He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate - bringing forth food from the earth: wine that makes glad the heart of man.
Psalms
All wine associations are with occasions when people are at their best; with relaxation, contentment, leisurely meals, and the free flow of ideas.
Hugh Johnson
Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably
Bertolt Brecht
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of good wine
St. Thomas Aquinas
A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutrient from cows.
George Bernard Shaw
The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.
Benjamin Franklin
Fermented beverages have been preferred over water throughout the ages: they are safer, provide psychotropic effects, and are more nutritious. Some have even said alcohol was the primary agent for the development of Western civilization, since more healthy individuals (even if inebriated much of the time) lived longer and had greater reproductive success.
Dr. Patrick McGovern
The cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. ...People are seldom guilty of excess in what is their daily fare...On the contrary, in the countries which, either from excessive heat or cold, produce no grapes, and where wine consequently is dear and a rarity, drunkenness is a common vice.
Adam Smith
Burgundy makes you think of silly things, Bordeaux makes you talk of them and Champagne makes you do them.
Jean-Anthelme
And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred.
Sir Walter Scott
Burgundy for Kings, Champagne for Duchesses, and claret for Gentlemen
French Proverb
Give me a bowl of wine, In this I bury all unkindness.
William Shakespeare
With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows.
John Townsend Trowbridge
With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows.
John Townsend Trowbridge