Best Wine Quotes

• Wine is sunlight, held together by water.

  Galileo Galilei

  Drinking, Food, Wine

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

  Michael Broadbent

  Drinking, Wine, Vineyards

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

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• Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.

  Andre Simon

  Wine, Meals, Vineyards

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• The best way to learn about wine is in the drinking

  Alexis Lichine

  Drinking, Wine, Vineyards

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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, Wine

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

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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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• Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Sympathy, Condolences, Wine

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• Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

  Francis Bacon

  Retirement, Wine, Old Friends

  Francis Bacon, William Rawley (1859). “The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works”, p.139

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• A meal without wine is like a day without sun

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Wine, Alcohol, Sun

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• Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.

  Charles Dickens

  Friendship, Wine, Flames

  'The Old Curiosity Shop' (1841) ch. 7 (Dick Swiveller)

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• Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1819). “The Posthumous and Other Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.290

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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 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

  Wine, Maturity, Age

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

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• Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.

  Mark Twain

  Drinking, Wine, Scotch

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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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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• Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Drinking, Wine, Scotch

  "Facepaint, champagne and antelope skin - writers' oddball quirks revealed" by Charlotte Seager, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2015.

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• Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.

  Lord Byron

  Laughter, Drinking, Food

  'Don Juan' (1819-24) canto 2, st. 178

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• Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

  Ben Jonson

  Romantic, Food, Wine

  "To Celia" l. 1 (1616).

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• To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.

  Clifton Fadiman

  Wine, Rivers, Vineyards

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

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wine, Tolerance, Vines

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• Beer is made by men, wine by God.

  Martin Luther

  Drinking, Wine, Beer

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• It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one's present or future thirst, the excellence of the cognac, or any other reason

  W. C. Fields

  Drinking, Wine, Excellence

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• A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow.

  Kathy Mattea

  Wine, Glasses, Gourmet

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• Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

  C. E. M. Joad

  Birthday, Wine, Turning 50

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