Top 10 Funny Wine Quotes

A good glass of wine has long been enjoyed, and some fabulous quotes have been recorded throughout the years. Here are my top 10 wine quotes which are sure to cheer your Friday afternoon.

1. “In victory, you deserve Champagne. In defeat you need it.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

2. “I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”
― W.C. Fields, circa 1930’s

3. “I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn’t know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.”
― Basil Fawlty, “Fawlty Towers”

4. “Age is just a number. It’s totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.”
― Joan Collins

5. “Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.”
― Pope John XXIII

6. “One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters…But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.”
― Charles Baudelaire, circa 1850s

7. “When you ask one friend to dine, Give him your best wine! When you ask two, The second best will do!”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Great wine requires a madman to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a lover to drink it." - Dali

9. “A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts never do.”
― P. J. O’Rourke

10. “Be careful to trust a person who does not like wine.”
― Karl Marx

We hope this helps to keep you smiling into the Weekend, when you can enjoy a glass for yourself.