wine tradition Quotes

Fill high the cup with Samian wine!

Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.

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

Wine has been with us since the beginning of civilization. It is the temperate, civilized, sacred, romantic mealtime beverage recommended in the Bible. Wine has been praised for centuries by statesmen, philosophers, poets, and scholars. Wine in moderation is an integral part of our culture, heritage and gracious way of life.

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.

Good wine needs neither bush nor preface to make it welcome. And they drank the red wine through the helmet barr'd.

For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhibiting a large section of the public and depriving them of one of the greatest pleasures known to man.

I have this beautiful antique silver wine decanter that I bought at an auction. I always pour wine from that.