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'''Wine''' was a drink made from pressed fruit, usually some form of [[grape]]. It was commonly found on [[Earth]]. The [[Wine Lord]]s were famed throughout [[Mutter's Spiral|the Galaxy]] for their wines. However, society collapsed when they were convicted of mislabelling wine. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'')

According to [[Richard Mace]], wine tasted like "nectar", he claimed this to [[Adric]] after looting a manor's cellar. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'')

Several incarnations of the Doctor enjoyed drinking wine, with the [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] of the Doctor in particular enjoying a glass or two of red wine while guarding [[Auderly House]], saying to Jo; "That's a most good-humoured wine. A touch sardonic, perhaps, but not cynical. A most civilised wine, one after my own heart." ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'') The [[Fourth Doctor]] described [[1979]] as more of a "table wine" of a year. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'') The [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Second Doctor]]s also enjoyed a drink of wine, consuming wine with notable figures such as [[Nero]] during a feast ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans]]'') and also on various planets and whilst being led into a trap of the Daleks in [[Theodore Maxtible]]'s house. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Twin Piques]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'')

By his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]] the Doctor could identify the year and place of origin of wine by its taste. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man]]'')

The [[Eleventh Doctor]] did not enjoy wine, spitting it back into the glass after taking a sip when given some at the house of [[Craig Owens]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'') At [[Lake Silencio]], the Eleventh Doctor brought a bottle that he said was thrown at him by [[Napoleon]] to drink at a picnic with [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams]] and [[River Song]], but again spat it out, stating before he did that he must have tried it sometime in his life. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'')

== Types of wine ==

Fortified wines, like [[sherry]] and [[vermouth]] were wines with an added liquor.

[[Champagne]], sometimes known as "sparkling wine" was a wine with carbon dioxide in it, making it bubbly. It was often used for a celebration such as [[Christmas]] or to celebrate the end of a particular event.

* Sour red wine was on offer in [[Irongron]]'s castle. The third incarnation of the Doctor also drank several goblets while with [[Edward of Wessex|Lord Wessex]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'')

* [[Mehendri Solon]] gave the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] some red wine when they were in his house on [[Karn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'')

* While in the past of [[the Gateway]], The Fourth Doctor ate and drank wine with [[Biroc]] and other [[Tharil]]s. He also used the idea of overfilling one of the Tharils' goblets with wine to illustrate a point. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'')

* The Fourth Doctor and [[Romana II|Romana]] drank red wine while celebrating a victory over the [[King Vampire]]. They later drank a wine of lower quality in the [[House of Zarn]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]] also drank after saving the Fourth's life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'')

* [[Amy Pond]] bought a bottle of wine to share with [[Vincent van Gogh]] in [[1890]] [[France]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'')

* Whilst at the [[Braxiatel Collection]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank [[Craxiatanian Chardonay]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War]]'')

* Bernice enjoyed a good [[German]] wine on a hot summer's day. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Strange England]]'')

=== Non-grape based wines ===

* [[Chris Cwej]] got drunk on melon wine and had his right ear pierced prior to their arrival in the 1980s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'')

* The third incarnation of the Doctor was also offered wine while at the [[Wholeweal]] community. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'')

* According to the reminiscence of the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Azmael]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]] drank extensively one night near a fountain. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'')

* [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Ian Chesterton]] drank some wine whilst in a Roman villa. [[Vicki]] and her poisoner friend attempted to kill Nero by putting poison in his wine goblet. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans]]'')

* [[Duggan]] and [[Romana II|Romana]] drank wine following their failed attempt at stopping the theft of the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' whilst in Paris. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')

* [[Perkins (The Highlanders)|Perkins]] and [[Grey (The Highlanders)|Grey]] drink a corked wine. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]])

Wine was often consumed with a meal, when preparing to have the [[Ninth Doctor]] over for dinner, [[Jackie Tyler]] asked if he drank, to which [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] replied that he did. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three]]'') Later when the Ninth Doctor dined with [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] at a restaurant in [[Cardiff]], he intended at least to drink wine. However, Blon poisoned his glass of wine. Realising this, the Doctor swapped his glass with Blon's. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town]]'')  

[[Evelyn Smythe]] drank red wine during a meal with [[Charles Darwin]] in an attempt to avoid the various [[turtle]]-based dishes. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bloodtide (audio story)|Bloodtide]]'') One [[Peladon]], Bernice Summerfield consumed a lot of wine during a meal with King [[Tarrol]], seemingly to trick a pair of accompanying [[Ice Warrior]]s into thinking she was drunk (she wasn't). ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy]]'')

Susan drank wine whilst on the planet [[Avalon (planet)|Avalon]], explaining to [[Ian Chesterton]] that she couldn't get drunk unless she wanted to. Their concern was due to wine (and other alcoholic beverages) had on humans. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'') Bernice Summerfield once got drunk on wine with [[Evelyn Smythe]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The 100 Days of the Doctor]]'')

The [[Tenth Doctor]], while acting drunker than he was, used the wine he had brought back from a party in France to disable the Clockwork Robots and rescue Rose and [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]]. He also claimed to have just invented at that same party the [[banana]] daiquiri years ahead of its time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')

Wine and other alcoholic beverages were often kept in cellars, in the [[Third Doctor]] noted that Sir [[Reginald Styles]]' cellar at [[Auderly House]] was "impeccable", [[Jo Grant]] and himself were also tied up in the cellar by the time travelling guerrillas from an alternate [[22nd century]] Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] kept a fully stocked cellar at his house; [[Smithwood Manor]] where he had wines from every conceivable century on [[Earth]], wines from [[Ribos]] and champagnes from [[Manussa]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Decalog 2: Lost Property]]'')