I love a good mixed drink, especially to start. But wine just has this great drinkability, at least when you develop a taste for it. If I'm trying to get wasted I'll always go for the wine if I can. It's faster than drinking beer (and so much better tasting imo), but easier than taking shots and doesn't require a lot of difficult (especially while impaired) preparation...

I think my record is somewhere in the realm of 2 bottles of wine over the course of 3 hours... So yeah, I don't drink wine like normal people, I drink it like a God damned viking.