Philosophers, scholars, scientists, writers, poets, painters, filmmakers… Throughout the history of wine, which is so tightly linked to the history of humans, there have been numerous times that wine served as a source of inspiration. Here are our Top 15 Most Famous Wine Quotes.
- “Where there is no wine there is no love.” – Euripides
- “Nothing more excellent nor more valuable than wine was ever granted to mankind by God.” – Plato
- “He who knows how to taste does not drink wine but savours secrets.” – Salvador Dalì
- “Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and teaches new means for the accomplishment of our wishes.” – Horace
- “Amongst beverages, wine is the most useful, amongst medicines the most palatable and amongst foods the most tempting.” – Plutarch
- “If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?” – Cardinal Richelieu
- “Language is wine upon the lips.” – Virginia Woolf
- “Hot summer, good wine.” – Weather Lore
- “Wine is bottled poetry.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
- “Wine belongs to the most precious gift of the world. It demands love and respect; we have to pay it tribute!” – Hammurabi
- “Wine is sunlight, held together by water.” – Galileo Galilei
- “Beer is made by men, wine by God.” – Martin Luther
- “Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.” – William Shakespeare
- “A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.” – Louis Pasteur
- “A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.” – Louis Pasteur
These are a few out of thousands of phrases that surround this complex drink. We will come back with a new tribute!
