Magistrate Cabernet Sauvignon - my new favorite, reasonably priced wine. It was HandCraft Pinot Noir, but then it seems everyone else discovered it, and it sold out.
As far as a white wine sub - sometimes I'll drink kombucha when I want a drink, but don't want to drink. It has that fermented, bubbly thing going for it; I pour it in a wine glass a little at a time, and it usually hits the spot. YMMV, I hardly ever drink white wines and never chardonnay.