Wine Club Insider back!
Wow… what a week!
Besides the other events I’m doing, my wife and I are expecting our first child in June, so now we have baby classes, baby showers, baby nurseries, baby shopping… for all the parents out there, you know of what I speak, and for those still unencumbered, you just wait… what a blessing, all tied up in lots of work!
On our drive to the airport, there is a mini-storage facility – ABC Mini-storage – that brightens my day, and the days of the hundreds of drivers that breeze past on the interstate.
Now, I don’t have storage there. As a matter of fact, I’ve never even stopped in, yet I can’t wait to see what’s new…
The thing they do that’s so special – and yet so simple – is they have a billboard with a different funny/interesting/thought provoking quote on each side, and like many, I suspect, I love those quotes!
Today’s was “Why is abbreviation such a long word?”
The flip side is “Why does the word Lisp have an “S” in it?”
Simple, yes, but every week when I drive by and they’ve changed it, I’m excited, and I bet many of you love quotes as much as I do.
That said, I started thinking about wine (what a surprise!) and wondered if I could find some quotes… of course, we all know the usual suspects, but was that it?
Turns out, there are a few more…
Here are some of the ones that caught my eye:
Wine improves with age. The older I get, the better I like it. ~ Anonymous
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance.
~ Benjamin Franklin
I have lived temperately….I double the doctor’s recommendation of a glass and a half of wine each day and even treble it with a friend.
~ Thomas Jefferson
I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens.
~ Thomas Jefferson
If your heart is warm with happiness, you’ll need a glass – if sorrow chills your heart, have two!
~ Hannu Lehmusvuori
We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Wine to me is passion. It’s family and friends. It’s warmth of heart and generosity of spirit. Wine is art. It’s culture. It’s the essence of civilization and the art of living. ~ Robert Mondavi, Autobiography, “Harvests of Joy”
Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.
~ Andre Simon, “Commonsense of Wine
What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch? ~ W. C. Fields
Reality is an illusion that occurs due to a lack of wine. ~ Anonymous
Good wine is a necessity of life for me. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Consuming wine in moderation daily will help people to die young as late as possible. ~ Dr Philip Norrie
Wine is the thinking person’s health drink.
~Dr. Phillip Norrie
Hold the bottle up to the light; you will see your dreams are always at the bottom.
~ Rob Hutchison
If a life of wine, women and song becomes too much, give up the singing. ~ Anonymous
I have enjoyed great health at a great age because everyday since I can remember I have consumed a bottle of wine except when I have not felt well. Then I have consumed two bottles.
~ A Bishop of Seville
I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food. ~ W.C. Fields
You haven’t drunk too much wine if you can still lie on the floor without holding on. ~ Dean Martin
No one that has drunk old wine wants new; for he says, “The old is nice.” ~ Luke 5:39
Making good wine is a skill. Fine wine is an art.
~ Robert Mondavi, Harvests of Joy
Ah… who knew that our favorite pastime had inspired such brilliance from the minds of mere men?
Cheers!
Wine Club Insider out.
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