Wine with everything...

~ Fish, to taste right, must swim three times – in water, in butter and in wine. —–Polish proverb

~ "A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine."
Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 'The Physiology of Taste' (1825)

~ Food without wine is a corpse; wine without food is a ghost; united and well matched they are as body and soul, living partners. ~Andre Simon

~"This wine should be eaten, it is too good to be drunk." ~ Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

~"For a gourmet wine is not a drink but a condiment, provided that your host has chosen correctly." ~ Edouard De Pomaine, French author

~ "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

~ "Making good wine is a skill. Fine wine is an art."
~ Robert Mondavi, Harvests of Joy