Authority Quote by Craig Claiborne

Wine needs to have a context in a social gathering to fulfill its historical place in this world.

— Mike D

Chess is like a delicious drug which offers such heavenly delights that they can never tear themselves away from it completely.

— Reuben Fine

Wine is so much more than a beverage. It's a romance, a story, a drama-all of those things that are basically putting on a…

— Francis Ford Coppola

Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's…

— Padma Lakshmi

I have to drink wine before I go on stage. That is still part of the ritual, the ceremony. I usually go for a…

— Wayne Hussey

Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an…

— Roland Barthes

Learn to ignore everything anyone (including myself) has ever told you about wine protocol. Sometimes win drinking, like spontaneous sex on the kitchen table,…

— Bob Blumer

Unlike every other product that is now manufactured for the table, wine exists in as many varieties as there are people who produce it.…

— Roger Scruton

Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.

— Pliny the Elder

Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game…

— Charles Krauthammer

Of all things known to mortals, wine is the most powerful and effectual for exciting and inflaming the passions of mankind, being common fuel…

— Francis Bacon