"From Wine What Sudden Friendship Springs"
John Gay 1685-1732"Wine is Bottled Poetry"
Robert Louis Stevenson"Wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, makes weariness forget his toil"
Lord Byron"If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul."
Clifton Fadiman"Here's to the corkscrew-a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the gate of pleasant folly".
W.E.P. French"A sight of the label is worth 50 years experience."
Michael Broadbent Wine Tasting"In water one sees one's own face; But in wine, one beholds the heart of another."
An Old French proverb"What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?"
W.C. Fields"Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized."
Andre Simon
"Blot out every book in which wine is praised and you blot out the world’s great literature, from the Bible and Shakespeare to the latest best-seller. Blot out the wine-drinkers of the world and you blot out history, including saints, philosophers, statesmen, soldiers, scientists, and artists." Julian Street. Table topics, 1959. http://www.winelit.slsa.sa.gov.au/winelore.htm
For an extraordinary collection of wine facts, myth and lore, please visit: State Library, South Australia Foundation http://www.winelit.slsa.sa.gov.au/index.html
California Wines and Wineries, theWineTaster.com http://www.thewinetaster.com/WineFacts.html
Beekman Wines has a fabulous fact page worthy of a visit http://beekmanwine.com/factsquotes.htm
Wes Hagen's Blog is an extraordinary read http://www.winemakermag.com/component/content/article/857