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Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for

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

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All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the same words: the stereotype is a political fact, the major figure of ideology. – Roland Barthes

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What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth. – Roland Barthes

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I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food. – W.C. Fields

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Wine speaks to all the senses: the eyes behold the color, tone and shade; the nose, the bouquet; the fingers and lips caress the cool crystal; the ears delight in the subtle swishing of the liquid; the tongue rejoices in the reward of a rich harvest. – Mary Lou Collins Posch

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Who loves not women, wine, and song, remains a fool his whole life long. – German Proverb

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Wine wears no breeches. – English proverb

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