When asked whether he ever confused a Bordeaux with a Burgundy in a blind tasting, British wine legend Harry Waugh replied: “Not since lunch.”

“I serve your Beaune to my friends, but your Volnay I keep for myself.” — Voltaire

“I have enjoyed great health at a great age because everyday since I can remember, I have consumed a bottle of wine except when I have not felt well. Then I have consumed two bottles.” — Attributed to a Bishop of Seville

“If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul.” — Clifton Fadiman

When it comes to wine, I tell people to throw away the vintage charts and invest in a corkscrew. The best way to
learn about wine is the drinking. — Alexis Lichine

“And wine can of their wits the wise beguile, make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.” — Alexander Pope

“Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and teaches new means for the accomplishment of our wishes.” — Horace

“Wine… the intellectual part of the meal.” — Alexandre Dumas

“Wine … offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased.” — Ernest Hemingway

“Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory – but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.”