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5. Give me wine to wash me clean of the weather-stains of care. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

3.If Penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life. Sir Alexander Fleming.

9. Women are like a fine wine. They all start out fresh, fruity, and intoxicating to the mind, and then turn full-bodied with age until they go all sour and vinegary and give you a headache. ~male anon


that male was wise to stay anon!

Three little gems, folks!

4. Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory-but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living. ~Napoleon Bonaparte

10. Men are like a fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you'd want to have dinner with. ~ Female Anon


Looks like the authors of 9 and 10 were playing tit for tat, but which came first - the he or the she? Either way, they both failed to tickle my funny bone.

Both good folks!

1.Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance. ~Benjamin Franklin.

Yes, Jill

2. Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water. ~ W. C. Fields

6.What is better than to sit at the end of a day and drink wine with friends, or substitute for friends. James Joyce

Both good!

8. The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learnt
to cultivate the olive and the vine. ~Thucydides, Greek historian

7. When it comes to wine, I tell people to throw away the vintage charts and invest in a corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is the drinking. ~Alexis Lichine