Wines Quotes
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Burn old wood, read old books, drink old wines, have old friends.
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Men are like fine wines - the older they get, the better they get.
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Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a little choice in white wines. Watson, you have never yet recognized my merits as a housekeeper.
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O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear His mighty champion, strong above compare, Whose drink was only from the liquid brook.
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Once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened and all wines flowed.
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A true German can't stand the French, Yet willingly he drinks their wines.
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Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.
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If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen.
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It is about the entire experience. It's not just a new seat. It's not just new meals. It's not just better wines.
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There are thousands of wines that can take over our minds. Don't think all ecstasies are the same! Jesus was lost in his love for God. His donkey was drunk with barley.
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Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow.
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I prefer old-world wines like Lafite Rothschild and Margaux.
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I know never to take a wine for granted. Drawing a cork is like attendance at a concert or at a play that one knows well, when there is all the uncertainty of no two performances ever being quite the same. That is why the French say, 'There are no good wines, only good bottles.'
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She lived frugally, but her meals were the only things on which she deliberately spent her money. She never compromised on the quality of her groceries, and drank only good-quality wines.
