25 of some of the most famous wine quotes. From the Bible to Thomas Jefferson, these memorable quotes will stick with you every time you experience the delights of wine.
5. “Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favours what you do.”-Ecclesiastes 9:7
6. The Irish believe that fairies are extremely fond of good wine. The proof of the assertion is that in the olden days royalty would leave a keg of wine out for them at night. Sure enough it was always GONE in the morning!-Irish Folklore
7. “I have enjoyed great health at a great age because everyday since I can remember I have consumed a bottle of wine except when I have not felt well…then I have consumed two bottles.” -Bishop of Seville
8. “When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.”-Aristophanes, Knights, 424 B.C.
10. “Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance.”-Benjamin Franklin
11. …good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.-William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
12. “A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. ‘Much obliged,' said he, pushing the dish away from him, 'but I am not in the habit of taking my wine in pills.’” -Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste, 1825
13. “By making this wine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay back the national debt.”-Thomas Jefferson
14. “Once... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days.”W.C. Fields, My Little Chickadee, 1940
15. “My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!-Sean Connery, Goldfinger, 1964
16. “Wine had such ill effects on Noah’s health that it was all he could do to live 950 years. Show me a total abstainer that ever lived that long.” -Will Rogers
24. “There are two reasons for drinking wine...when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it... prevention is better than cure.” -Thomas Love Peacock
25. “Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.”-St. Thomas Aquinas
26. “She gets to keep the chalet and the Rolls, I want the Montrachet.” -Anonymous, Forbes Magazine, May 6, 1996