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{{quote|''"A census taker once tried to test me. [[I'm a Humanitarian|I ate his liver]] with some fava beans, and [[Trope Namer|a nice Chianti]]."''|'''Dr. Hannibal Lecter'''
Many [[Big Bad
▲{{quote|''"A census taker once tried to test me. [[I'm a Humanitarian|I ate his liver]] with some fava beans, and [[Trope Namer|a nice Chianti]]."''|'''Dr. Hannibal Lecter''', ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]''}}
▲Many [[Big Bad|Big Bads]], being more [[Aristocrats Are Evil|high-class]] than most heroes, like to sip some wine, usually red, while [[Slouch of Villainy|lounging on their throne]]. This makes them seem [[Wicked Cultured|refined]] and [[Evil Is Cool|worldly]], even when [[Villains Out Shopping|relaxing]]. Heroes and more petty villains go for the more boorish beer, usually because they either can't afford wine or they have [[Evil Tastes Good|no taste for the stuff]].
Note that red is seen as a lot more sinister than white wine, due to its [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|Color Coding]] and general connotations with blood. When a vampire (usually richer and more refined, not one of the [[Our Vampires Are Different|biker vamps)]] drinks red blood from a wine-glass, it invokes much the same imagery, and one can argue that villains drink red wine specifically to invoke the vampiric example.
Villainesses and neutral [[Femme Fatale|Femmes
Another common variant is the Snifter of Brandy, preferably poured from a snazzy, cut-glass decanter.
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Subtrope of [[Wine Is Classy]]. 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 [[Appeal to Vanity|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.
It might be worthy of note that Chianti is not actually a high class wine, and Fava beans aren't gourmet food, either. However, both are very rich in iron, as is the liver - and blood. Also, iron interacts with certain types of psychiatric medication, implying that Lecter was off his meds. The hint is rarely ever taken, though. [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Alternately]], maybe he thought a census taker didn't deserve the good stuff.
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== Anime and Manga ==
* Creed from the ''[[Black Cat (
* [[Captain Harlock]]'s trademarks are scars, eyepatches, and wine, in roughly that order. While he's more of an [[Anti
* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' : [[Mad Scientist|Dr.]] [[Complete Monster|Hell]] and his lackeys are sometimes seen drinking glasses of wine.
* Piedmon from ''[[
* [[Subverted]] in ''[[Eureka Seven]]'', Anemone achieves the same imagery of drinking blood by eating marmalade.
* Alucard from ''[[Hellsing]]'', the trope image, is seen enjoying red wine on his throne more than once in there series. It is hinted it may be mixed with blood, or be blood entirely.
** The Major is another fine example, except with a glass of champagne.
* When Kanako of ''[[Maria Holic]]'' returns to her dorm room for the first time, she finds [[Villainous Crossdresser|Mariya]] sitting there. {{spoiler|It's Bordeaux.}}
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'''Kanako:''' That's definitely a lie! }}
* Gakuto from ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]''.
* Evangeline of ''[[Negima]]'' does the "ungirly" version by often drinking red wine ([[Vain Sorceress|usually in the most refined way possible]]). She is partial to several varieties of rare alcohols though (also drunk in refined ways).
* Altena in ''[[Noir (
** Although to some extent this is a subversion, since the vineyard isn't used to demonstrate Altena's decadence or refinement, but rather meant to emphasize her [[Dissonant Serenity|preternatural humility]] and role as a [[The High Queen|Madonna figure]]. It takes a [[Zen Survivor|special]] [[Anti
* ''[[Pokémon (
* Captain Napolipolita in [[Project
* Prince Diamond of ''[[
* The Computer Society President from ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' 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 [[Deep
** This is actually a [[Shout
* [[The Chessmaster|Fei Wong]] of ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' 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.
* Dr. Muraki in ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'' (the anime) only got one scene where he drank red wine, but he milked it for all it was worth.
** For the love of all that is good, please rephrase that.
** [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Yeah, stroke the stem of that wine glass...]]
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'':
** Maximillian Pegasus, the [[Big Bad]] of the Duelist Kingdom arc, loved to [[Villains Out Shopping|drink wine and read comic books]]. 4Kids turned depictions of his wine into [[Frothy Mugs of Water|"fruit juice"]]; ironically, this actually works with his character because [[Adult Child|he acts childish for most of his on-screen time.]] In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]'', however, he was specifically said to be drinking wine spritzers, [[Acid Reflux Nightmare|blaming one of them for a nightmare.]]
***
** Rex Godwin of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' would drink wine on occasion, although the dub never said just what it was.
* [[Big Bad|Father]] does this in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* [[Big Bad|Dilandau]] from ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' has a taste for red wine.
* In [[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* [[
* The head of the committee after the protagonists in ''[[
* Dio Brando from ''[[
* [[The Alcoholic|Yuuko Ichihara]] of ''[[
* In ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* [[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.
* In ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Captain Britain]],'' one of [[Reality Warper|Mad Jim Jaspers]]' first scenes in the 616 universe involved him transforming white wine into red wine:
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* 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.
** which raises the question; if he doesn't drink the vast majority of wines, how does he know what they sound like when being poured?
** And he prefers to drink spoiled vinegar? As far as I know vintages over a few centuries are pretty much nonexistant, and have all turned to vinegar centuries ago.
* [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor| Used as a sick joke]], of course, but in one [[Spider-Man]] story, [[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; [[Ax Crazy|the guy is nuts]].)
* One of [[Daredevil]]'s foes is the crime boss Leland Owlsley, aka the Owl; having questionable sanity, Owlsley is often seen drinking expensive scotch or bourbon one minute, then eating a live mouse the next.
== Film ==
* In ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'', 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.
** This was actually both an [[Easter Egg]] and [[Genius Bonus]], as {{spoiler| Lecter was actually giving Clarice a subtle hint to his plans. Someone who is taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors - as Lecter was - cannot eat foods or beverages with a significant amount of tyramine, because doing so would risk potentially lethal blood pressure complications. As a result, liver (any type), fava beans, and red wine are the ''last'' things someone taking those medications should be eating. This is Lecter's subtle way of telling her [[No Medication for Me|he stopped taking his medication]], which aids in his escape later.}}
* In ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded'', the Merovingian sips wine while holding court in the restaurant.
* In ''[[Modesty Blaise (
* In ''The Island'', [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Dr. Merrick is seen watching the Lottery in his private abode, drinking from a wine glass.
* [[James Bond (
** In ''[[From Russia
** At the end of ''[[
** 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 setting up Bond's superior knowledge of wine for later.
* The [[Big Bad]] in ''[[Race for
* In ''[[Dracula: Dead and Loving It]]'', Dracula says, "I never drink...wine. Ah, what the hell. <sip> It's good!"
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' there's a wineglass in the vicinity of Jafar, but before he can drink it Jasmine throws it in his face.
* In ''[[Daybreakers]]'', this is done with actual blood by the high-level vampire Bromley by draining a human victim's blood into a wine glass.
** And don't forget [[Interview
== Literature ==
* Funny enough, in the original novel of ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'' it was a "big Amarone" and not Chianti. Still a red wine from Italy, though. The change in the film was probably a case of [[Small Reference Pools]].
* The titular Count in ''[[Dracula]]'', [[I Do Not Drink... Wine|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.
* Double Subverted in ''[[
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Lex Luthor from ''[[Smallville]]''. In fact, most of the time you can clearly see the crystal decanter in his living room.
* Adelei Niska sips on an unidentified drink in the ''[[
* [[The Master (trope)|The Master]] in ''[[
* ''[[
* Vesper Abbadon and Silas Benjamin in ''[[Kings]]''. Silas tests Abbadon's clarity of thought by having him identify a rare wine. "Chocolate, cassis . . . vines grown in clay."
* In one episode of ''[[
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* In the two-part episode of ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' where Rita and Zedd married, both villains drank something that looked like green liquid with dry ice. Given the target audience, it was never outright referred to as wine.
== Music ==
* Stephen Lynch's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjoYQKEGdrw Beelz]."
{{quote|
I love to watch Fox News and then go club some baby seals
Then I'll take a bubble bath and drink a Zinfandel
Try to wash off that baby seal smell
And then I'll make a toast to me--hey, here's to my hell...th! }}
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Dark_Ruler_Ha_Des Dark Ruler Ha Des] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Tabletop Game)|Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game]]'', although in some international versions the wine is [[Bowdlerise|replaced by a fantastical green liquid]]. Its original Japanese artwork was finally imported to the TCG territory through a Lost Art promotion in 2019.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* {{spoiler|Matt Engarde}} from ''[[
** It's actually just an unidentified brown liquid, which has led to some fans joking it's chocolate milk.
*** Given the games' tendency to have [[Frothy Mugs of Water|grape juice]] in wine bottles, it would not surprise people if it was canon.
* If you steal from Dracula in ''[[Castlevania]]: Curse of Darkness'', you will find that he drinks tomato juice. Now that's blackmail material.
* In the final boss battle in ''Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow'''s Julius Mode, Soma Cruz [[Slouch of Villainy|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.
** Soma is seen in a similar position in his bad ending of ''Aria of Sorrow''.
** This is a shout-out to a similar scene in ''Symphony of the Night'' where Dracula dramatically tosses aside a wine glass while expressing his distaste for humanity before [[Throwing Down the Gauntlet]] and fighting Richter.
*** The scene is also borrowed for a boss fight in ''[[
*** And again in ''Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin''. Dracula ''really'' likes doing this.
*** Dracula must have picked up the habit during ''Symphony of the Night'', because he does it ''again'' in ''Order of Ecclesia''.
*** And the first game where Dracula does it is ''Castlevania X68000'', later ported to [[
*** [[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.
* Fatman, the bizarrely hedonistic mad bomber boss in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'', 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.
** Not quite: he [[Dramatic Shattering|breaks the glass]] in anger after being insulted by Raiden in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohvQrV6eKZQ pre-fight cutscene].
** Isn't that supposed to be his blood?
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***** He's insane. Does it really matter how you drink your wine when you're a mad bomber on rollerskates?
****** [[Serious Business|Yes.]]
* [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Amano_Exdeath_2.jpg This] [[Yoshitaka Amano]] concept art for ''[[
* Jonathan Jones and Valentina from [[
** I find it somewhat suprising this actually got past the censors, really.
*** Johnny will comment on his drink if you inspect it after the boss fight. It's apparently 100% currant juice. [[Frothy Mugs of Water|Really.]]
* Mr X does this in the bad ending of ''[[Streets of Rage]] 3''.
== Web Comics ==
* Miho's character in the [[Megatokyo]] online game/backstory manages to play this as
* In ''[[
== Web Original ==
* [[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Megatron of ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' 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!
** Earlier, in ''[[
* Ratigan from Disney's ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' drinks a glass of champagne while, indeed, lounging on his throne.
* An episode of ''[[South Park]]'' 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!"
* In ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'', Horned King [[A Glass in
* Discord from ''[[My Little Pony
* In ''[[The Simpsons (
* Several scenes in the 2019 ''[[Harley Quinn]]'' cartoon show Poison Ivy relaxing with a glass of red wine and a book; usually for Harley and her "crew" to return from a heist in the loudest and most annoying means possible.
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