They are two different experiences, one need not replace the other.

For me, I don't like the coughing, ashes, smell, much less the paranoid feeling of being stoned. That is why a glass of wine should be preferred.

I gave up alcohol of edibles and vape. There is a bit of paranoia, but all in all I am much better for it. No more saying stupid things, not remembering the last hour or two before bed, or waking up feeling like I was poisoned.

Much, much cheaper too.

I gave up smoking cigarettes 40 years ago, smoking marijuana isn't a lot better for the lungs.

Not keen on the second hand smoke smell either, it lingers on your clothes and hair.

No such problem with alcohol, and you can linger and socialize over a single glass for a long time.

If you are restricted yourself to 3 buck chuck and getting hangovers, you are doing it wrong. Plenty of reasonable wine for under $10. You don't have to get drunk, just enjoy the taste.Quality not quantity will keep you out of re-hab.

Two very different experiences. Maybe save the weed for nights you'd drink on your own and the wine for social settings.

Depends why you're drinking wine, for the high or for the taste.

As for the high, I vastly prefer a weed high over an alcohol high. I do NOT like the experience of being drunk, nor the hangover. So on that point, I agree with you.

As for the taste? I actually enjoy wine. I like the taste of a decent wine over beer and most mixed drinks. While I like the high of weed, I hate the taste of smoking it. Unless you eat it in some sort of consumable, smoking weed tastes like ass. There is not really any way to enjoy the taste of weed, unless you completely disguise it in a consumable.

I'm in the "why not both" camp. One is for one purpose or setting and the other is for another purpose or setting.

This is your rifle, this is your gun. One is for fighting, one is for fun.

I am utterly mystified as to why pot smokers want everyone to smoke pot. Stop being such fucking vegans, ya'll. Pot is fine, I like it occasionally myself, but not EVERYONE has to fucking smoke pot.

You're as bad as the "try my homemade beer" types. And then the beer tastes like barf. Every fucking time.