It’s hard to believe that there are so many quotations about wine.
Some are pretty witty, while others are more for fun
Below are some of my favorites
1. [Grapes are] the most noble and challenging of fruits.
Malcolm Dunn, Head Gardener to the 7th Viscount Powerscourt, c 1867
Quotes in ‘Phylloxera’ by Christy Campbell
2. Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Othello, II. iii. (315)
3. A man not old, but mellow, like good wine.
Stephen Phillips (1845-1915)
Ulysses, III. ii
4. 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.
“Wine … offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased.”
Ernest Hemingway
Death in the Afternoon
(Hemingway is probably the most famous one in “worldwide wine Hall of Fame and Museum,” if there’s one, like that for athletes.)
5. Wine is bottled poetry.
Robert Louis Stevenson
6. Alcohol – the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems.
The whole world is about three drinks behind.
Homer Simpson
(Homer Simpson, a character in the cartoon “Simpson family,” is supposed to be in the celebrity hall for wine as well, the less witty one.)
7. Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance.
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance.
Benjamin Franklin
8. Beer is made by men, wine by God!
Martin Luther
9. Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
Pope John XXIII
10. No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage.
Thomas Jefferson
Can you believe it!! Martin Luther, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Pope showed up here too!!
The above is just small surface of the iceberg.Thirsty for more quotes? Check the following websites.
http://www.wrathofgrapes.com/winequot.html
http://www.wineloverspage.com/quotes/
http://www.wineintro.com/quotes/
http://www.beekmanwine.com/factsquotes.htm
