Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance. -Benjamin Franklin

Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it will sicken and die. -Julia Child

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

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

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

“Anyone who tries to make you believe that he knows all about wines is obviously a fake.”

“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.”

“Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.”

“A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow.”

“Penicillin cures, but wine makes people happy.”