wine wisdom

a healthy appetite, good humour and a big thirst!

the great auberon waugh once uttered the following piece of wisdom concerning wine:

"a wine-writer should never like a wine -

he should be in love with it.

never find a wine disappointing -

but identify it as a moral enemy;

an attempt to poison him.

bizarre and improbable side tastes should be proclaimed -

mushrooms, rotting wood, black treacle, burned pencils, condensed milk, sewage, the smell of French railway stations or ladies’ underwear."

the father of the rhone, michel chapoutier, once said:

“if you think too much about wine and the drinking there of you can kill it. the brain is a pleasure killer."

wise uncle william s in othello proclaimed:

"good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used"

some french guy having a better moment:

"here's to the corkscrew - a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the gate of pleasant folly"

jerome k in his infinite wisdom proclaimed:

"let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need;

a homely home and simple pleasures;

one or two friends worth the name;

someone to love and someone to love you;

a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two;

enough to eat and enough to wear;

and a little more than enough to drink;

for thirst is a dangerous thing"

a legend in his own way, ernst hemingway said:

"wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing."

wycherly in the country life was quoted:

"wine gives us liberty, love takes it away.

wine makes us princes, love leaves us beggars."

martin luther:

"he who loves not wine, women and song remains a fool his whole life long."