Wine Drinking Quotes

“People should have fun with wine. A bottle should sit on your dinner table like all of the other condiments.”
― Andre Hueston Mack

“The simplest definition of a great bottle of wine is when you feel sad because the bottle is empty.”
― Tony Margiotta

“Enjoy the wine, don’t spill the night…”
― Talismanist Giebra, Talismanist: Fragments of the Ancient Fire. Philosophy of Fragmentism Series.

“Drinking wine was not historically limited to people who could afford it. Western and European culture turned it into an elite thing. Winemakers were farmers and field workers. Everyday people. And that’s who should enjoy and have access to wine.”
― Andre Hueston Mack

“The common myth is that African Americans aren’t well-educated about wine, but in truth, we’re like everyone else. We like what we like – high or low. A $100 bottle of wine can taste as awful as a $2 bottle, and the opposite is true, as well. If you know what you like, buy it. But don’t just buy it because it’s expensive.”
― Andre Hueston Mack

“Black vintners in this country make some really great wines. Explore a wine list and you will find at least one of our wines in the best restaurants. Buy a bottle for your table, and let management know you appreciate them including a Black winemaker in their stock.”
― Andre Hueston Mack

“At the end of the day, it's just grape juice. No one needs anything that I make. The last thing we need is another wine on the shelf. So that just makes me grateful for the people who do enjoy it.”
― Andre Hueston Mack

“I Never Met A Malbec I Didn't Like”
― Michael C. Higgins, Exploring Wine Regions: Argentina

“A glass of wine will set you free
Or so I thought
It only brought me misery
Sweet alcohol”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Letter 19

“Let me tell you something you probably already know. It's that second cork that should remain in the neck of the bottle. You can liberate 1, but two bottles of wine for 2 people is 1 bottle too many. There was a reason the French bottled wine the way they did. 2 and a half glasses was plenty of wine for 2 people to consume with dinner. But that's not how it went with us.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, The Hurricane Sisters

“I believe you haven’t truly tasted Malbec until you do so, overlooking the vineyards from which it was born.”
― Vanda Jackson

“The marketing message is that women need to have a reason to drink, whether it’s girls’ night, a fancy occasion, or just getting through another day of exhaustion. It’s implied that we need permission to drink, as we do when we buy things.”
― Natalie MacLean, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much

“The wine was cold and refreshing on her tongue, sliding down her throat like a mouthful of winter air. She closed her eyes and sniffed the bouquet. Ripe apricots smashing open on gray rocks, the smell of cut grass. She still could not taste anything but bitter in the wine, but she could feel it, feel where it had come from. She turned the bottle around and read the description, smiling at the words "ripe stone fruit" and "mineral complexity.”
― Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

“Sober conversations lead to sober topics.”
― Carol Vorvain, OMSARUZ: Humorous tales from Oman, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan

“Alcoholism can lead to a range of consequences, including:
Physical ailments, such as liver disease and cancer
Social problems, such as relationship breakdowns and job loss
Spiritual problems, such as a weakened faith and a sense of disconnection from God
Emotional problems, such as depression and anxiety.”
― Shaila Touchton