Kenneth Cranham Quotes

Well, you know, when you go into a restaurant, one of the scariest things is the wine list, so whenever I'm really feeling intimidated, I'll just pick a wine type, like a Chianti or Brunello or a Burgundy, and I'll pick a year that's missing and ask for that one.

Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge; and the pleasure depends on the knowledge.

There's always a wine bully. The one person who did read the 'Wine Spectator,' who tells you what to drink and why the '97 is better than the '98. I want to punch the wine bully in the face. I want to make sure this generation of wine drinkers isn't elitist and snotty. I want it to be about family and bringing people together.

I do really enjoy Jay McInerney's wine writing. He's a good writer. He brings his fiction-writing skillset. He's not afraid to put wine in kind of a racy context and speak very candidly about it.

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour.

I only really fake it anymore with sommeliers who are being really snotty to me and I don't want to take their grief and so I try to do something to kind of throw them off or put them on the defensive, even if I don't know what I'm talking about.

Growing up, my dad drank a lot of wine, so I got a taste for, and learned how to enjoy it. He spoke a lot about flavors and differences in tastes of wine. Also, our manager, Rick Sales, is a big wine drinker; he goes to a lot of wine-tasting classes, and he's taught me about the qualities of wine.

Burgess Meredith taught me a lot about wine.

Just like becoming an expert in wine, you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford.

I'm sure wine snobs look at me and think, how dare you.

I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.

I'm a bit of a wine snob and like a glass of Chateaux Margaux '82 with a meal or to unwind.

I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines.

From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.

Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'

People are more comfortable learning about wine because now they can just Google, you know, 'Soave,' and say, 'Oh, O.K., cool.'

The world of wine is more creative than the world of cooking.

If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it's so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes from and what the soil is like and why you like it. And that'll lead you to another wine.

The way people connected with wine intrigued me and I wanted to be a part of it.

I read about wine every day.

Am I an elitist because I like wine?

I'm not a real big wine drinker. I enjoy wine from a distance.

I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.

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