Ability Quote by Kent Bach

Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge; and the pleasure depends on the knowledge.

— Roger Scruton

The goal in tasting wine is not to "find" the same aromas and flavors some other taster is describing. If you hone your own…

— Marvin Shanken

There is nothing like wine for conjuring up feelings of contentment and goodwill. It is less of a drink than an experience, an evocation,…

— Thomas Conklin

Most wine knowledge does not directly enhance the pleasures to be had in drinking wine but, rather, enhances one's ability to discover such pleasures

— Kent Bach

While wine may be only a drink, it is also one of the most complex sensory pleasures we enjoy. It is as cerebral as…

— Natalie MacLean

The wine itself has aesthetic value; but what it is for a wine to have aesthetic value cannot be understood without making reference to…

— Tim Crane

It is especially taboo for a wine writer to admit that he or she likes the buzz. But wine is a full sensory experience.…

— Natalie MacLean

With wine, you don't really have to know what you're talking about, you just have to know what you like.

— Joe Maddon

Yes, expertise puts on in position to have further, cognitive pleasures, but these pleasures are distinct from the sensory pleasure of tasting wines

— Kent Bach

There's something about being able to literally consume a work of art - then to divide all that pleasure of it - because it's…

— Robert B. Parker

Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, who so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility.

— Soren Kierkegaard

Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'

— Pat Paulsen