Would You Try These Weird Wines?

If you’re a wine drinker, you’ve probably had a conversation with someone about whether you prefer red or white wine — or maybe you’re more of a rosé drinker. Everyone has their preferences, but have you ever explored more eccentric flavors? From cheesecake-flavored vino to wine with a live snake in it, we’ve rounded up some of the most bewildering booze. Let us know in the comments if you know of any other oddball offerings.

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Bloody Marys walked so spicy margaritas could run, so apple jalapeño pepper wine could … complete a marathon? If you like a little spice in your spirits, this oddball flavor might appeal to you — it’s made with handpicked apples and homegrown peppers at Maple River Winery in North Dakota. The dry white wine is also available for purchase on the winery’s website and is one of their most popular varieties. 

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This wine is bananas. With a bright orangish-red hue, a burst of banana flavor is the last thing you’d expect when taking a sip of this MD 20/20 Banana Red. The American-fortified wine — which is best served chilled — is sweet, tangy, and has notes of citrus flavors. 

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Deep red, rose pink, and white are all colors you’d expect to see when pouring a glass of wine, but this variety is bright blue. Blumond Blue Bubbly has a sweet and fruity flavor reminiscent of fresh  peaches and is made in Italy. With only 7% alcohol volume, Blue Bubbly is on the lighter side and its fun color makes it the ideal spirit for celebrations.

There’s pretty much no food or drink that’s safe from the clutches of the seasonal flavor that is pumpkin spice — from pumpkin spice Twinkies to pumpkin spice-flavored Spam (seriously), the fanfare for the autumnal flavor runs deep. As such, you can indulge in Witches Brew Pumpkin Spice wine for less than $10 a bottle. And if the flavor itself isn’t festive enough, the Halloween-inspired label is sure to get you in the spooky spirit.

If you suffer from ophidiophobia, this reptilian booze is not for you. In Southeast Asia, rice wine is poured into a large jar and topped off with none other than a living, venomous snake. Various herbs and spices are added to the mixture, which sits for several months before consumption. While the rice wine offers up a woody flavor, the snake brings fishy notes to the palate for an overall bitter, earthy wine with a pungent smell. Snake wine is said to have medicinal properties and dates back to 16th-century Chinese medicine.

Birthday Cake Vineyards showcases an entire line of birthday cake-inspired wines including cheesecake, cake batter, strawberry shortcake, coffee cake, and Black Forest cake. These fun flavors make a great gift idea or celebratory beverage.

From avocado mayonnaise to avocado-infused hair products, the fruit has proven to be multi-purpose, so much so that innovators at Schnebly Redland’s Winery in Florida created a sweet avocado wine. The drink is supposed to remind wine connoisseurs of “a sunny fun day in the Florida Keys” according to the winery, with a lemon zest nose — and here we thought it would taste like guacamole.

Coffee and wine are two of the most beloved beverages around although they’re on different playing fields — one is probably more appropriate to consume in the morning, for starters. If you’ve ever wondered what the two drinks would taste like together, Cru Specialty offers a unique dessert wine that is infused with robust coffee flavor that will leave you buzzing in more ways than one.

Cotton candy is another one of those polarizing flavors we see in everything from energy drinks to bubble gum. So why not make a cotton candy-flavored wine? St. Julian’s Cotton Candy Rosé is a medium-bodied wine with notes of strawberry, raspberry, and bubble gum — if you like your wine on the sweeter side, this one might be worth checking out.

With a bright tangerine flavor and an even brighter orange color, Monje’s orange wine is a fun drink best served chilled. It’s also sugar-free, organic, and vegan, so you can enjoy it guilt-free — as if there’s another way to enjoy wine.