Inheritance
Father standing at the door of his wine cellar addresses his son:
“With any luck my son, none of this will be yours.”
(Taken from Nicolaas Klei, “Over de tong”)
And, that is how it should be. Wine bottles are for drinking not collecting, at least in my opinion. So open these great bottles for a bunch of friends (who can appreciate it).
And how do you know they can appreciate it…well, if they put coca-cola in their wine they surely can’t!
Share a nice bottle of wine today!
Bart
Wine is so much more than wine…
I was browsing a bit through a book that I received as a present from Franco Massolino (ZANFI, A., “Piemonte…noblewoman of wine“), when I reached the part which describes himself and his winery, Vigna Rionda di Massolino.
And here I just got touched by this small paragraph that for me explains that wine is so much more than wine. Read it, preferably with a glass Barolo at your side, and let it sink through.
“When I’m in the vineyards and have finished “resetting” my ideas, it’s with a feeling of satisfaction that that I let myself be carried away with the thought that this land I’m walking on is the same land my father walked on all his life, like his own father before him. This sense of belonging regenerates and stimulates me. I often wonder how many times this land has been turned up, the land which I myself have turned up, and just how much it has occupied the men and women of my family, each one of whom certainly thought of making a contribution, with their own work, to maintaining the land for future generations.”
Have a nice moment with your wine today!
bart
Quotes on wine
“I can certainly see you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn’t know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.”
– Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) in Fawlty Towers
How to know what not to buy - Quotes on wine
If you enjoyed this post, make my day and buy me a glass of wine.“Never buy the cheapest wine in any category, as its taste may discourage you from going on. The glass, corks, cartons, and labor are about the same for any wine, as are the ocean freight and taxes for imported wines. Consequently, if you spend a little more, you are likely to get a better wine, because the other costs remain fixed. Cheap wine will always be too expensive.”
— Alex Bespaloff, New Signet Book of Wine, 1986
Quotes on wine
“Burgundy makes you think of silly things, Bordeaux makes you talk of them and Champagne makes you do them.“
— Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
If you enjoyed this post, make my day and buy me a glass of wine.
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