Bordeaux Quote by John Cleese

I wouldn't say that I'm an Italian wine connoisseur. I do like red wine. I guess my favorites now are Bordeauxes. French.

— Erik Larson

I know never to take a wine for granted. Drawing a cork is like attendance at a concert or at a play that one…

— Gerald Asher

When I began visiting Bordeaux in 1979, only a handful of writers were there to taste the wines in the spring (and nearly all…

— Robert M. Parker, Jr

If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen.

— Moliere

Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

I love white Portugal wine better than claret, champagne, or burgundy. I have a sad vulgar appetite.

— Jonathan Swift

“.. and these days I've come to prefer the more steady Bordeaux. I am no longer up to champagne from Ay: it's like a…

— Alexander Pushkin

He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.

— Samuel Johnson

I love Burgundy but my favourite is a Bordeaux - Chateau Leoville-Barton.

— David Linley

I'm not a real big wine drinker. I enjoy wine from a distance.

— Apollonia Kotero

“Burgundy makes you think of silly things, Bordeaux makes you talk of them and Champagne makes you do them.”

— Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

English wine is nonsense. They are over-priced and not very good.

— Marco Pierre White