Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.

I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.

Wine books flow from printing presses like water from broken spigots.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine - everybody drinks water.

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures . . .

There's so many good people producing wine now, ... It's just amazing. There's so much on the shelves. You don't have to go buy those overpriced wines.