Joe Bastianich Quotes About Wine

Quotes about: Wine

• You can enjoy a $15 bottle of wine as much as you can enjoy a $100 bottle of wine.

  Joe Bastianich

  Wine, Bottles, Chef

  "Joe Bastianich reveals restaurants' dark secrets, talks lawsuit". Interview with Matt Lauer, www.today.com. May 1, 2012.

• Essentially, wines are fermented grape juice, so I'm trying to make the point that the wine world is about scores and marketing and kind of creating a scarce resource where they don't really exist.

  Joe Bastianich

  Wine, Creating, Marketing

• Wine pricing is an art - like painting.

  Joe Bastianich

  Art, Wine, Painting

• I prioritize in life. I like to work, I do TV shows, I do a lot of Iron Man training. I enjoy kicking back on a good night and drinking wine until I go to bed, and having fun with my friends. You just have to make time for it and keep it balanced.

  Joe Bastianich

  Good Night, Goodnight, Fun

• The stories of wine lords who trade wine on intimidation or food critics who trade free meals for reviews those are the stories of my life. I am telling the stories of my life in a true way.

  Joe Bastianich

  Wine, Meals, Stories

  "Joe Bastianich reveals restaurants' dark secrets, talks lawsuit" by Vidya Rao and Vidya Rao, www.today.com. May 1, 2012.

• My grandparents in Istria had a frasca, which is about the most basic kind of grocery/restaurant. They sold wine from their own vineyard. I took control of the vineyard, hired a local winemaker, and bought another winery in 1996. We had our first commercial vintage in 1998.

  Joe Bastianich

  Wine, Vintage, Grandparent

• Selling wine is all about sizing people up, and it takes a certain amount of chutzpah. The tableside bottle sell is a very funny thing - you take a look at the guy's blazer, what kind of shoes he's wearing, what kind of broad he's with. Is he trying to be a hero?

  Joe Bastianich

  Hero, Wine, Funny Things

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