If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul. Clifton Fadiman
Wine is bottled poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson
Good wine is a necessity of life for me. Thomas Jefferson
I made a mental note to watch which bottle became empty soonest, sometimes a more telling evaluation system than any other. Gerald Asher
Making good wine is a skill; making fine wine is an art. Robert Mondavi
Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized. Andre Simon
Life is too short to drink bad wine. Anonymous
Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures. Michael Broadbent
Though I'm no doctor, just the idea of drinking wine over a leisurely meal has a positive effect (on health) by virtue of the fact that it is elegant, relaxing and fun. Robert Parker
"De gustibus non est disputandum." There is no disputing matters of taste.
There are no standards of taste in wine, cigars, poetry, prose, etc. 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
Never buy the cheapest wine in any category, as its taste may discourage you from going on. Cheap wine will always be too expensive. Alex Bespaloff
I know never to take a wine for granted. Drawing a cork is like attendance at a concert or at a play one knows well, when there is all the uncertainty of no two performances ever being quite the same. That is why the French say, "There are no good wines, only good bottles." Gerald Asher
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 of appreciation and enjoyment than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing. Ernest Hemingway
Food without wine is a corpse; wine without food is a ghost. United and well-matched, they are as body and soul, living partners. Andre Simon
Wine is an endless treasure trove of fascination. Wine is the only beverage in the world that draws us in intellectually, causes us to think about it, to ponder it, to question why it tastes the way it does. Wine, it seems to me, is compelling not solely because it tastes good (though it surely does that) but because it appeals to the mind. Karen MacNeil
In 1995, I predicted that first-growth Bordeaux would hit $10,000 per case in ten years; well, they have done that and then some, and in a much shorter period. This trend will only continue. Unfortunately, many of these wines will become nothing more than museum pieces to be talked about and traded, but rarely drunk. Robert Parker
One of the most gratifying aspects of being a wine critic is discovering those under-the-radar, superb wine bargains that taste as if they should cost two or three times the price but don't. ... The myth is that wines that cost $25 or less are worth just what you pay for them and are never terribly interesting. This is totally untrue, and with work, one can unearth these small treasures that deliver seriously good wine at remarkably fair prices. Robert Parker
On the 2005 vintage in France: "If I had to give two words of advice to lovers of French wine today, scouting in any price range, they would be "O" and "five." The 2005 vintage seemed exceptional at the time, virtually throughout France and especially in the classic regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy. Now that we can judge the wines in bottle, it continues to shine brilliantly. ... I still feel this is by far the greatest Bordeaux vintage I have been lucky enough to taste. And it's the consistency right down to the petit chateaux and lowly AC Bordeaux level that is so exciting. Jancis Robinson
It is well to remember that there are five reasons to drink wine: the arrival of a friend; one's present or future thirst; the excellence of the wine; or any other reason. Latin saying
Here's to the corkscrew -- a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the gate of pleasant folly. W.E.P. French
He who loves not wine, women and song -- remains a fool his whole life long. Johann Voss
The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars. Benjamin Franklin
A sight of the label is worth 50 years experience. Michael Broadbent
Anyone who tries to make you believe that he knows all about wines is obviously a fake. Leon Adams
On drinking the wines of Bordeaux: "The French drink them young, so a Socialist government won't take them. The English drink them old, so they can show their friends cobwebs and dusty bottles. The Americans drink them exactly when they are ready, because they don't know any better." Anonymous
Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Benjamin Franklin
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