A good wine is like a gentle kiss, its effect throughout the meal is scintillatingly sensual in an elegantly understated way. – Frances Tabeek
Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local caf? to the speech at a formal dinner. – Roland Barthes