Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.
Ernest HemingwayRead
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Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
God made only water, but man made wine.
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
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.
When I find someone I respect writing about an edgy, nervous wine that dithered in the glass, I cringe. When I hear someone I don't respect talking about an austere, unforgiving wine, I turn a bit austere and unforgiving myself. When I come across stuff like that and remember about the figs and bananas, I want to snigger uneasily. You can call a wine red, and dry, and strong, and pleasant. After that, watch out.
He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
Life is too short to drink bad wine.
Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
By making this wine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay back the national debt.
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.
Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.
Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?
In wine there is health (In vino sanitas)
Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
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