Explaining what inspired the project, he said: “There is a saying about wine that I really like and it\u2019s something like this: ‘The first glass of wine is all about the food, the second glass is about love, and the third glass is about mayhem’. “I really wanted to see it for myself if that affirmation was in fact true.”<\/p>\n
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Alberti photographed his friends after drinking wine to document how their expressions and mood changed (Marcos Alberti)<\/p>\n
According to Alberti’s website<\/a>, the series initially ‘started as a joke’ but ended up becoming a roaring success. <\/p>\n He began by taking a picture of his friends when they arrived at his studio ‘to capture the stress and the fatigue’ on their faces. <\/p>\n The photographer explained his mates had endured ‘a full day at work’ and had to make their way through ‘rush hour traffic’ to get there, so some of them weren’t exactly on top of the world when they arrived.<\/p>\n But after their first glass of wine, they already looked a lot happier. <\/p>\n After each glass, Alberti took pictures of his pals to capture how their facial expressions continued to change after they consumed more alcohol<\/a>. <\/p>\n “At the end of every glass of wine a snapshot, nothing fancy, a face and a wall, three times,” Alberti said. “By the end of the third glass, several smiles emerged and many stories were told.” <\/p>\n Alberti added: \u201cI started this project because if you search for alcohol on the internet, you only can find bad stuff about it. <\/p>\n “I wanted to show the good side of it – of course, between friends who are drinking responsibly in a good environment<\/a>. It’s like portraits during happy hour.\u201d<\/p>\n Alberti’s muses appeared to be a lot more relaxed after having a few tipples. <\/p>\n Although most of the subjects seem to look quite serious and composed in the first image, they loosen up a little bit more with each glass of wine. <\/p>\n By the final shot, they each sport huge grins and appear to be having fun in front of the camera. <\/p>\n In some sets of images, the participants are pulling funny faces, laughing and winking, while others have their eyes closed.<\/p>\n Alberti said that he shot the series, titled ‘The Wine Project’ over the course of six nights. <\/p>\n He explained that he invited people ‘from all walks of life’ to participate and purposely brought together some of his mates who hadn’t already been introduced – and by the end of his experiment, they all became great chums.<\/p>\n \u201cThey came stressed by traffic and work,\u201d he told<\/a> Mamamia.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen they arrive I made a first photo right away, I didn\u2019t gave them time to interact with the environment, so I could capture the real stress. Then I gave them the first glass.<\/p>\n “I tried to invite friends from different circles, so a lot of them [wouldn’t] know each other.<\/p>\n “It was very funny to see how they interact before and after wine. They all became friends.”<\/p>\n![\"His](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0Y2Q3NGFjYzFkMGE5OWYzYS9ibHQ4NWIzMWJi.webp\"\/)
His muses became a lot more relaxed after each glass (Marcos Alberti)<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0Y2Q3NGFjYzFkMGE5OWYzYS9ibHRhMGRjNjI2.webp\"\/)
The photographer said ‘several smiles emerged’ by the time they had their third and final tipple (Marcos Alberti)<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0Y2Q3NGFjYzFkMGE5OWYzYS9ibHQ3YzJkNjMx.webp\"\/)
The shoot took place over six nights (Marcos Alberti)<\/p>\n