Sunday was the messy season finale of I Love LA, one of my favorite shows of the last half of 2025. (Yes, it’s okay, this is a safe space, you can admit you love it, too.) I’ve seen a bunch of discourse on whether or not Rachel Sennott’s comedy depicts “the real LA”—and I am in no position to weigh in on that. I’ve also seen a few articles on the real-life spots where Maia, Tallulah, Alani, and Charlie eat and drink. But what I have not yet seen addressed is the wine. The wine—for those still moaning about how Gen Z hates wine—is very much a symbolic prop.
And yes, much of it is orange. Yep, if you’re an orange wine hater, you’re not going to necessarily love the I Love LA gang’s wines.
Right from the jump in episode one, Tallulah arrives unexpectedly to Maia’s apartment, grabs a bottle from the fridge, and asks “Do you have anything stronger than orange wine?” Wine fuels the lead-up to the coke binge and subsequent social media crisis in episode two, as well as the unhinged dinner in episode five, where Maia is nudged by her boss, Alyssa, to dump her boyfriend, Dylan. Maia even awkwardly carries a bottle of orange wine to a party at Elijah Woods’ house in episode four. Yes, it’s all subtle, but the wine is definitely, significantly there.
But which wines? Well, Sarah Parker Jang, Everyday Drinking’s French wine correspondent, is also a fan of the show. She did some A+ investigative work to ascertain the bottles featured in the show. Here are the top three:
2023 Wavy Wines LS Gris
The first bottle drained in episode one. It’s a blend of pinot gris (from Contra Costa) and chardonnay (from Redwood Valley) macerated on their skins for 11 days.
2024 Biddizza Skin Contact
Tallulah chugs it from the liter bottle in episode two. “Biddizza” means “beauty” in Sicilian dialect and this is a Terre Siciliane blend of catarratto and zibbibo from Terre Silciane. (It’s, of course, available at Erewhon).
Roberto Echeverria Miao Pet Nat Rosé
Maia brings this Chilean pet nat to the party at Elijah Woods’ house in episode four. It’s mostly chardonnay with a little bit of cabernet franc Chile’s Curico Valley.
By the way, all of these wines can be found for under $30, which may or may not have been on purpose.