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My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine.

My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine.

Ernest Hemingway
Regret, Food, Wine

Wine ... offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased.

Ernest Hemingway
Appreciation, Wine, Vineyards
Ernest Hemingway (2014). “Death in the Afternoon”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.

Ernest Hemingway
Strong, Food, Wine
Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.425, Simon and Schuster

Ronda is the place where to go, if you are planning to travel to Spain for a honeymoon or for being with a girlfriend. The whole city and its surroundings are a romantic set. ... Nice promenades, good wine, excellent food, nothing to do.

Ernest Hemingway
Girlfriend, Nice, Wine

A bottle of wine was good company.

Ernest Hemingway
Wine, Bottles, Good Company
Ernest Hemingway (2016). “The Sun Also Rises”, p.119, Hamilton Books

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 for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.

Ernest Hemingway
Appreciation, Wine, Civilization
Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.2197, Simon and Schuster

It was like certain dinners I remember from the war. There was much wine, an ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent happening. Under the wine I lost the disgusted feeling and was happy. It seemed they were all such nice people.

Ernest Hemingway
War, Nice, Wine
Ernest Hemingway (2016). “The Sun Also Rises”, p.74, Hamilton Books

A person with increasing knowledge and sensory education may derive infinite enjoyment from wine.

Ernest Hemingway
Wine, May, Infinite
Ernest Hemingway (2002). “Death in the Afternoon”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

The bicycle riders drank much wine, and were burned and browned by the sun. They did not take the race seriously except among themselves.

Ernest Hemingway
Wine, Cycling, Race
Ernest Hemingway (2016). “The Sun Also Rises”, p.120, Hamilton Books

I drank a bottle of wine for company. It was Chateau Margaux. It was pleasant to be drinking slowly and to be tasting the wine and to be drinking alone. A bottle of wine was good company.

Ernest Hemingway
Drinking, Wine, Bottles
Ernest Hemingway (1926). “The Sun Also Rises”, p.236, Simon and Schuster

A wine shop was open and I went in for some coffee. It smelled of early morning, of swept dust, spoons in coffee-glasses and the wet circles left by wine glasses.

Ernest Hemingway
Morning, Coffee, Wine
Ernest Hemingway (2016). “A Farewell to Arms”, p.139, Hamilton Books

Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.

Ernest Hemingway
Wine, Vineyards, World
Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.2197, Simon and Schuster

We thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also as a great giver of happiness and well being and delight.

Ernest Hemingway
Food, Wine, Cooking
Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.530, Simon and Schuster

Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary.

Ernest Hemingway
Drinking, Wine, Vineyards
Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.530, Simon and Schuster

Wine is a grand thing," I said. "It makes you forget all the bad.

Ernest Hemingway
Wine, Farewell To Arms, Forget
Ernest Hemingway (2016). “A Farewell to Arms”, p.92, Hamilton Books

Honor to a Spaniard, no matter how dishonest, is as real a thing as water, wine, or olive oil. There is honor among pickpockets and honor among whores. It is simply that the standards differ.

Ernest Hemingway
Real, Wine, Oil
Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.2243, Simon and Schuster

I say that is wine," Brett held up her glass. "We ought to toast something. 'Here's to royalty.'" "This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. you don't want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. you lose the taste." Brett's glass was empty.

Ernest Hemingway
Drinking, Wine, Glasses
Ernest Hemingway (1926). “The Sun Also Rises”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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