Wine quips

Saw this in the Gardian today

” A German wine label is one of the things life’s too short for.” Kingsley Amis

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Two of my favorites, from Berserkers:

“Wine collecting is defined as the interactive confluence of Obsessive-Compulsive, Hoarding, and Affluenza disorders.” – Victor Hong

“There is not an infinite linear progression of betterness associated with rising alcohol intake. There is an obvious asymptote, followed by a decline in betterness…” – Anton Dotson

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From an old Chris Coad tasting note on a German riesling - “It has a distinct diesel note, but more refined.”

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Old German saying:
Im Wein liegt Wahrheit; der Schwindel im Etikett

In English:
In wine lies truth; the swindle is in the label

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A joke I’ve posted on here a few times:

Civilian: How many bottles of wine do you buy per year?

Wine Geek: Usually about 250

Civilian: How much do you pay per bottle on average?

Wine Geek: About $80

Civilian: And how long have you been collecting wine?

Wine Geek: About 20 years, I suppose.

Civilian: Do you know that if you didn’t buy so much wine and such expensive wine, that money could have been put in an investment account and after accounting for returns for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a new Ferrari?

Wine Geek: Do you drink wine?

Civilian: No

Wine Geek: Where’s your Ferrari?

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Wine…because no great story started with someone eating a salad

If you decide to give up wine, you won’t actually live longer. It will just feel like it.

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“Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of imagination.”

— Andre Tchelistcheff

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“This is not a wine for drinking, it’s a wine for laying down and avoiding” (M. Python)

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