Top 1200 Fine Wine Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

The worst gift I was given is when I got out of rehab that Christmas; a bottle of wine. It was delicious.

It scares the living crap out of me how good wine is at ten dollars.

Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence?

Espresso consumption is an aesthetic experience,like tasting a vintage wine or admiring a painting.

I drank at every vine, the last was like the first. I came upon no wine so wonderful as thirst.

There's a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.

By wine eating cares are put to flight. [Lat., Vino diffugiunt mordaces curae.]

When [Jean-Paul] Sartre was asked whether or not he would live under a communist regime he said, "No, for others it's fine, but for me, no." He said it! So it's hard to say just how intellectual his stance is. How can you think that never in your life would you go to live in a communist regime and still say it's fine for everybody? A very difficult thing, that, but Sartre managed it.

A prudent pharmacist often vends something for your complaint. But wine merchant you do this invariably.

Mind you, it’s all bullshit with wine, isn’t it? It’s just f**king vinegar with a fizz, no matter what the tasters say.

Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.

Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in our medium, roused to do our best, by every good writer, every fine achievement. Would we want one good writer or fine book less? The sense of writers being pitted against each other is bred primarily by the workings of the commercial marketplace, and by critics lauding one writer at the expense of another while ignoring the existence of nearly all.

A writer should give direct certainty; explanations are so much water poured into the wine.

Twas Noah who first planted the vine And mended his morals by drinking its wine.

I don't eat shellfish. I drink wine moderately and have one whiskey every evening before dinner.

One of my most exciting Saturday nights was just me and a bottle of wine and a crochet book.

Screw-top wine has improved the quality of life by about ten percent, wouldn't you say?

He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.

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

The way I like to cook is to have music going, usually jazz, and something in my hand, usually a glass of wine.

The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.

A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou.

I drink red wine every night and chamomile tea before bed.

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

If I give you a good wine, you will see how it tastes and after you ask where it comes from.

Give me a bowl of wine. I have not that alacrity of spirit Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have.

Beauty intoxicates the eye, as wine does the body; both are morally fatal if indulged.

It warms the blood, adds luster to the eyes, and wine and love have ever been allies.

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

When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness.

Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man.

Never say the number because it suggest that you are unable to pronounce the name of the wine you are ordering.

A little wine sometimes, that's all. Spirits (are) bad. Alcohol wrong. Herb does grow.

I like my glass of wine, but I work for it. You can't expect to maintain that sort of level of physique if you don't do something.

As one California winemaker said, "We release no wine before the bank tells us that its ready."

Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crush'd the sweet poison of misused wine.

Wine and the sun will make vinegar without any shouting to help them.

I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved.

I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.

A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside.

I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often - but I'm well preserved.

Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

I don't do karaoke. I don't dance, even at weddings. I'm the grumpy one sitting down drinking wine.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love, or life.

Our very long-term prospective hinges on making the best possible wine we can.

It was kind of a decompression - from straight alcohol to mixed drinks to wine to spritzers - and then you're out.

Seriously, I think every neighborhood can appreciate a cute little specialty wine shop.

The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar.

Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet.

Thus, while I quaff the genial wine, I live mid transports quite divine.

Being a wine enthusiast means you care more about quality than quantity.

A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!

Who gives to Aristaeus honey; Or wine to Bacchus, or Triptolemus Earth's fruits, or apples to Alcinous?

The only way of rendering life endurable is to drink as much wine as one can come by.

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

Five qualities there are wine's praise advancing; Strong, beautiful, fragrant, cool and dancing.

Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.

I let the evening unfold. I'm the sort of guy who likes to sit in the chair and look at the wine glass.