Wine Quotes - Page 34

• Actually, my wine was served at the White House twice. Reagan must have been asleep when he ordered it.

  Pat Paulsen

  White, House, Has Beens

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• Only 10 percent of the people in the U.S. like dry wines. You shouldn't get down on people just because they like a little sugar.

  Pat Paulsen

  People, Dry, Littles

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• This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development.

  Itzhak Perlman

  Years, Oil, Development

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• Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

  Colin Powell

  Reality, Age, News

  Colin L. Powell (1995). “My American Journey”, Random House Incorporated

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• I have this extraordinary life during the day, and then I get to come home to my sweet husband who loves to cook with me. I have a nice glass of wine, he has some scotch, we chat, we cook, and we hang out with the dog. I have an absolute dream life.

  Rachael Ray

  Dream, Dog, Sweet

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• I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.

  Oliver Reed

  Drinking, White, Diets

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• What a man calls his 'conscience' is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love.

  Helen Rowland

  Love, Women, Too Much

  Irvin S. Cobb, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Helen Rowland, Richard Saunders (2017). “We Should All Be So Feminine: We Should All Be a Feminist: We Should All Be Feminists”, p.55, Lulu.com

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• At the end of the day, I let myself have a glass of wine.

  Jane Seymour

  Glasses, The End Of The Day, Ends

  "Jane Seymour: ‘Everything Doesn’t Fall Apart At A Certain Age’". Interview with Katherine Bindley, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 13, 2012.

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• Get over jet-lag quickly. I think a lot of people waste the first few days sleeping in the wrong time zone. Sometimes I take melatonin but at other times a glass of wine will do it.

  Jane Seymour

  Sleep, Thinking, Glasses

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I enjoy a glass of wine, and I love my football. I suppose it's because I'm a real working-class.

  Rod Stewart

  Football, Real, Glasses

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• I'll have wine or a piece of cake once in a while, but I don't look at it as sliding backwards, even if I go a whole week without working out. I don't dwell on it and beat myself up - I just try to have a healthier day tomorrow.

  Alison Sweeney

  Cake, Work Out, Trying

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• It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.

  James Thurber

  Food, Thinking, Comedy

  Cartoon caption, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 1937

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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

  People, Bully, Together

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• Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Islands, Champagne, Salons

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• From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Book, Age, Magazines

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• I am thinking about launching a wine website where there is a deal and the crowd can dictate how cheap it can get.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Thinking, Crowds, Launching

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• I know if I stopped hosting 'Wine Library TV,' we'd probably lose 75 percent of our audience, but the remaining 25 percent is still a big number.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Numbers, Library, Tvs

  "Will Gary Vaynerchuk Crush His Business?". Interview with John Warrillow, www.inc.com. October 19, 2010.

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• I want people to know their palate is a snowflake. We all like different things. Why should we all have the same taste in wines?

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  People, Different, Want

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• The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Real, Valleys, Fairs

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• I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn't due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Real, Talking, People

  Gary Vaynerchuk (2011). “The Thank You Economy (Enhanced Edition)”, p.28, Harper Collins

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• I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Monday, Hate, One Day

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• If there's a problem, we at Wine Library never tell ourselves that once we handle this issue, we'll never have to deal with the person again. We talk to every single person as though we're going to wind up sitting next to that person at his or her mother's house that night for dinner.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Mother, Night, Wind

  Gary Vaynerchuk (2011). “The Thank You Economy (Enhanced Edition)”, p.28, Harper Collins

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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

  People, Library, World

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• Okay, let's talk about cartoon labels for half a second - some people think anything with a dog or a car or a colorful alien is garbage, which is not true. Look at Big Moose Red. It's, like, a $6 wine with a cheesy label, and it's actually a solid wine.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Dog, Thinking, People

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• The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Television, Mail, Able

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