Inland Northwest Wine Century Club » Quotes http://thewinecenturyclub.com Exploration of the world through its wines. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:34:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Wine Quote to Start 2010 http://thewinecenturyclub.com/2010/01/04/wine-quote-to-start-2010/ http://thewinecenturyclub.com/2010/01/04/wine-quote-to-start-2010/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:01:09 +0000 admin http://thewinecenturyclub.com/?p=790 I drink champagne when I win, to celebrate . . . and I drink champagne when I lose, to console myself.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Cuthbert J. Twillie (W.C.Fields) in My Little Chickadee (1940)



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

– Robert Mondavi

Robert Mondavi, Blessing the Grapes in 1966

Robert Mondavi, Blessing the Grapes in 1966

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Generally attributed to Napolean.

Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1800)

Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1800)

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Cardinal Richelieu

1585 - 1642
Cardinal Richelieu
Prime Minister of France
1585 – 1642
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Ernest Hemingway
Death in the Afternoon

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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)

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Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, the Godfather.

Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, the Godfather.

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

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