"Fan the flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship, and pass the rosy wine."
Lord Byron
"Wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, and makes weariness forget his toil."
German proverb
Good wine ruins the purse, bad wine the stomach.
German proverb
In the mirror we see our form, in wine the heart.
Norwegian proverb
A sip at a time empties the cask.
Georg Riedel
"A young wine is like a horse. It is extremely vibrant. It needs taming. It has lots of life and the edges need bevelling, and we need to reduce the tannins."
Cartage
In the seventeenth century, the journey between India and Britain took between 12 and 15 months. Transport costs and massive taxes meant that in those days, tea could only be afforded by rich people. Then, later in the eighteenth century, the taxes were reduced, and it became more available to ordinary people, Then when the Suez Canal opened in 1869, the journey became much shorter, and shipments could arrive in Britain within three months.
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living."
Ernest Hemingway
"My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine."
The Physiology of Taste, 1825
A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes as dessert after dinner. "Much obliged," he said, pushing the dish away from him, "but I am not in the habit of taking my wine in pill form."