Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted.

Wine, one of the noblest cordials in nature.

If I give you a good wine, you will see how it tastes and after you ask where it comes from.

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, madam, is God's next best gift to man.

I know that wine is, above all else, a blessing, a gift of nature, a joy as pure and elemental as the soil and vines and sunshine from which it springs.

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

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

Wine is earth's answer to the sun.

Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.

Wine is a civilizing agent.

When [wines] were good they pleased my sense, cheered my spirits, improved my moral and intellectual powers, besides enabling me to confer the same benefits on other people. (Notes on a Cellar Book)

Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a lover to drink it.

Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.

Wine is bottled poetry, he thinks.

If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul.

In wine, there's truth.

Where there is no wine there is no love.

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

Wine ... offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased.

The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, '50s, '60s and '70s.

I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.

Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's a built-in romance to wine.

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

I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.