"The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell."
- William Shakespeare
"Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory – but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living"
- Napoleon
"Penicillin cures, but wine makes people happy"
- Alexander Fleming
"Good wine is a necessity of life for me"
- Thomas Jefferson
"A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world"
- Louis Pasteur
"Beer is made by men, wine by God!"
- Martin Luther
"Wine is the most civilized thing in the world"
- Ernest Hemingway
"Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance"