I'm a Brooklyn-based wine expert. Here's the advice I give my friends on how to choose the perfect wine during quarantine.

Kevin Diamond enjoys a glass of wine on a rainy day in La Rioja, Spain.Credit: Bonney Rowley

• Kevin Diamond is a sales representative for a New York-based wine importer and distributor, and the cocreator of comedy wine podcast, Disgorgeous.
• Although most restaurants and bars have shuttered due to COVID-19, Diamond says there are still plenty of ways to get your wine fix from home.
• Diamond encourages supporting local businesses by ordering a bottle with dinner delivery from your favorite nearby bar or restaurant.
• He also suggests different wine regions for three varieties that can be surprisingly affordable: Muscadet, Rosé, and Côtes Catalanes.
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Six months ago, I was a Brooklyn-based wine salesman, helping restaurants and shops across the five boroughs as they crafted their booze selection. Now in the age of the pandemic, I'm advising restaurants a lot less, and advising friends a lot more on which bottles they should be choosing for surviving and making the most of their quarantine lockdowns.

I've long had a few principles I've imparted to friends who are interested in how to buy — and more importantly, enjoy — wine at home. Because the truth is, if the wine isn't bringing you joy, you really should just be drinking light beer or margaritas. These principles are just as true now, if not more so, than they were before.