Wine Quotes - Page 6

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the constant weight of it brings forth bitterness, the taste and stain from the lees of the vat.

Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. "The Mad Philosopher," 1697

I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually.

Excellent wine generates enthusiasm. And whatever you do with enthusiasm is generally successful.

You have only so many bottles in your life, never drink a bad one.

Wine is a bride who brings a great dowry to the man who woos her persistently and gracefully.

The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the 'bad' mother, unafraid of a joke and a glass of wine, richly self-expressive, scornful of suburban values, who is, in reality, good.

Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle.

There are many ways to the recognition of truth, and Burgundy is one of them.

Wine adds a smile to friendship and a spark to love.

If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul.

I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today it would taste different than if I'd opened it on any other day, because a bottle of wine is actually alive. And it's constantly evolving and gaining complexity.

Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry...I get so emotional! I love champagne.

I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine.

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

There's nothing better than online shopping in your PJ's with a glass of wine with the kids asleep!

More important than the food pairing is the person with whom you drink the wine.

When it comes to wine, I tell people to throw away the vintage charts and invest in a corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is the drinking.

I'm Mozart with a focus on the tide Hiding the inconsistencies of man behind water and wine

The older I get, the better I was.

I am drinking the stars

...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how a great wine connoisseur invited the composer to dinner. 'This is the Brahms of my cellar,' he said to his guests, producing a dust-covered bottle and pouring some into the master's glass. Brahms looked first at the color of the wine, then sniffed its bouquet, finally took a sip, and put the glass down without saying a word. 'Don't you like it?' asked the host. 'Hmm,' Brahms muttered. 'Better bring your Beethoven!'

Dance is like wine; it matures with every performance.

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.