WINE QUOTES

When researching the wine quotes, I found that they were almost exclusively males that were quoted.  I have rephrased and repurposed many of the quotes and ascribed them to women who I admire.  If you wish to claim or disclaim a quote, please contact me; and if you have a suggestion for a quote, I am all ears.

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WINE QUOTES

“Wine … because no great story started with someone eating salad.”
Gillian Anderson (American Actress, Author, Activist, 1968- )

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“Who is this Moderation people are telling me to drink with?”
Paula Belloni (American Scientist, Philosopher, 1959- )

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“The most important aspect of wine pairing is who you share the bottle with.”
Emma Watson (English Actress, Activist & Influencer, 1990- )

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"A glass of wine is the perfect reminder to relax, 
reflect, and slowdown in our fast-paced world.”
Oprah Winfrey (American Talk Show Host, Television Producer, 
Actress, Author, and Philanthropist, 1971- )

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"You may have heard that things didn't go exactly as I planned but, you know what, I'm doing okay … Chardonnay helped a little, too."
Hillary Rodham Clinton (American Politician, Lawyer, Diplomat, 1947- )

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“You don’t need a suitable occasion to drink a great wine 
because the drinking of a great wine is in itself an occasion!”
Tara Devon O’Leary (Writer [Every wine tells a story], Blogger, Wine Expert)

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“Spilling your glass of wine is the adult equivalent of letting go of a balloon.”
Dame Emma Thompson (British Actress, Screenwriter, Activist, 1959- )

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“Wine is like music; it steers your emotions and takes you on a journey.”
Natalie Portman (Israeli-American Actress, Film Producer & Director,1981- )

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“Wine is safer to drink than water and takes you places water can’t.”
Hildegard von Bingen (Benedictine Abbess, Writer, Composer, 
Philosopher, Mystic, 1098-1179)

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"I think I'll do wine later in my life. Because I respect the art of it all.”
Rihanna (Bajan Singer, Businesswoman, Actress, 1988- )

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“Drinking wine is like using magic: there’s always a price to pay.”
Neel Burton (British Psychiatrist, Philosopher, Writer, Wine-Lover)

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“August slipped away like a bottle of wine.”
Taylor Swift (American Singer-Songwriter, Activist, 1989- )

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"A glass of wine never hurts on my off day."
Simone Arianne Biles Owens (American Artistic Gymnast,
[Most decorated gymnast in history] 1997- )

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“A good bottle of wine is one that, when empty, is filled with stories.”
Michelle Lujan Grisham (American Lawyer, Politician, 
32nd Governor of New Mexico, 1959- )

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"I threw myself into a volcano. I drank the blood and drank the wine"
Beyoncé (American Singer, Songwriter, Actress, & Businesswoman, 1981- )

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“Whether a glass is half-full or half-empty there’s room for more Barolo.”
Ariana Grande-Butera (American Singer, Songwriter, Actress, 1993- )

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“People who want you in their lives,
respect you whether you’re the grapes or a fine wine.”
Sanita Belgrave (Bahamian Family Medicine Specialist, Blogger, 1989- )

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“Wine is liquid art.”
Angelina Jolie (American Actress, Filmmaker, Humanitarian, 1975- )

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“The downside of wine is that it makes men mistake words for thoughts.”
Margaret, Baroness Thatcher (British Stateswoman, 
First Female UK Prime Minister, 1925-2013.)

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“If I ever go missing, I’d like my picture put on wine bottles instead of milk cartons. 
This way my friends will know to look for me.”
Nancy Edwards (American Writer, Poet [The Hooded Pearl], 1953- )

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“Most men do not need much encouragement to talk about themselves.
For the rest wine is always helpful.”
Mata Hari (Dutch Exotic Dancer, Courtesan, WWI Double Agent, 1876-1917)

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“With wine and hope anything is possible.”
Rosa Luxemburg (Polish Marxist Theorist, Revolutionary, 1871-1919)

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“If God forbade drinking, would [She] have made wine so good?”
Cardinal Richelieu (French Prelate and Statesman, 1585-1642)

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“I drink rum with the men and wine with my sisters.”
Queen Nanny of the Maroons (Jamaican Revolutionary Leader, 1686-1750)

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“I have an insatiable thirst for wine and Mathematics.”
Ada, Countess of Lovelace (English Mathematician, 
Pioneer in Computer Science, 1815-1852)

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“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”
Julia Child (American Chef, Author, TV Personality, 1912-2004)

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“I tried cooking with wine.  Didn’t go so well.
After the first bottle, I forgot why I was even in the kitchen.”
Carrie Fisher (American Actress, Writer, 1956-2016)

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“For a chemist, wine is always a solution.”
Rosalind Franklin (English Chemist, X-Ray Crystallographer, 
Central to the understanding of the molecular structure of DNA, 1920-58)

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“Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it
through a glass of Chambertin.”  [On the eve of the Battle of Waterloo]
Napoleon Bonaparte (French Emperor, 1769-1821)

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“An empty bottle of wine is better than a filled one. It shows achievement.”
Arthur, Duke of Wellington (British Military and Political Figure, 
Victor at the Battle of Waterloo, 1769-1852)

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"The wine-cup is the little silver well, where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell."
William Shakespeare (English Playwright, Poet, Actor, 1564-1616)

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“They say, do what you love, and the money will follow.
So, I drank some wine … and I’m still waiting.”
Diane Lowe (English Immunologist, Philosopher, Wine Expert,1949- )

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“Here’s to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life’s problems.”
Matt Groening (American Animator, Writer, Producer, 1954- )

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“Penicillin may cure people, but wine makes them happy.”
Alexander Fleming (Scottish Physician, Discoverer of Penicillin, 1881-1955)

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"If food is the body of good living, wine is the soul,"
Sojourner Truth (American Abolitionist, Activist, 1797-1883)

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“Language is wine upon the lips.”
Virginia Woolf (English Writer, Pioneered Stream of Consciousness, 1888-1941)

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“Reality is just an illusion that appears whenever we lack wine.”
John Munch (American Winemaker, Philosopher, Author, 
Jazz Musician, 1944-2024)

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“Keep your friends close and your good wines closer.”
Clare Pooley (British Novelist [How to Age Disgracefully], Blogger, 1970- )

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“The only thing I can cook is white soup.  It’s actually very popular …
the only ingredient is white wine.”
Diane Ruddock (English Philanthropist, Wine Researcher, 1948- )

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“I will drink milk when cows eat grapes.”
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French Painter, Caricaturist, 1864-1901)

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“Wine is happiness, held together by water.”
Mary Tyler Moore (American Actress, Producer, Social Advocate, 1936-2017)

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“Wine improves with age. The older I get, the better I like it.”
Bette Midler (American actress, comedian, singer, & author, 1945- )

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“If you walk a mile in my shoes … you’ll end up in a wine bar.”
Amy Schumer (American Stand-Up Comedian, Actress, 
Writer, Producer, Director, 1981- )

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“When I’m good, I’m very, very good, but unlike wine,
when I’m bad I’m even better.”
Mae West (American Actress, Singer, Comedian, 
Screenwriter, Playwright, 1893-1980)

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“I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, 
but the damned things learned how to swim.”
Frida Kahlo (Mexican Painter, 1907-1954)

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“When I read about the evils of drinking wine, I gave up reading.”
Nikki Glaser (American Stand-Up Comedian, Actress, 1984- )

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"Whenever I drink champagne, I either laugh or cry ... I get so emotional!”
Tina Turner (American Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Author, 1939-2023)

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“A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.”
Louis Pasteur (French Chemist, Microbiologist
[Established the Principles of Fermentation], 1822-72)

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“The greatest wines are those that speak of life and death,
power and mercy, sex and sensuality.”
Neel Burton (British Psychiatrist, Philosopher, Writer, Educator, Wine-Lover)

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“Wine is more than a drink—it's a way to connect, celebrate, and inspire."
Reese Witherspoon (American Actress, Producer, Entrepreneur, 1976- )

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