quotations about wine
Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
PROVERBS 20:1
Pancakes and wine is not a slot that exists in my life. Does anyone drink wine with pancakes? If they do, would they even mind what that wine was?
VICTORIA MOORE
"Which wine should I drink with pancakes?", The Telegraph, February 6, 2016
I should say upfront that I have never been in a cellar in my life. In fact, I can see no reason why anyone should ever go into a cellar unless there is wine involved.
RACHEL HAWKINS
Hex Hall
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 terrible foe, hard to wrestle with.
EURIPIDES
The Cyclops
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
Wine is a passport to the world.
THOM ELKJER
Adventures in Wine
Wine lovers buy bottles of wine. Wine fanatics buy cases.
COURTNEY SCHIESSL
"The Ultimate Guide to Buying a Case of Wine", Wine Folly, April 20, 2018
Wine is a sensual pleasure. Its real value is when it splashes into the glass. It is not in the category of a Degas painting. The point is not for people to go to their cellar and stroke their bottles.
SERENA SUTCLIFFE
Wine is life, death, and love.
THOM ELKJER
Adventures in Wine
There's truth in wine, and there may be some in gin and muddy beer; but whether it's truth worth my knowing, is another question.
GEORGE ELIOT
Felix Holt
The love of wine is a good man's failing.
ARISTOPHANES
The Wasps
Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.
PAULO COELHO
Brida
In wine, there's truth.
PLINY THE ELDER
Natural History
No wine can be regarded as unimportant, my friend, since the marriage at Cana.
GRAHAM GREENE
Monsignor Quixote
If your arteries are good, eat more ice cream. If they are bad, drink more red wine. Proceed thusly.
SANDRA BYRD
Bon Appetit
Wine can be difficult. It comes into the room all puffed up and scholarly like your tweedy cousin who graduated from Yale and yammers endlessly about geography, horticulture, technique, and all the rest.
MECCA BOS
"How to Drink Wine Without Looking Dumb or Going Broke", City Pages, February 3, 2016
Wine is like a living breathing thing. Like artwork. If you don't store it properly ... things happen to it.
SUSAN MCGREGOR
"Exclusive: Inside RoboVault, Storage for the Rich & Famous", CBS Miami, February 5, 2016
When you're new to wine drinking, the special wine seems esoteric, fetishistic, even faintly ridiculous. Simply put, you don't get it, like someone who doesn't follow sports listening to devoted fans rhapsodizing over a memorable game.
MATT KRAMER
"That Special Wine", Wine Spectator, April 30, 2017
Lord, give me coffee to change the things I can ... and wine to accept the things I cannot.
ANONYMOUS