Wine Education Quotes

My love of wine happened organically while being in Napa Valley during training camp while playing for the Oakland Raiders in the 90s.

Well, you know, when you go into a restaurant, one of the scariest things is the wine list, so whenever I'm really feeling intimidated, I'll just pick a wine type, like a Chianti or Brunello or a Burgundy, and I'll pick a year that's missing and ask for that one.

2006, I started 'WineLibrary TV.' To build 'WineLibrary TV,' I started using Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter in 2008.

There are more people enjoying wine in India, they are interested in exploring new things and I think wine is part of that journey.

You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one.

I only really fake it anymore with sommeliers who are being really snotty to me and I don't want to take their grief and so I try to do something to kind of throw them off or put them on the defensive, even if I don't know what I'm talking about.

Australian wine and Australian women - that's my weak point. Ha ha ha ha.

I don't do anything by halves and wine is an expensive passion.

My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis.

I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.

Growing up, my dad drank a lot of wine, so I got a taste for, and learned how to enjoy it. He spoke a lot about flavors and differences in tastes of wine. Also, our manager, Rick Sales, is a big wine drinker; he goes to a lot of wine-tasting classes, and he's taught me about the qualities of wine.

I don't know anything about the wine world at all.

Burgess Meredith taught me a lot about wine.

I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines and where they grew for me and why I drank them when I did and why I picked the grapes and where I opened the oldest procurable bottles, and all that, than I can remember living before I breathed.

The way people connected with wine intrigued me and I wanted to be a part of it.

Bordeaux would be naive not to recognize that Robert Parker was driving the brand equity. If the next generation doesn't care about Chateau Pichon-Lalande, then you have a problem.

I enjoy wine collecting and great food.

From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.

I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.

As I get older, my appreciation for wine has just increased. I fell in love with wine through my travels, but knowing what the wine country is all about definitely makes it my own.

The wine world is so big. Yes, there are styles of wines I don't like. Orange wine, natural wines and low-alcohol wines. Truth is on my side, and history will prove I am right.

Critics have done the wine industry a lot of good overall.

Many people who I respected were disappointed when I started 'Wine Library TV.' They thought I was dumbing down wine, but I always knew I was one of the biggest producers of new wine drinkers in the world, and people are realizing it now.

A good wine has many qualities, I think. If drunk moderately, it is healthy and good for your heart.

I'm an entrepreneur first and a wine critic second.