This thread makes me feel so much better! Ha.
I'm a complete Pinot fiend. When I first started I worked out how much those little tiny bottles are (the ones that are meant to be a glass' worth) and two of those are 13 syns, so I would have two of those. I found it easier than measuring out, and that way there isn't a whole bottle in the house to tempt me.
However since then I've decided to save the wine only for occasions where I'm actually going out. It means I can use my syns for other things, and I appreciate it all the more when it comes to it!
It definitely helps to have something to look forward to. At first, my "thing" was going out in Brighton with uni friends. I saved some syns for it and managed to have almost two bottles of pinot on that night out and I still lost 2lb that week. Amazeballs. Same thing has happened on other nights. So I've still been able to have wine some evenings (as much as I wanted) and lose. For me it's about counting the syns, daily or weekly, and just keeping within them. If you really want to stick with having wine every night, I'd advise getting the two tiny ones like I did. Either that or save it up for the week and have more at the weekend or on a special occasion. Some people don't advise saving syns for the week but every body is different, and if it works for you why not?
Also, a bottle of First Cape Cafe Low Alcohol wine (5%) is only 12 syns... not quite the same but it's nice to be able to have a whole bottle of something.
A side note as well, the whole saving it for a special occasion thing, I've found I've actually ended up having less than I used to. I think it's a psychological thing: because I know I CAN have two bottles (eg) I don't actually need to have it all.