Wine Drinking Quotes

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

I don't eat shellfish. I drink wine moderately and have one whiskey every evening before dinner.

Drunk all the time, feeling fine on elderberry wine.

When I first started drinking, everybody was doing it. That was before they discovered marijuana and all that. It was the late 50s, early 60s - it was the beginnings of the rock 'n' roll era. The main drink was like wine. And even that was a romantic throwback to something.

Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

I like to drink wine more than I used to. Anyway, I'm drinking more.

Be smart, drink your wine.

Long before I became 'rich and famous' I just sat round drinking wine and staring at the walls.

My family always ate dinner at the table, and we would chat about our day while eating. My parents like to have a few glasses of wine and linger after the meal is over, peeling oranges for dessert while talking. It's lovely.

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.

Oh Cup-bearer, set my glass afire with the light of wine!

I used to drink wine. This girl asked me, "Doesn't wine give you a headache?" "Yeah, eventually, but the first and the middle part are amazing!"

If the ancients drank wine as our people drink rum and cider, it is no wonder we hear of so many possessed with devils

I liked wine, both red and white, and especially Champagne; and on very special occasions I could even drink a small glass of brandy.

I had a nice dinner. I let the evening unfold, flow. I like to sit in a chair with a wine glass. When I woke up, I thought, 'Why didn't I go to bed at 11?' I came back at 3 and went to bed at 5.

I never drink... wine.

Smooth out with wine the worries of a wrinkled brow.

The Prophet hath cursed ten persons on account of wine: one, the first extractor of the juice of the grape for others; the second, for himself; the third, the drinker of it; the fourth, the bearer of it; the fifth, the person to whom it is brought; the sixth, the waiter; the seventh, the seller of it; the eighth, the eater of its price; the ninth, the buyer of it; the tenth, that person who hath purchased it for another.

In 1600, when Shakespeare's audience at the Globe heard 'Hamlet' for the first time, every one of them knew very well what it meant to be handed a cup of wine by a figure of authority and told to drink.

Days off are few and far between in the restaurant business. But on an hour off, I like to have a glass of wine with my wife.

I'm a winemaker and a wine collector, so I usually just drink wine.

I've always enjoyed drinking wine, ever since I was in college. My appreciation really took off when I began to visit Napa. I was toying with an idea of making wine in Napa, but it's prohibitively expensive, and the competition is fierce.

Even if we're just watching HGTV with a glass of wine, that's date night at my house.

On a moonlit night, after a snowfall, or under cherry blossoms, it adds to our pleasure if, while chatting at our ease, we bring forth the wine cups.