Wine Critic Inspirational Quotes (10)

Wines are like people. Some are perfect but boring, some are precocious but fail to live up to their promise, and some may be flawed, but the way they may develop is endlessly fascinating.

The sparkling wines from Ridgeview Estate [...] are superb and will forever put to rest the notion that England is not capable of making good wine.

There are many wines that taste great, but do not drink well

I would stay [in the newsroom] until 3 am in case something happened. But I mostly had nothing to do between 1 and 3 am so I used that time to write. And I chose to write about food and wine. Along the way I carved out a role for myself.

Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures.

What makes these special Beaujolais attractive is the same thing that has always made Beaujolais attractive: the price. Given the insane prices of so many wines right now, Beaujolais and the delicious wines pouring in from southern Italy and Sicily keep many wine drinkers from switching to iced tea.

My favorite...continues to be Kevin Zraly's 'Windows on the World'.

Wine drinking goes back at least six thousand years. Wine writing probably began a year or two later.

What a life, without wine!

Of all wines, Champagne is the one that is the anytime drink, the panacea for all ills, the best bottle for any occasion and absolutely the only solution when there is something to celebrate.