Wine Quotes

• A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

  Louis Pasteur

  Funny, Philosophy, Drinking

  "The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners". Book by Geoff Tibballs, 2004.

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• We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Love, Kissing, Glasses

  "The Book of Embraces" by Eduardo Galeano, translated by Cedric Belfrage, 1991.

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• Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul.

  Horace

  Light, Soul, Secret

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  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

  Life, Trying, Experience

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Sep 16, 2016

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• Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures.

  Michael Broadbent

  Drinking, Vineyards, Pleasure

  Michael Broadbent (1984). “The Complete Guide to Wine Tasting and Wine Cellars”, Simon & Schuster

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• A meal without wine is like a day without sun

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Alcohol, Sun, Meals

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  Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  God, Rain, Beer

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Writings”, Library of America

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  Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.

  Aldous Huxley

  Beauty, Hurt, Beholder

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• God in his goodness sent the grapes
  To cheer both great and small;
  Little fools will drink too much
  And great fools none at all!

  Walter Scott

  Cheer, Littles, Too Much

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• My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Regret, Food, Champagne Drinking

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• Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit.

  Robert Mondavi

  Passion, Heart, Generosity

  Robert Mondavi (1999). “Harvests of Joy: How the Good Life Became Great Business”, p.15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Remember gentleman, it's not just France we're fighting for, it's Champagne!

  Winston Churchill

  Drinking, Fighting, Gentleman

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• Whenever a man is tired, wine is a great restorer of strength.

  Homer

  Tired, Men, Red Wine

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• I am certain that the good Lord never intended grapes to be made into grape jelly.

  Fiorello H. La Guardia

  Jelly, Lord, Grapes

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• One not only drinks the wine, one smells it, observes it, tastes it, sips it and-one talks about it.

  Edward VII

  Smell, Taste, Drink

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• Life is too short to drink bad wine.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life Is Too Short, Vineyards, Drinking Champagne

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• No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.

  Horace

  Water, Drinkers, Written

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• If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul.

  Clifton Fadiman

  Soul, Body, Good Food Good Company

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• There are no standards of taste in wine... Each man's own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for him or in any slightest degree affect the supremacy of his own standard.

  Mark Twain

  Food, Men, Majority Vote

  Mark Twain (194?). “Mark Twain's notebook”

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• The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.

  Pliny the Elder

  Kind, Drink, Pleasant

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• Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.

  Joan Collins

  Funny, Birthday, Numbers

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• Beer is made by men, wine by God.

  Martin Luther

  Drinking, Beer, Men

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• Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it will sicken and die.

  Julia Child

  Maturity, Age, Vineyards

  Julia Child “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”, Рипол Классик

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• The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new star.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Stars, Discovery, Mankind

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• Wine is poetry in a bottle.

  Clifton Fadiman

  Bottles

  1985 Of wine. In Manhattan Inc, Jul.

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