One of the headaches of modern life, especially post-pandemic, comes while dining out and searching for a decent bottle of wine. We study the wine list, trying to find something we can afford. Half the items are only vaguely familiar and the rest are priced beyond our budgets. You are not alone. Most Americans aren’t equipped to deal with today’s complex wine lists, especially those computer-generated spreadsheets that contain words or wine regions we can’t pronounce or understand. And prices that make no sense. Back when wine lists had only “house red” and “house white” (for $2 a glass), wine ordering wasn’t as challenging. Most of the offerings were modest, simple, safe and were OK to sip while waiting for the Thousand Island dressing to be glooped on the iceberg lettuce. Today, even modest cafes carry wines with brand names that sound familiar but probably aren’t. And today, by-the-glass wines …