Wine Drinkers Quotes

Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance.

Benjamin Franklin

Wine, Tolerance, Vines

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No nation is drunken where wine is cheap.

Thomas Jefferson

Drinking, Wine, Alcohol

Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson”, p.312

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I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

W. C. Fields

Funny, Witty, Drinking

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Wine ... offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased.

Ernest Hemingway

Appreciation, Wine, Vineyards

Ernest Hemingway (2014). “Death in the Afternoon”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage

Thomas Jefferson

Wine, Alcohol, Vineyards

Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson”, p.312

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Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

Louis Pasteur

Food, Drinking, Health

Etudes sur le vin Pt 1, Ch. 2, Sect. B

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Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.

Ernest Hemingway

Appreciation, Wine, Civilization

Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.2197, Simon and Schuster

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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.

Galileo Galilei

Drinking, Food, Wine

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No poems can please long or live that are written by water drinkers.

Horace

Food, Water, Long

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If the wine drinker has a deep gentleness in him, he will show that when drunk. But if he has hidden anger and arrogance, those appear.

Rumi

Wine, Drunk, Arrogance

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Many people who I respected were disappointed when I started 'Wine Library TV.' They thought I was dumbing down wine, but I always knew I was one of the biggest producers of new wine drinkers in the world, and people are realizing it now.

Gary Vaynerchuk

Wine, People, Library

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He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.

Samuel Johnson

Wine, Serious, Drink

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There's always a wine bully. The one person who did read the 'Wine Spectator,' who tells you what to drink and why the '97 is better than the '98. I want to punch the wine bully in the face. I want to make sure this generation of wine drinkers isn't elitist and snotty. I want it to be about family and bringing people together.

Gary Vaynerchuk

Wine, People, Bully

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What makes these special Beaujolais attractive is the same thing that has always made Beaujolais attractive: the price. Given the insane prices of so many wines right now, Beaujolais and the delicious wines pouring in from southern Italy and Sicily keep many wine drinkers from switching to iced tea.

Frank J. Prial

Wine, Southern Italy, Tea

"WINE TALK; Beaujolais Presents Its Nobler Profile" by Frank J. Prial, www.nytimes.com. May 31, 2000.

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My image lends itself a little bit more to the modern fan, sometimes more toward the kids, and I guess more toward the wine drinkers... I mean, I have my own wine, and fans love to pull for people they relate to.

Jeff Gordon

Love, Wine, Mean

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When wine drinkers tell me they taste notes of cherries, tobacco and rose petals, usually all I can detect is a whole lot of jackass.

Joel Stein

Wine, Rose, Taste

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I used to drink a lot of lager when I was younger, but I'm more of a wine drinker now, I guess. I feel daunted looking at full pints.

Edgar Wright

Wine, Drink, Used

"The Origins of 'World's End' & A Look at 'Ant-Man'". Interview with David Weiner, www.etonline.com. November 19, 2013.

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