Even though he's a third-generation San Franciscan, my father's very European in some ways, and he loves wine.
But there's always a Mass. It's not a formal Mass at all. We're sitting around her dining room table with wine and Eucharist and holding hands. It's very informal and small, but to me that's a wonderful way to have Mass.
I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
Wine is crying juice. Rum is worse.
I drank more wine when I wasn't working as much, to be honest.
It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.
Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
For me, a $20 wine that drinks like a $40 wine in terms of complexity and interest is a value, while a $5 wine that is not very good is not a value at all in my opinion.
I'm working harder than ever now, and I'm putting on my pants the same as I always have. I just get up every day and try to do a little better than the day before, and that is to run a great restaurant with great food, great wine, and great service. That's my philosophy.
The world has changed - through technology, through wine-making techniques, the quality of wine is greater than it's ever been. Whereas ten, fifteen years ago it was very easy to find lots of bad wine, it's kind of hard now. The technology, the science - it's like, are you kidding? We're in the golden years of wine!
Wine is a peep-hole on a man.
My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
Wine has been with civilized man from the beginning.
Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.
I'll have wine or a piece of cake once in a while, but I don't look at it as sliding backwards, even if I go a whole week without working out. I don't dwell on it and beat myself up - I just try to have a healthier day tomorrow.
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.
My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman.
I've been trying to eat healthier, but sometimes it doesn't work out when you're sitting in front of the TV drinking wine, and you realize you really need ice cream to go along with it.
I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.
Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.
The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.
I'm a green tea addict, though the occasional glass of red wine is nice, too.
Some people say, 'Shah Rukh, you work so hard. Why don't you sit back with a glass of red wine or go out on the terrace for a smoke?' But that's not me.
Very good wine was bought at ten pounds per pipe, the contract price; but the superior quality was fifteen pounds; and some of this was not much inferior to the best London Madeira.
We check everything to make sure it is pure and of the highest quality. There is good wine and bad wine; we buy only the good wine.
I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.
Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a meal with candlelight and wine at your table could be a form of religious experience for some people. To me it's a form of sacrament.
I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.
The fun of sitting around Pangong Lake with 40 guys around a fireplace, having a glass of wine... staying in one camp together... that's an experience. Waking up at 5 in the morning, watching the sun come up. You don't do these things in Bombay.
When I was younger I used to get my best writing done at night, but now it has to be during the day. I usually finish work at half past seven, then go back to the house to open a bottle of wine, have dinner, and then read or watch television.
I would snack on crisps and chocolate and my meals weren't the best. I ate lots of steak with creamy sauces, chips and peas, washed down with wine and a pudding.
A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.
You can do anything with beer that you can do with wine. Beer is great for basting or marinating meat and fish.