I love both whites and reds, but I prefer reds just a bit more (and this is independent of any season, just as I think it's silly to not drink brown spirits in summer)
I prefer dry, still wines to sparkling, sweet or dessert wines
I like the occasional dry rosé, but it usually seems like a waste of red grapes even if I like it ... now a rosé made strictly from pink / grey grapes would not seem like a waste (e.g., piquepoul gris, garnacha roja)
I still haven't tried any "orange" / "amber" wines that I recall, and I wonder if they would similarly make me think of white wines as a waste of white grapes
I've tried at least 100 different vinifera grape varieties, and I like them all, I love variety in wine, so it's impossible for me to choose real favorites ... but I do often think of grapes such as sangiovese and cool climate versions of syrah (not the fruit bomb versions), and obscure grapes like romorantin from the Loire, and flinty dry riesling from the Nahe is the benchmark for riesling to me
