As we did in the summer of 2018, we have collected a series of quotes about wine, expressed by relevant characters in history.
"I shall drink no wine before it's time! OK, it's time".
Groucho Marx, comedian
"There must be always wine and fellowship or we are truly lost".
Ann Fairbairn, American author
"Whitewine is like electricity. Red wine looks and tastes like a liquified beefsteak".
James Joyce, Irish writer
"Wine is a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy".
Benjamin Franklin, American philosopher, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
"I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved".
Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist, socialite, and a member of the Kennedy family. She was JFK's and RFK's mother.
"There's wisdom in wine".
Jack Kerouac, American writer
"Wine represents to me sharing and good times and a celebration of life. It is always around happy occasions with family and friends and centered around joy. What better item to be involved in than something that represents all these wonderful things".
Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor
"Champagne is not for the occasion. Champagne is the occasion".
Eartha Kitt, American singer
"Occasionally I have a glass of red wine. I don't consider it an alcoholic drink. I consider it a holy drink, something that can also be used as a curative".
Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
"Life is not worth living without really good wine".
Yuval Noah Harari, Israeli public intellectual
"Of all things known to mortals wine is the most powerful and effectual for exciting and inflaming the passions of mankind, being common fuel to them all".
Francis Bacon. English philosopher
"I'd rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size zero. Everything you see I owe to spaghetti".
Sofia Loren, Italian actress
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