Tidbits: Humor, Knowledge, Facts & FAQs
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"After all, what is your hosts' purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi." Excerpt from Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers by Malcolm Kushner |
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"Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure." Excerpt from Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers by Malcolm Kushner |
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"A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand." Excerpt from Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers by Malcolm Kushner |
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"A typical wine writer was once described as someone with a typewriter who was looking for his name in print, a free lunch and a way to write off his wine cellar. It's a dated view. Wine writers now use computers." Excerpt from Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers by Malcolm Kushner |
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"A psychologist once said that we know little about the conscience - except that it is soluble in alcohol." Excerpt from Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers by Malcolm Kushner |
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"A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows." Excerpt from Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers by Malcolm Kushner |
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"A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine, except that on a day without sunshine you can still get drunk." Excerpt from Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers by Malcolm Kushner |
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"A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine, except that on a day without sunshine you can still get drunk." Excerpt from Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers by Malcolm Kushner |
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"A hard drinker, being at table, was offered grapes at dessert. 'Thank you,' said he, pushing the dish away from him, 'but I am not in the habit of taking my wine in pills." Excerpt from Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers by Malcolm Kushner |
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"A good rule is to state that the bouquet is better than the taste and vice versa." Excerpt from Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers by Malcolm Kushner |
