quotations about wine
Wine is older than history. Humans didn't invent wine. We discovered it.
PHILIP SELDON
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wine
It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine
It's summertime
KENNY CHESNEY
"Summertime"
Fumes of wine shorten the long road.
BAI JUYI
"After Passing the Examination"
Bronze is the mirror of the form; wine, of the heart.
AESCHYLUS
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The obvious threats to wine are temperature, light and vibration. But the biggest threat to wine is family.
SUSAN MCGREGOR
"Exclusive: Inside RoboVault, Storage for the Rich & Famous", CBS Miami, February 5, 2016
A truly talented winemaker knows how to evaluate a given vintage's fruit as it comes into the winery, and how to allow it, with only gentle prodding, to make itself into wine. When fruit comes from a great vineyard site, the best winemakers do little but nurture. In other words, the less human intervention, the better. A bottle of wine is not made by a recipe, nor is it a painting requiring a winemaker's signature.
WILLIE GLUCKSTERN
The Wine Avenger
Wine is one of the agreeable and essential ingredients of life.
JULIA CHILD
attributed, Wine: Grape Goddess
There is a wine for just about every occasion, but the beauty of wine is, you don't really need a true celebration to drink it.
EMILY DUMAS
"4 Reasons Wine Is The Only Type Of Alcohol You Should Drink In Your 20s", Elite Daily, May 25, 2016
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
BIBLE
EPHESIANS 5:18
Wine molecules don't actually have any flavor, and it's our brains that create the sensation that we perceive as taste. The process is similar to how our brains see color. Wine molecules stimulate thousands of our mouth's taste and odor receptors, which create both a sensory and emotional reaction in our brain. All these signals spark different cognitive areas -- including memory, pattern recognition and pleasure -- which work together to deliver the wine's "taste."
LAUREN TOUSIGNANT
"Drinking wine is like burpees for your brain", New York Post, April 5, 2017
You want to know the moment when you've crossed the threshold from being a casual or indifferent wine drinker into a real wine lover? It's when you possess, perhaps even to your own surprise, a special wine.
MATT KRAMER
"That Special Wine", Wine Spectator, April 30, 2017
Who his cups can stoutly bear,
In his cups despiseth fear,
In his cups can nimbly dance,
Him Lyæus will advance:
Nectar of us mortals wine,
The glad offspring of the vine,
Screen'd with leaves, preserv'd within
The plump grape's transparent skin,
In the body all diseases,
In the soul all grief appeases.
ANACREON
"Wine the Healer"
The idea of anyone reaching for the same exact varietal every time they get thirsty just does something to me. For one, with a small amount of research, you'll find that there are more than 10,000 wine varietals growing on our great big planet. I'm not brilliant at math, but if you're a self-proclaimed oenophile who grabs the same bottle of Malbec every time you indulge, then you're missing out on 9,999 other wonderful options.
ANONYMOUS
"Wine Time: Baby Blue blend is beautiful", Pensacola News Journal, February 2, 2016
Part of the culture of drinking wine is engaging with the story, the ground, the label and the myth. But one wonders how organically the prices of past and future vintages or secondary wines would come about without the influence that publications and awards and coveted point scores can generate -- or maybe I'm just a bitter Sherry drinker.
SAM BEHREND
"Halo Effect Gives Wine Prices Wings", Wine Searcher, May 30, 2016
O drink is mighty! secrets it unlocks,
Turns hope to fact, sets cowards on to box,
Takes burdens from the careworn, finds out parts
In stupid folks, and teaches unknown arts.
What tongue hangs fire when quickened by the bowl?
What wretch so poor but wine expands his soul?
HORACE
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