Quotes About Wine

Where are you going?" I asked him. [...] "To hell, eventually," Jameson answered. "Probably the wine cellar, for now.

I remember you organized the big laundry party and all of our friends took their dirty clothes to the laundromat and drank wine out of a wineskin until the manager threw us out because you kept yelling that there ought to be a prize given to the owner of the biggest pair of boxer shorts.

Nella mia vita ho fatto sogni che sono rimasti dentro di me per sempre, e hanno trasformato il mio modo di pensare. Sono entrati a far parte di me, come il vino quando si mescola all'acqua, e hanno cambiato il colore dei miei pensieri.

Impossibility, like wine Exhilarates the man Who tastes it; Possibility Is flavoreless.

the important thing, Jacques instructed me, was to get the pan hot as you could before adding the meat - that, and always give good wine to your butcher.

WINE and Fermented grape-juice known to the Womens Christian Union as liquor, sometimes as rum. Wine, madam, is Gods next best gift to man.

The blessed time of my youth passes by, I pour out the wine of my oblivion. Bitter it is, and thus it pleases me. For this bitterness is the zest of my life.

On the occasions where we do have to participate, to do more than nothing, it is desirable to have a glass of wine to soften all the everything.

I love cooking during Christmas, all smells like the hot apple cider, the hot spiced wine.

loopholes in some United States liquor laws allow it to be served in restaurants with only a beer and wine license. This has led to shochu's use as a mixer in Asian-inspired cocktails—think lemongrass martinis—

Le invitaban a vino, tal vez deseaban oír sus quejas, sus lamentaciones, su odio. Pero no podían oirlo («porque tal vez nada de esto existe. Nada más que soladad o indiferencia, nada más que una corteza de hombre, triste caparazón»).

My Passion uncontrolled shall rove, Doubly debauched with Wine and Love.

I'll curse all dull Sobriety, Fill'd with Wine's delicious Charms, Fill'd with a Mistress in my Arms.

Let others seek renown in arms; For me wine's wars have greater charms: Then fill the bowl, boy; fill it high: 'Tis better drunk, than dead to lie.

Thus, while I quaff the genial wine, I live mid transports quite divine.

Who his cups can stoutly bear, In his cups despiseth fear, In his cups can nimbly dance, Him Lyaeus will advance: Nectar of us mortals wine, The glad offspring of the vine, Screen'd with leaves, preserv'd within The plump grape's transparent skin, In the body all diseases, In the soul all grief appeases.

Great Bacchus every trouble cures; Then drink as long as life endures. For, whilst we drain the rosy bowl, 'Tis all a sunshine of the soul!

The more wine gets through your mouth the more silly words come out of it.

Two measures of wine send the doctor away, and four brings him back.

TIP: Adding a splash of the wine you're drinking to the sauce can build a bridge between the food and the wine.

Pair fruity dishes with wines from New World regions. Pair earthy dishes with wines from Old World regions. How do you distinguish Old World from New World? If it had a king or a queen in the 1500s (e.g., France, Italy, Spain) it is Old World; and any place they sent explorers (e.g., United States) or prisoners (e.g., Australia) is New World. — GREG HARRINGTON, master sommelier

If your wine is more acidic than the dish you're having with it, consider adding a squeeze of lemon or a drizzle of vinegar to the dish to balance the pairing.   If your dish is more acidic than your wine, consider adding salt (e.g., either from a salt shaker, or another salty element common to your dish's region of the world — say, soy sauce for an Asian dish, or anchovies for a Mediterranean dish) to balance the pairing.

TIP: Desserts should never be sweeter than the wine served to accompany them—and nor should savory dishes.

If you're a Cabernet Sauvignon loyalist, you might want to consider ordering your steaks rare or medium-rare.