WINE QUOTES VI

quotations about wine

A lot of people want to take their wife out to dinner. They want to order a bottle of Champagne and they want other people to see the bottle. Wine is an adjunct. People can see it the same way they can see your clothes.

PAUL LUKACS

"Price is Right? Drinking Premium Wine is Image Therapy--If We Know It's Pricey", California Magazine, May 28, 2016


The love of wine is a good man's failing.

ARISTOPHANES

The Wasps


'Tis the wine that leads me on,
the wild wine
that sets the wisest man to sing
at the top of his lungs,
laugh like a fool -- it drives the
man to dancing ... it even
tempts him to blurt out stories
better never told.

HOMER

The Odyssey

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Good wine is expensive.

ERIC TUCKER

The Artful Vegan


If your arteries are good, eat more ice cream. If they are bad, drink more red wine. Proceed thusly.

SANDRA BYRD

Bon Appetit


It's not sipping wine. It's a mourning wine. You drain it. Like this.

NEIL GAIMAN

Anansi Boys

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This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

SAMUEL JOHNSON

The Life of Samuel Johnson

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Wine is a grocery, not a luxury.

RICHARD BETTS

attributed, "Wine Ink: All Hail Italy -- drinking from the Boot is about pure pleasure", Sierra Sun, May 20, 2016


Wine is better for brains than math, scientist claims.

JERRIANN SULLIVAN

"Rejoice! Science Says Drinking Wine Is Good For Your Brain", Scary Mommy, April 11, 2017


Wine is a passport to the world.

THOM ELKJER

Adventures in Wine

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So wines at the time of the Bible were big, round, juicy, austere wines, red or amber in color. That austerity was often cut with water. It was basically required in the ancient world to dilute your wine with a little bit of water to round it out, and you were seen as a barbarian if you didn't do so.

KEITH BEAVERS

"What wine would Jesus drink?", Vinepair, April 11, 2017


Wine is a terrible foe, hard to wrestle with.

EURIPIDES

The Cyclops


Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

LOUIS PASTEUR

attributed, Sura's Quotable Quotes, Adages and Sayings


Wine is a social beverage, best appreciated with friends and family. It makes dinner more civilized. It slows us down a little, gives us something special to add to the moment.

HARVEY STEIMAN

Wine Spectator's


In our egalitarian era, it's unpalatable to suggest that you have to bring something--knowledge, experience, even humility--to a wine, young or old, in order to "get it." But it's so. Not every wine is "Delicious!"

MATT KRAMER

"What You Bring to It", Wine Spectator, March 21, 2017


Wine is a great investment ... if you don't drink it.

VICKI DENIG

"Wine is a great investment ... if you don't drink it", Vine Pair, March 6, 2017


I can't make wine simple. But I can make it fun and beautiful, instead of esoteric and intimidating. The minute you realize it's OK to stumble along like the rest of us, asking questions and paying attention to your own reactions, then you'll begin what I hope will be a lifelong love affair with wine.

JENNIFER ROSEN

introduction, The Cork Jester's Guide to Wine


The memory of some bottles can stay with your for life. While the wine doesn't have to be old and rare, a great old bottle can be like a time capsule, capturing in its flavors and aromas the time and place of its creation.

MIREILLE GUILIANO

French Women for All Seasons


We want to be the person who knows something about wine ... We are drinking for the experience and adventure of discovering something new.

MORGAN HARRIS

"Why millennials can't get enough wine", Fox News, April 6, 2017


A $300 bottle of wine is a more affordable status marker than a sports car or designer handbag.

W. BLAKE GRAY

"Price is Right? Drinking Premium Wine is Image Therapy--If We Know It's Pricey", California Magazine, May 28, 2016