateExecutive Dr. Merrick is seen watching the Lottery in his private abode, drinking from a wine glass.
106	* ''Film/VForVendetta'' has a non-alcoholic version: dictator Adam Sutler enjoys a glass of warm milk at night. He's even openly satirised for it (as well as for being unable to stop V, the terrorist) in a comedy variety show—and watching the show during that exact episode, he [[AGlassInTheHand shatters]] the very glass of warm milk he's holding in rage, and (unsurprisingly) has the show's creator arrested and extrajudicially murdered.
107	* ''Film/JamesBond'' does this a number of instances.
108	** In ''Film/DrNo'', Dr. Julius No has wine (likely an expensive one) served at the [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine dinner he has with Bond and Honey Ryder]].
109	** In ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', James Bond senses something isn't quite right with [[TheDragon Red Grant]], who is impersonating a classy British agent when Grant orders red wine, specifically a glass of Chianti... with fish, and then asks for a white Chianti when the waiter raises an eyebrow; fish is supposed to be served with white wine but all Chianti is red. Bond remarks to him at gunpoint that [[NoTrueScotsman no true English gentleman]] would be so unknowledgeable about wine as to order red wine with fish or to ask for a nonexistant white Chianti.
110	** At the end of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', 007 defeats the henchmen duo, Wint and Kidd, using his knowledge of fine wines. Earlier in the same film, 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, possibly [[ChekhovsSkill setting up Bond's superior knowledge of wine for later]].
111	** In ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', Nick Nack bring Champagne to his boss Francisco Scaramanga as he lounges on his island's beach. He does the same in the climax, but this time Scaramanga "uncorks" the bottle with a revolver shot.
112	** In ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', Blofeld has Champagne brought to Bond and Madeleine Swann as he makes them visit his Supervillainlair.
113	* [[BigBad Mr. Brown]] in ''Film/RaceForTheYankeeZephyr'' spends half the time with a martini glass in his hand, whether traveling downstream in a rubber dinghy or watching his mooks beat up one of the protagonists.
114	* In ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'', Dracula says, "I never drink...wine. Ah, what the hell. <sip> It's good!"
115	* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', Landa pours himself a glass of chianti from a fiasco while questioning Aldo. It's somewhat ironic that he's drinking Italian wine while interrogating a fake Italian.
116	* In ''Film/{{Daybreakers}}'', this is done with actual blood by the high-level vampire Bromley by draining a human victim's blood into a wine glass.
117	* Lestat pours rat blood in a wine glass in ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', but it's disgusting to vampires.
118	* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/TheGamers'' with the Bandit King, a SmallNameBigEgo villain who carries a glass of wine to an ambush in the middle of the forest as a prop for his EvilGloating.
119	* ''Film/MarsAttacks'': One scene has the Martian leader sipping from a red martini in his ship.
120	* In ''Film/SawV'', John Kramer drinks wine from a teacup before interrogating Mark Hoffman about why he tried to frame him with an inescapable trap just to murder someone.
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124	* In the original novel of ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' it was a "big Amarone" and not "a nice Chianti". Still a red wine from Italy, though. The change in the film was probably a case of SmallReferencePools. [[note]] However, in a bit of FridgeBrilliance Chianti is made in the area around Florence, where Lecter settles after his escape.[[/note]]
125	* ''Literature/NightfallSeries'': Prince Vladimir is often seen with a glass of red wine in his hand, sipping slowly and discussing its qualities. Only for a certain special occasion, he switches to champagne and uses the opportunity to educate Myra on the history of champagne and how it’s related to the period of Enlightment.
126	* The titular Count in ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', [[IDoNotDrinkWine does not 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.
127	* Double Subverted in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', where the human subculture of vampires are considered freaks because they file down their teeth, wear bright colors, stay up past noon, and [[IDoNotDrinkWine drink...]] ''[[IDoNotDrinkWine wine]]''.
128	* Other than smoking Russian cigars[[note]]Itself a thing of note already: Russia ''is not'' known as a cigar producer -- there's basically ''one'' factory that produces them there, and those from the imported tobacco, as proper cigar tobacco is a bitch to grow in a local climate.[[/note]] and drinking champagne, ''Literature/{{Marzena}}'' is a big fan of ridiculously expansive Petrus, and we also have Livia who drinks grape juice in a wine glass.
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132	* ''Series/BreakingBad'': Walter White lounges on an armchair with a shot of scotch, while declaring that "merely" making millions no longer cuts it for him, and he's set on establishing a true drug empire.
133	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Caleb. Heck, his evil lair ''is'' a wine cellar!
134	* TheMaster in ''Series/DoctorWho'' has always been fond of quality drinks (and cigars, of course). He's shown sipping whisky in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster "The Time Monster"]], wine from fine goblets in various Ainley!Master stories and glugging wine or whisky in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums "The Sound of Drums"]].
135	* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' promotional images occasionally feature Scorpius holding a wine glass of an unnamed alien vintage.
136	* Adelei Niska sips on an unidentified drink in the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "[[Recap/FireflyE10WarStories War Stories]]" while watching Mal being [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]].
137	* ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders'' parodies the Trope Namer in their spoof of ''Silence of the Lambs'', with Dawn French as Hannibal:
138	-->'''Dawn French:''' I never did keep my trophies.
139	-->'''Jennifer Saunders:''' No, [[BigEater you ate yours.]]
140	-->'''Dawn French:''' (''nods'') With a nice Chianti. (''slurping noises'')
141	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Cersei Lannister drinks red wine to memetic levels. In season 8, that's mostly all she does.
142	* Mads Mikkelsen's ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' in the [=NBC=] series is much the same as his film counterpart, as a glass of red wine seems to be his [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favorite drink]].
143	* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'':
144	** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E2AfterThePhantomsOfYourFormerSelf ...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self]]": Lestat de Lioncourt slits the tenor's wrist while holding a gold-rimmed wine glass underneath it to collect the dripping blood, and then he takes a sip like he's savoring a LuxuriousLiquor.
145	** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]": Lestat drains the blood of an encyclopedia salesman into a decanter, and then pours it in crystal wine glasses for himself, Louis de Pointe du Lac and Claudia in their opulent dining room, a VampiresAreRich version of a family dinner. They generally don't drink blood in a fancy setting (they typically go out to hunt), but the pretty glassware in this scene accentuates how Louis and Claudia are confined in Lestat's GildedCage.
146	* Vesper Abbadon and Silas Benjamin in ''Series/{{Kings}}''. Silas tests Abbadon's clarity of thought by having him identify a rare wine. "Chocolate, cassis . . . vines grown in clay."
147	* In the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' episode "The Wedding" where [[UnholyMatrimony Rita and Zedd married]], the two of them drank something that may or may not have been wine during the festivities. (They used wine glasses, but it was green and gave off a mist like that of dry ice; it was likely never identified because of the target audience.)
148	* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIRimmerworld Rimmerworld]]", [[ItMakesSenseInContext the imperial descendant of Rimmer's clone]] decrees the execution and immolation of the ''Red Dwarf'' crew, and orders their ashes brought to him on a silver plate with a glass of chilled sancerre. The Cat is horrified.
149	-->'''Cat:''' This guy's an animal. Doesn't he know it's ''red'' wine with cold ashes?
150	* Lex Luthor from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' likes his vintage Scotch, prominently displayed in a glass decanter. In fact, him offering you to personally pour you a glass from the drink tray in his study is a sign of respect. Villains sometimes try to assert dominance by pouring one without his permission. He also has a wine cellar.
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154	* Stephen Lynch's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjoYQKEGdrw "Beelz."]]
155	-->My real name is Beelzebub, but you can call me Beelz
156	-->I love to watch Fox News and then go club some baby seals
157	-->Then I'll take a bubble bath and drink a Zinfandel
158	-->Try to wash off that baby seal smell
159	-->And then I'll make a toast to me--hey, here's to my hell...th!
160	* In the ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'', the sin vessel of [[SevenDeadlySins Gluttony]] is a wine glass. So, yeah. [[BloodLust Not that Banica used it for wine all the time...]]
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164	* [[BigBad Scarpia]], the evil chief of police from ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'' starts Act 2 with [[VillainSong singing about conquering the titular heroine]] [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty whether she likes it or not]], then finishes with drinking a glass of wine. Later on in the same act, he offers her some wine from Spain.
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168	* As ''Story Time With Wrestling/AdamCole'' became more and more over the top, we finally got to him sipping out of cup on ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Road To Final Battle]]'', and yes, sitting on a throne(he was the original Kingdom's centerpiece after all).
169	* In Wrestling/LuchaUnderground. Not wine, but [[Wrestling/ShawnDaivari [=DelAvar=] Daivari]] was often seen sipping a glass of (what was probably very expensive) whiskey. He even was drinking a glass of the stuff inside the ring while waiting to start his first match against Texano!
170	* The Precious One Gilbert brought a wine glass to the contract signing for his WWC Universal Title defense against Orlando Colon and filled it with two different kinds of wine while Orlando yelled at Gilbert for {{stalk\|erwithoutacrush}}ing and invading the personal space of the non wrestlers in Orlando's family.
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174	* A character from ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' whips a brandy balloon out for the sole purpose of swirling it evilly in front of Phoenix immediately after being exposed as a villain. What makes this particularly strange is that he pulls it out [[spoiler:in a jail's visitation room.]]
175	* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''
176	** If you steal from Dracula in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'', you will find that he drinks tomato juice. Now that's blackmail material.
177	** In the final boss battle in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow'''s Julius Mode, Soma Cruz [[SlouchOfVillainy lounges on Dracula's throne]] while sipping a glass of wine as you enter. He dramatically tosses it to the ground before rising to fight you.
178	** Soma is seen in a similar position in his bad ending of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow''.
179	** This is a shout-out to a similar scene in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' where Dracula dramatically tosses aside a wine glass while expressing his distaste for humanity before ThrowingDownTheGauntlet and fighting Richter.
180	** The scene is also borrowed for a boss fight in ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''. [[spoiler: The wine glass will hit the hero and kill them if they don't dodge-- but what ''[[EverythingTryingToKillYou doesn't]]'' in this game?]]
181	** And again in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin''. Dracula ''really'' likes doing this.
182	** And the first game where Dracula does it is ''Castlevania'' for X68000, later ported to [=PlayStation=] as ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChronicles''. Those maids must have been overworked to death.
183	** Not even ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' is safe from Dracula's wine glass-tossing habit, as he does it in the intro cutscene preceding his boss battle.
184	** ''VideoGame/{{Magicka}}'' has yet another shout out to this (among its 9001 shout outs) when Vlad tosses a glass of wine away just before the boss fight starts.
185	** This even carries over to ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', Castlevania's CreatorDrivenSuccessor made by Koji Igarashi, Castlevania's most famous head-honcho: His Kickstarter pitch video has him throw a wine glass, and the game's heroine, Miriam, also has an ability where she does the same thing, obtained from [[spoiler:IGA as a DLC OptionalBoss, who liberally throws wine glasses as his attacks]].
186	** In the opening of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'', Dracula [[spoiler:aka Gabriel Belmont]] is sitting on his throne, goblet full of blood in hand, looking bored out of his skull. While an army is laying siege to his castle. He only gets up and finishes his drink before tossing the goblet to the floor when he hears said army "knocking" on his door with a battering ram.
187	** ''VideoGame/GalGuardiansDemonPurge'' also gets in on the fun by having the FinalBoss lounge on a throne with a wine glass in hand before tossing said glass to the floor right before the actual battle.
188	* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' has Queen, the second chapter's main antagonist, who apparently carries wine glasses with her everywhere she goes. She actually fills her wine glasses with battery acid, and her boss fight requires you to toast so she drinks it and lowers her shields. It doesn't hurt her, though, since she's an anthropomorphic computer. [[spoiler:The giant mecha she pilots for the final battle ''also'' carries its own fancy glass of battery acid, though she uses it to splash your mecha with acid as part of one of her combos.]]
189	* Fatman, the bizarrely hedonistic mad bomber boss in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', carries around a glass of red wine and drinks it ''as you fight him''. Needless to say, it makes a mess of his blast suit in the end.
190	* [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/4/49/Amano_Exdeath_2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120716025912 This]] Creator/YoshitakaAmano concept art for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' depicts the main villain, Exdeath, lounging with a goblet of... something. He's probably only doing it for looks since for one thing, he still has his helmet on, and for another [[WhenTreesAttack he's an evil tree]].
191	* Jonathan Jones and Valentina from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' are both seen holding wine glasses with red liquid in them. Johnny will comment on his drink if you inspect it after the boss fight. It's apparently 100% currant juice. [[FrothyMugsOfWater Really.]]
192	* Mr X does this in the bad ending of ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage 3''.
193	* Duke Portius of ''VideoGame/WildStar'' is almost never seen without a gold-rimmed goblet of red wine. At the end of the "Meet the Dominion" trailer he crushes it while talking about the Exiles. Then calls for someone to get him another drink. "Something expensive."
194	** He opens the "Meet the Chua" trailer by pouring a new glass, from the [[INeedAFreakingDrink look of him]] not his first glass. And to illustrate why he needs so much wine, at the end a Chua drops a ticking bomb in his (empty) glass.
195	* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'': In ''Moonlit Lovers'', BigBadWannabe Rezom Mea Zom is shown holding a glass of wine when he's shown in a full body image.
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199	* Miho's character in the ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' online game/backstory manages to play this as A Goblet Of Chianti. The line ("Ah, but there is still the wine...") and [[TechnicallyASmile the expression]] clinch it.
200	* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' there's only one way to cap General Tarquin's most magnificently evil speech ever: [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0763.html a single smooth sip of his drink.]]
201	* Cornelia likes to sip from a glass of "juice for grownups" in ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'' once she's revived the Nightmare Knight for her plans of world conquest.
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205	* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick'' had a glass of dark-looking eggnog held in her hand during her second part of "Dreamworks Vs. Disney". While she's not [[AntiHero technically]] a villain, but she [[KickTheDog kicked Nella]] rather badly during that episode.
206	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Strong Bad is seen swirling a glass of wine during one part of WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail #125, "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE125RockOpera rock opera]]".
207	* The ''Website/SCPFoundation'' universe has [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-209 SCP-209]], a tumbler that [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this. Anyone who smells the alcohol in the tumbler is compelled to drink it, assuming that someone else is nearby that can be preyed upon within twenty meters. Once they start drinking from it, they'll become relaxed, take on a SlouchOfVillainy, and begin describing horrible torments to be inflicted on any nearby victims in range. These torments will then spontaneously begin to happen to the victims, [[DissonantSerenity which the drinker will then watch with quiet amusement until their victims die or they drink all the alcohol.]]
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211	* Megatron of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' once convinced the Constructicons to switch sides by sharing some of his private blend of ''oil'', and was of course holding a goblet full of it in the standard fashion. The 'goblet' was a barrel twisted into the shape of fine glassware. Classy!
212	* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', Rampage said the second half of the page quote verbatim [[WhatCouldHaveBeen in the original script for his first appearance]], substituting "spark" for "liver".
213	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' parodies this. Cartman fakes having Tourette's, and is going to be on TV, and plans to say things on live television, and get away with it. When explaining this to Kyle, Cartman is sipping what appears to be wine, Kyle takes a sip from a glass and claims "This is apple juice!"
214	** [[{{Troll}} Skankhunt42]], aka [[spoiler:Gerald Broflowski]] pours himself a glass of red wine when preparing for another night of relentless Internet trolling. He never drinks it though.
215	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "The Return of Harmony, Part 2", [[MadGod Discord]] does this with a glass of chocolate milk while sitting on his throne after turning Ponyville into "the chaos capital of the world". He then drinks the ''glass'', and throws the milk away, which [[MadeOfExplodium explodes]].
216	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode ''Monty Can't Buy Me Love'', Kent Brockman reads: "This new breed of fun-loving billionaire is a welcome change from the classic joyless miser, brooding in his cavernous mansion, grasping a glass of brandy with his thin, clawlike fingers and a superior smirk on his greedy, soulless face." Cut to Montgomery Burns sitting in his mansion, in that exact pose, glass in hand and uttering a reverberating "bah".
217	* The first time we see Black Manta unmasked in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', he's eating a fine meal and sipping wine in his lavishly decorated private quarters.
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