148 Fine Wine Quotes

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Famous Fine Wine Quotes

Old wine and friends improve with age. — Italian Proverbs

I'm like a fine wine. I get better with age. The best is yet to come. — Richelle Mead

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. - Pope John XXIII

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. — Pope John XXIII

Good wine must drink together with a good friend. — Vietnamese Proverbs

It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place. — Abigail Van Buren

Wine ... offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased. — Ernest Hemingway

Wine is bottled poetry. — Robert Louis Stevenson

This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows. — John Townsend Trowbridge

Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. — C. E. M. Joad

Wine is poetry in a bottle. — Clifton Fadiman

Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures. — Michael Broadbent

Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a lover to drink it. — Salvador Dali

Dance is like wine; it matures with every performance. — Alarmel Valli

Wines are like people. Some are perfect but boring, some are precocious but fail to live up to their promise, and some may be flawed, but the way they may develop is endlessly fascinating. — Michael Broadbent

Short Fine Wine Quotes

  • Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste. — Logan Pearsall Smith
  • In wine, there's truth. — Pliny The Elder
  • Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it. — Robertson Davies
  • Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people. — William Shakespeare
  • The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes its secrets — Salvador Dali
  • Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit. — Robert Mondavi
  • Champagne is the only wine that enhances a woman's beauty. — Madame de Pompadour
  • Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized. — Andre Simon
  • One not only drinks the wine, one smells it, observes it, tastes it, sips it and-one talks about it. — Edward VII
  • There is truth in wine and children — Plato
Fine wine quote Confidence is not "They will like me". Confidence is "I'll be fine if they don't"
Confidence is not "They will like me". Confidence is "I'll be fine if they don't"

Aging Like Fine Wine Quotes

Choose the fucks you give wisely. Because like a fine wine, our fucks must age into a fine vintage, only uncorked and given on the most special fucking occasion. — Mark Manson

You can consider me like fine wine. I just get better with age. — Lennox Lewis

I like to drink wine more than I used to. Anyway, I'm drinking more. — Mario Puzo

Fine wine quote Watch you thoughts, for they become words. Watch you words, for they become actions. Watch your acti
Watch you thoughts, for they become words. Watch you words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for the become you character. And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. My father always said that. And I think I am fine.

A meal without wine is like a day without sun — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Good music grows with age like a fine wine it's gets better and better over time. — Steve Jordan

Fine #‎ wine is a living liquid ... Its life comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. — Julia Child

Fine wine quote Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.
Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.

I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar. — Unknown

Marriage is like a fine aged wine. It has to endure its Time of Fermenting before its full-bodied Flavor and Bouquetcan be appreciate. — Mary Summer Rain

Like Fine Wine Quotes

Strategy is buying a bottle of fine wine when you take a lady out for dinner. Tactics is getting her to drink it. — Frank Muir

At first an ordeal and then an accomplishment, the daily run becomes a staple, like bread, or wine, a fine marriage, or air. It is also a free pass to friendship. — Benjamin Cheever

Men are like a fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you'd like to have dinner with. — Jill Shalvis

Fine wine quote Remember, success is a journey, not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine
Remember, success is a journey, not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

There's something about smoking a cigar that feels like a celebration. It's like a fine wine. There's a quality, a workmanship, a passion that goes into the smoking of a fine cigar. — Demi Moore

The depth of experience fine wine can bring to a dinner, particularly a bottle that has been through the past 100 years, makes you take stock of your own life. — Neil deGrasse Tyson

Life is but a fine wine to be sipped and favored. — Pittacus Lore

Fine wine quote There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Cobalt is a divine color and there is nothing as fine for putting an atmosphere round things. Carmine is the red of wine and is warm and lively like wine. The same goes for emerald green too. It's false economy to dispense with them, with those colors. Cadmium as well. — Vincent Van Gogh

Love is like wine. To sip is fine, but to empty the bottle is a headache. — Julio Iglesias

My brother Julio and I worked to improve the quality of wines from California and to put fine wine on American dinner tables at a price people could afford. — Ernest Gallo

Being vintage like a fine wine Should make you proud of being old And being mature like a cheese Certainly explains the mould! Fester on undaunted into your 7th decade — John Walter Bratton

Good Wine Quotes

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. - Thomas Aquinas

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. — Thomas Aquinas

Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough. - Mark Twain

Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough. — Mark Twain

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures. — M. F. K. Fisher

Fine wine quote It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant. — Washington Irving

Red wine makes good blood. — Italian Proverbs

It is well known among physicians that the best of the nourishing foods is the one that the Moslem religion forbids, i.e., Wine. It contains much good and light nourishment. It is rapidly digested and helps to digest other foods. — Maimonides

Fine wine quote We ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable wo
We ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

Happiness is a chance to talk to a friend, to hear good music, to have a good glass of wine. Happiness is a chance to be myself and to find people with whom I agree or who I don't agree but I can learn something. — Maya Angelou

A good margarita, a good red wine, I like expensive alcohol, but not a lot of it. I don't like to throw up. — Denise Richards

Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino! — Hilaire Belloc

The Italians always made good wine, but you had the impression they were friendly guys in straw hats running family vineyards with slaves or something so that the vino was never more than ten bucks a bottle. — Joe Bob Briggs

Great Wine Quotes

What do you have to fear? Nothing. Whom do you have to fear? No one. Why? Because whoever has joined forces with God obtains three great privileges: omnipotence without power, intoxication without wine, and life without death. — Francis of Assisi

it's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... it's summertime! - Kenny Chesney

it's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... it's summertime! — Kenny Chesney

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world. — Louis Pasteur

Fine wine quote Give a man a bottle of wine, he drinks for a day. Teach a man to make wine, he'll always have lots o
Give a man a bottle of wine, he drinks for a day. Teach a man to make wine, he'll always have lots of friends

If penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life. — Alexander Fleming

Whoever would have guessed that in the land of cheap sausages and mashed potatoes there could be such a change which would actually bring the French from Paris every weekend to invade Britain en masse to eat great food and drink great wine. — Robin Leach

Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter far than muscatel wine! — Johann Sebastian Bach

Fine wine quote In wine, there's truth.
In wine, there's truth.

The older I get, the better I used to be. — Lee Trevino

It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one's present or future thirst, the excellence of the cognac, or any other reason — W. C. Fields

Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages. — Louis Pasteur

The older I get, the better I was. — Van Dyke Parks

White Wine Quotes

I have a neighbor who knows 200 types of wine. ... I only know two types of wine - red and white. But my neighbor only knows two types of countries - industrialized and developing. And I know 200. — Hans Rosling

Don't you hate people who drink white wine? I mean, my dear, every alcoholic in town is getting falling-down drunk on white wine. They think they aren't drunks because they only drink wine. Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies. — Bette Davis

Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine. — John Masefield

Fine wine quote There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.
There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.

Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies. — Bette Davis

Forget the cheap white wine: go to beef and gin! — Julia Child

The music, and the banquet, and the wine-- The garlands, the rose odors, and the flowers, The sparkling eyes, and flashing ornaments-- The white arms and the raven hair--the braids, And bracelets; swan-like bosoms, and the necklace, An India in itself, yet dazzling not. — Lord Byron

Fine wine quote Coffee keeps me busy until it is acceptable to drink wine
Coffee keeps me busy until it is acceptable to drink wine

It’s too much of a drinking culture, everything tastes better with a drink. Like, watch TV: glass of wine. Cooking dinner: glass of champagne. White wine vinegar hasn’t got white wine in it. Has it? — Amy Winehouse

Pinot noir is the ultimate wine to have at the table. It's a white wine masquerading as red...[while] chardonnay is a red masquerading as a white. — Kevin Zraly

Here is a tip for all you young people drinking wine. With pasta, drink white wine. With steak, drink red wine. And if you're vegan, you're annoying. — Demetri Martin

I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat. — Oliver Reed

French Wine Quotes

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.' — Gerald Asher

If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good? — Cardinal Richelieu

Life is too short to drink bad wine. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary. — Ernest Hemingway

Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know. — John Keats

My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine. — Ernest Hemingway

Life's too short to drink bad wine or smoke poor cigars. — Don Johnson

Wine rejoices the heart of man and joy is the mother of all virtues. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

God made only water, but man made wine. — Victor Hugo

Wine Quotes

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou. - Omar Khayyam

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou. — Omar Khayyam

Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we've lost 'Tis scored; 'Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share. — Watchman Nee

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. — Benjamin Franklin

The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth — Jim Harrison

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese — Steven Wright

Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. — Omar Khayyam

Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might sit by thy dear side in some lonely place, I should deem myself happier than a king in his kingdom. — Omar Khayyam

Penicillin cures, but wine makes people happy. — Alexander Fleming

When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, that's amore. - Dean Martin

When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, that's amore. — Dean Martin

Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating! — Leo Buscaglia

Drinking Wine Quotes

There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne. — Bette Davis

I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0. - Sophia Loren

I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0. — Sophia Loren

Be careful to trust a person who does not like wine. — Karl Marx

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. — Francis Bacon

Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy cavern, Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern? Have ye tippled drink more fine Than mine host's Canary wine? — John Keats

This is the dream of all the world. The dream is to live in Granada. You know, work in the morning, have a one-hour in the afternoon, at night go out and have that life. You know. Go out and see your friends and eat tapa and drink red wine and be in a beautiful place. — Anthony Bourdain

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle. — Paulo Coelho

One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk. — Charles Baudelaire

The rabbi drinks the wine and asks the others to be happy. — Yiddish Proverbs

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine? — Jami Attenberg

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More Fine Wine Quotes

Wine is sunlight, held together by water. — Galileo Galilei

Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not know. I admire lolling on a lawn by a water-lilied pond to eat white currants and see goldfish: and go to the fair in the evening if I'm good. There is not hope for that --one is sure to get into some mess before evening. — John Keats

I'll tell you the truth; I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any more. I was fine. I had a glass of wine after the game. But it was just a mouthful. — Paul Gascoigne

Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. — Dave Barry

People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar. — Rick Kaplan

Where there is no wine there is no love. — Euripides

The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell. — Omar Khayyam

A fine meal...is a delight in itself; add a glass of wine-gleaming red or translucent greenish gold-and delectation will be doubled. — Alexis Lichine

If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini. — Eric Stoltz

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

Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Fine wine leaves you with something pleasant. The ordinary wine just leaves. — Maynard Amerine

But I saw the pain and sadness in everything, and swirled it round my mouth like a fine wine. — Emma Forrest

Uniqueness is wasted on youth. Like fine wine or a solid flossing habit, you'll be grateful for it when you're older. — Sloane Crosley

So popular is beer, the world's best-selling alcoholic drink, that it is often taken for granted. Yet scientific analysis shows that a glass of beer has within it as many aromas and flavors as fine wine. Not everyone understands this, but an increasing number of people do. — Michael Jackson

There is some delight in ale and wine And some in girls with ankles fine But my delight, yes always mine Is to dance with Jak O’ the Shadows We will toss the dice however they fall And snuggle the girls be they short or tall Then follow Lord Mat whenever he calls To dance with Jak O’ the Shadows. — Robert Jordan

Beer is made by men, wine by God. — Martin Luther

Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man. — Plato

I vape with my parents in my house. My parents don't really get high, which bums me out. But I vape with them around. It's just like a glass of wine. The family of the future is parents and kids who get high together. That is crazy to me, but it's so cool. I like the fact that my parents are fine with it, even if they won't do it with me. — Ilana Glazer

Sweet cherry wine, so very fine, take it on down, pass it all around. — Tommy James

Ah, it was a fine night, a warm night, a wine-drinking night, a moony night, and a night to hug your girl and talk and spit and be heavengoing. — Jack Kerouac

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