95 Best Wine Quotes: Funny, Romantic, Short, and Toast-Worthy Sayings

Looking for funny, romantic, classy, or short wine quotes? Here are 95 wine quotes sorted by occasion and ready-to-copy captions.

Quick Guide: Which Wine Quote Do You Need?

Use this table to quickly find the perfect tone for your occasion.

Top 10 Editor's Picks: The Most Famous Wine Quotes

If you only have time for a quick sip, here are the top 10 most legendary and universally loved wine quotes in history.

1. "Wine is bottled poetry." — Robert Louis Stevenson

2. "In wine, there is truth." — Pliny the Elder

3. "Age is just a number. It’s totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine." — Joan Collins

4. "Beer is made by men, wine by God." — Martin Luther

5. "I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food." — W.C. Fields

6. "Wine makes daily life easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance." — Benjamin Franklin

7. "Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages." — Louis Pasteur

8. "His lips drink water, but his heart drinks wine." — E.E. Cummings

9. "Where there is no wine there is no love." — Euripides

10. "Penicillin cures, but wine makes people happy." — Alexander Fleming

The Best Wine Quotes Funny Enough to Make You Laugh

A great glass of wine is meant to be enjoyed with a smile. If you want to entertain your guests, these are the best wine quotes, funny enough to break the ice.

11. "Either give me more wine or leave me alone." — Rumi

12. "I need coffee to help me change the things I can... and wine to help me accept the things I can't!" — Tanya Masse

13. "A meal without wine is called breakfast." — Anonymous

14. "I enjoy long romantic walks down the wine aisle." — Anonymous

15. "Wine improves with age. The older I get, the better I like it." — Anonymous

16. "My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine." — Ernest Hemingway

17. "I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved." — Rose Kennedy

18. "We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine." — Eduardo Galeano

19. "Wine a little, you'll feel better." — Anonymous

20. "If you walk a mile in my shoes, you'll end up at a wine bar." — Anonymous

21. "I'm not a wine snob, I'm a wine enthusiast. There's a difference." — Anonymous

22. "I finally quit drinking for good. Now I drink for evil." — Anonymous

23. "I whisper to my wine glass: 'You understand me.'" — Anonymous

24. "Wine: because no great story ever started with someone eating a salad." — Anonymous

25. "Running out of wine is my cardio." — Anonymous

26. "I make wine disappear. What's your superpower?" — Anonymous

27. "Save water, drink wine." — Anonymous

28. "Novinophobia: The fear of running out of wine." — Anonymous

29. "Working nine to wine. The clock strikes five and the grind turns divine." — Anonymous

30. "Every box of raisins is a tragic tale of wine that could have been." — Anonymous

31. "Wine pairs nicely with good friends and bad choices." — Anonymous

32. "Step aside coffee. This is a job for alcohol." — Anonymous

33. "I’m on a fruit diet. I eat grapes, mostly fermented." — Anonymous

34. "My favorite workout is a cross between a lunge and a crunch. I call it lunch... with wine." — Anonymous

35. "Smile, there's wine." — Anonymous

Short Classy Wine Quotes for Toasts

Sometimes, less is more. When you are raising a glass at a wedding or anniversary, you want short, classy wine quotes that make a quick, elegant impact. 

36. "Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words." — Plautus

37. "To the nights we won't remember with the friends we will never forget." — Anonymous

38. "May our glasses be as full as our hearts." — Anonymous

39. "May the wine be smooth and the night unforgettable." — Anonymous

40. "May the wine flow and the laughter linger." — Anonymous

41. "May the wine be sweet and the moments sweeter." — Anonymous

42. "May this wine mark the start of a wonderful evening." — Anonymous

43. "To wine, poetry, and love." — Anonymous

44. "One not only drinks the wine, one smells it, observes it, tastes it, sips it and-one talks about it." — King Edward VII

45. "Wine rejoices the heart of man, and joy is the mother of all virtues." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

46. "Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a lover to drink it." — Salvador Dali

47. "May our lives be rich, and our wines even richer." — Anonymous

48. "Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin." — Napoleon Bonaparte

49. "Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people." — William Shakespeare

50. "Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever." — Aristophanes

51. "I serve your wine and I pour your tea. I ask you, please, to remember me." — Anonymous

The Best Wine Quotes Inspirational and About Life

Wine has inspired philosophers, artists, and leaders for centuries. Here are the best wine quotes about life to help you reflect over a deep, complex red. 

52. "Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age." — Pope John XXIII

53. "Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle." — Paulo Coelho

54. "Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul." — Horace

55. "Wine is the divine juice of September." — Voltaire

56. "Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion." — Ovid

57. "Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath, and a glass of wine." — Thomas Aquinas

58. "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence." — Robert Fripp

59. "Always keep a large bottle of Champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes, the special occasion is that you've got a bottle of Champagne in the fridge." — Hester Browne

60. "Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile." — Homer

61. "Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized." — Andre Simon

62. "By making this wine vine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay back the national debt." — Thomas Jefferson

63. "We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

64. "Wine is the most civilized thing in the world." — Ernest Hemingway

65. "There are no standards of taste in wine, cigars, poetry, prose, etc. Each man's own taste is the standard..." — Mark Twain

66. "Wine is a passport to the World." — Thom Elkjer

67. "Making good wine is a skill; fine wine is an art." — Robert Mondavi

68. "Wine makes a man better pleased with himself." — Samuel Johnson

69. "Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda-water the day after." — Lord Byron

70. "Language is wine upon the lips." — Virginia Woolf

71. "Compromises are for relationships, not wine." — Sir Robert Scott

72. "He who loves not wine, women and song remains a fool his whole life long." — Martin Luther

73. "Life is too short to drink bad wine." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

74. "A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world." — Louis Pasteur

Catchy Wine Quotes for Instagram

Need a quick caption for your weekend photo and winery trip? These wine quotes for Instagram are highly shareable, punchy, and perfect for your feed.

75. "Wine flies when you're having fun." — Anonymous

76. "Uncork and unwind." — Anonymous

77. "Sip happens." — Anonymous

78. "Wine tasting is my favorite sport." — Anonymous

79. "Love the wine you're with." — Anonymous

80. "Rosé all day." — Anonymous

81. "Home is where the wine is." — Anonymous

82. "On cloud wine." — Anonymous

83. "Wine is my love language." — Anonymous

84. "You had me at merlot." — Anonymous

85. "Cabernet? More like caber-yay!" — Anonymous

86. "Pour decisions." — Anonymous

87. "Cheers to the pour choices." — Anonymous

88. "Read between the wines." — Anonymous

89. "Wine is the answer, what was the question?" — Anonymous

90. "Partners in wine." — Anonymous

91. "I decant even." — Anonymous

92. "A true friend reaches for your hand... and puts a glass of wine in it." — Anonymous

93. "Keep calm and pour on." — Anonymous

94. "Everything happens for a riesling." — Anonymous

95. "Not all who wander are lost — some are just looking for wine." — Anonymous

From short, classy wine quotes to the best wine funny quotes to make your guests laugh, you will find exactly what you need right here.

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