Chianti Quotes

• A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Movie, Nice, Great Year

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• I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti

  Thomas Harris

  Movie, Nice, Great Year

  "The Silence of the Lambs". www.imdb.com. 1991.

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• Good Chianti, that aged, majestic and proud wine, enlivens my heart, and frees it painlessly from all fatigue and sadness.

  Francesco Redi

  Heart, Wine, Sadness

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• Love endeth like the chianti flask, its drops are bitter.

  Gelett Burgess

  Love, Bitter, Flasks

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• I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.

  Mario Batali

  Eye, Iron, Pouring

  "An Introduction and Rallying Cry" by Mario Batali, www.esquire.com. August 24, 2011.

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• All my wife has ever taken from the Mediterranean - from that whole vast intuitive culture - are four bottles of Chianti to make into lamps, and two china condiment donkeys labelled Sally and Peppy.

  Peter Shaffer

  Funny, Taken, Humor

  'Equus' (1973) act 1, sc. 18

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• Well, you know, when you go into a restaurant, one of the scariest things is the wine list, so whenever I'm really feeling intimidated, I'll just pick a wine type, like a Chianti or Brunello or a Burgundy, and I'll pick a year that's missing and ask for that one.

  Alton Brown

  Wine, Years, Missing

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• After World War II, a lot of people moved to the cities for work and abandoned the old vineyards. Then in the 1950s and 1960s, wineries were paid to produce volume at a cheap price. That's when the Lambruscos and bad Chianti were popular.

  Joe Bastianich

  War, Cities, People

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