Balance Quote by Rebecca West

“To find the best authors,” he boasted, “is like being able to tell good wine without the labels.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“When he looked back at the menu as an old man, it brought back everything; the food, the wine, the private dining room, the…

— Anne Fadiman

“The Uncommon Reader, a novella by Alan Bennett”

— Will Schwalbe

Wine has lit up for me the pages of literature, and revealed in life romance lurking in the commonplace.

— Duff Cooper

“There is a class whose value I should designate as Favorites: such as Froissart's Chronicles; Southey's Chronicle of the Cid ; Cervantes ; Sully's…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A timely, interesting, educational approach to today's wine picture. Wine still makes a feast out of a meal, but in times of not so…

— Margrit Mondavi

Wine has been to me a firm friend and a wise counsellor. Wine has lit up for me the pages of literature, and revealed…

— Duff Cooper

“Don't get me started on the term literary fiction. I think the idea is that there are some books who know how to order…

— Keir Graff

The love of wine is a good man's failing.

— Aristophanes

“The more he learned, the less he knew, and so he came to understand a fundamental truth of wine: As much as we learn…

— Eric Asimov

I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.

— Ralph Steadman

The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.

— Samuel Rutherford