“Wine makes the true savor of love intelligible to man.” – Colette

I’ve been a bit under the weather lately — that’s my excuse for no postings in a few days, and I’m by-gosh sticking with it — but it’s given me a chance to do some reading. In the process, I’ve found some great wine-soaked quotes, such as the one above. A few more of my faves:

“When you drank [wine], you felt as if you were in communion with the blood of the earth itself.” – Nikos Kasantzakis

*”[Wine] is the gift of nature that tastes on man’s foibles, his sense of the beautiful, his idealism and virtuosity.” – Kermit Lynch

“Wine rejoices the heart of man, and joy is the mother of all virtues.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

“There are many ways to the recognition of truth, and Burgundy is one of them.” – Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixin)

“God in his goodness sent the grapes/To cheer both great and small./Little fools will drink too much/And great fools none at all.” – Unknown  

As an inveterate collector of wine and wine sayings, I’d welcome any additions to this collection. In the meantime, hope this provides some good cheer on a decidedly gloomy day.