I like best the
I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others. Diogenes
Vineyards
The entire island of
The entire island of Martha’s Vineyard has gone Obama crazy. There’s even a cocktail that they’ve named after Barack Obama. It’s called the Obamarita. Not to be confused with a cocktail inspired by John McCain, the Cosmopoligrip. And then there was one a couple of years ago inspired by George W. Bush, the Mojidiot. Of … Read more
The vineyard country, russet,
The vineyard country, russet, reddish, carmine-brown in this season. A blue outline of hills above a fertile valley. It’s warm as long as the sun does not set, in the shade cold returns. A strong sauna and then swimming in a pool surrounded by trees. Dark redwoods, transparent pale-leved birches. In their delicate network, a … Read more
To take wine into
To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. Clifton Fadiman
A bottle of wine
A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover. Clifton Fadiman
But Portugal has a
But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing. Cliff Richard
Some turn to vinegar,
Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. C. E. M. Joad
Wine makes daily living
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance. Benjamin Franklin
We hear of the
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; … Read more
Wine is constant proof
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. Benjamin Franklin