Tim Ferriss Quotes

I'm not a red wine guy.

I don't do anything by halves and wine is an expensive passion.

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

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

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

Bordeaux would be naive not to recognize that Robert Parker was driving the brand equity. If the next generation doesn't care about Chateau Pichon-Lalande, then you have a problem.

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.

I drink a lot of water and a lot of wine. I'm a wine drinker. Red wine, preferably.

I love Far Niente, Cakebread Chardonnay, and I love Opus One!

I love wine tasting in Napa. I don't have a huge collection, but the bottles I do have are special.

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

Am I an elitist because I like wine?

You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one.

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

Good wine is a necessity of life for me.

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

I'm a firm believer of wine.

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 not a wine connoisseur, but I do like a glass or two at night.

Christopher Plummer once told me that he never orders a wine without first confirming that the restaurant has a second bottle in case he loves it.

I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines.

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.

I'm an entrepreneur first and a wine critic second.

As I get older, my appreciation for wine has just increased. I fell in love with wine through my travels, but knowing what the wine country is all about definitely makes it my own.

I don't drink coffee. I like nice wines with dinner.