Alec Waugh Quotes

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.

Wine is so much more than a beverage. It's a romance, a story, a drama-all of those things that are basically putting on a show.

The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking.

It was kind of a decompression - from straight alcohol to mixed drinks to wine to spritzers - and then you're out.

Everything's better with some wine in the belly.

Good wine, well drunk, can lend majesty to the human spirit.

The love of wine is a good man's failing.

About the nicest thing God ever invented was alcohol. He's proud of it, too. The Bible's full of kind remarks about booze.

An aged Burgundy runs with a beardless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks sentences of wisdom, Burgundy sings the inspired Ode.

Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit.

That's what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.

Go on, have a glass of wine with dinner. What is wine, anyway? Pure grapes. A glass of wine is much better for you than a Coke.

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

The Persians are very fond of wine ... It is also their general practice to deliberate upon affairs of weight when they are drunk; and then in the morning, when they are sober, the decision to which they came the night before is put before them by the master of the house in which it was made; and if it is then approved they act on it; if not, they set it aside. Sometimes, however, they are sober at their first deliberations, but in this case they always reconsider the matter under the influence of wine.

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.

The public only takes up yesterday as a stick to beat today.

Drink wine every day, at lunch and dinner, and the rest will take care of itself.

Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French.

I'm a firm believer of wine.

There's great wine from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and, of course, California. But there's nothing like a really great French wine, they're so well balanced. The better the wine, the less you feel the effects I think.

The people who make the greatest wines in the world, they love their dirt, they pick it up, they coddle it, they kiss it, they put it in a jar and it sits on their mantle in the living room, because they know. They know.

What is better adapted than the festive use of wine in the first place to test and in the second place to train the character of a man, if care be taken in the use of it? What is there cheaper or more innocent?

Wine is earth's answer to the sun.