Inland Northwest Wine Century Club

Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.” — Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac

“During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several days.”
Cuthbert J. Twillie (W.C.Fields) in My Little Chickadee (1940)

“Making good wine is a skill. Fine wine is an art.”

– Robert Mondavi

Robert Mondavi, Blessing the Grapes in 1966

If God forbade drinking, would he have made wine so good?

Cardinal Richelieu

Cardinal Richelieu
Prime Minister of France
1585 – 1642

Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation [...]

Commander's Palace

Here’s to the corkscrew – a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the gate of pleasant folly.

W.E.P. French
(From the wine list of Commander’s Palace in New Orleans, LA)

“I like to drink wine more than I used to.” – Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972)

Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, the Godfather.

Today’s wine quote comes to us from the music recording industry.

“Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence”
Robert Fripp