Wine Quotes

The rapturuous, wild, and ineffable pleasure of drinking at somebody else's expense

Scandal has made wine and popcorn seem like a viable, even healthful, meal.

A sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it’s time to go. I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo. I’m wanted at the traffic-jam. They’re saving me a seat.

The confirmation for both jobs - 'AMC' and 'Smallville' - came through on the same day, so there was a lot of wine flowing in the Hartley house that night!

I'm very much a homebody so once I have my home set up how I want it, that's my zen, my comfy little nest where I drink my wine and watch my Netflix.

The sun pours out like wine.

I'm a firm believer of wine.

The sight of blood to crowds begets the thirst of more, As the first wine-cup leads to the long revel.

Marriage, from love, like vinegar from wine-- A sad, sour sober beverage--by time Is sharpened from its high celestial flavor Down to a very homely household savor.

Fill high the cup with Samian wine!

Wine is a clog to the pen, not an inspiration.

The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines; they are put up in tall, slender bottles, and are considered a pleasant beverage. One tells them from vinegar by the label.

A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.

It's in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it's a tradition I want to pass on to my son.

A body without wine is like a dessert without sugar. A pale woman can only be coloured with lipstick and rouge, and a pale man can only be coloured with wine!

They say "Wine is Satan's falcon,"; apparently he uses it in hunting men!

Waiting makes wine better; but waiting makes man decay! Don't wait because you have no time! Move fast!

What a life, without wine!

I'm very, very family oriented. I'm a big cook and a good connoisseur and I only drink very good red wines now.

I've yet to meet a writer who could change water into wine, and we have a tendency to treat them like that.

If your doctor does not think it good for you to sleep, to drink wine, or to eat of a particular dish, do not worry; I will find you another who will not agree with him.

Wine is the benevolent god, who gives back gaiety to men and restores youth to the old.

Intoxication is calculated to put heart into the elderly and give them delight in dancing.

Life is a glass of wine and having your feet washed - it's a biblical event, might I add. This is part of mankind's story. You are always looking for a moment to take a break.

Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.

Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise.

America's craft brewers know that beer, not wine, is the best beverage for accompanying a good meal.

While wine may be only a drink, it is also one of the most complex sensory pleasures we enjoy. It is as cerebral as it is sensual, and it requires a lifetime to appreciate it.

Researchers who examined the voting records of wine judges found that 90 percent of the time they give inconsistent ratings to a particular wine when they judge it on multiple occasions.

It's not sipping wine. It's a mourning wine. You drain it. Like this.

In 1600, when Shakespeares audience at the Globe heard Hamlet for the first time, every one of them knew very well what it meant to be handed a cup of wine by a figure of authority and told to drink.

Brother, be a brother, fill this tiny cup of mine. And please, sir, make it whiskey: I have no head for wine!

Buying a Ferrari is like buying Château Pétrus if you like fine wines. It's the safe choice.

A lot is yet to be enjoyed. I'd like to stomp grapes for wine. Go to Antarctica. Have dinner with Venus Williams who is the greatest tennis player ever.

I still occasionally need to struggle but I now fear it less. The weapons I fight it with are also my consolations: books, music, food, wine, nature.

Never Refuse Wine. It is an odd but universally held opinion that anyone who doesn't drink must be an alcoholic.

I always think, after the second glass of wine, you should be putting something in your stomach.

Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's a built-in romance to wine.

Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'

I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines.

Among many U. S. wine consumers, California holds a strong position.

A field is the most just possession for men. For what nature requires it carefully bears: barley, oil, wine, figs, honey. Silver-plate and purple will do for the tragedians, not for life.

Flow wine, smile woman, and the universe is consoled.

This is the great evil in wine, it first seizes the feet; it is a cunning wrestler. [Lat., Magnum hoc vitium vino est, Pedes captat primum; luctator dolosu est.]

Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.

There is never the body of a man, how strong and stout soever, if it be troubled and inflamed, but will take more harm and offense by wine being poured into it.

Wine has drowned more than the sea.

The camera, you know, will never capture you. Photography, in my experience, has the miraculous power of transferring wine into water.

God can never make us wine if we object to the fingers He uses to crush us with.

God makes us as broken bread and poured-out wine to please Him. Beware of competing calls once the call of God grips you.