He then moved to the Braves, serving as a coach in 1985. He was the interim manager of the 1985 Braves from August 26 through season's end, replacing the fired Eddie Haas. Under Wine, the Braves won 16 and lost 25 (.390) and remained lodged in fifth place in the National League West. Wine's last years in uniform were as a New York Mets coach from 1993-96. In 1996, he was subjected to a very unusual ejection from a game due to not presenting the lineup card to the umpiring crew on time. He has been a major league advance scout for the Braves since. A large part of Atlanta's success in its string of division titles in the National League East has been linked to his work in sharing his astute baseball observations directly with longtime Braves' manager Bobby Cox.