The Value of Wine Ramblings!

Friend/neighbour, Pussycat Paul called in this morning, to say he was driving up to the out of town Supermarket.
And, thoughtfully asked,was there anything, he could bring me in, as the footpaths to town were so icy!
My reply - milk, orange juice & more important, WINE please!
He was as good as his word & stocked me up with half a case of Australian red!
First to be sampled, was the Rosemont Estates Founder's Selection Shiraz - vintage 2006... A nice, full bodied little 13.5% vol. number; deeply coloured, rich in fruit with a hint of spice & smooth.
A perfect Winter warmer - only thing lacking, is company to share it with!

It's a well known blog fact, I enjoy my wine, sometimes too much for my own good.
However, the below quotes, not that I need any, do give it's consumption justification and/or raise a smile....

"Drink no longer water, but use wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities"
The Bible, 1 Timothy, 5:23.

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"Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever."
Aristophanes
[450 BC - 388 BC]

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"The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken."
Homer -The Odyssey
[800 BC - 700 BC]

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"If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?"

Cardinal Richeleu

[1585 - 1642]

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"Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used."

William Shakespeare - Othello

[1564-1616]

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"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame.
Then I look into the glass & think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes & dreams .
If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered.
Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish & worry about my liver."
Jack Handy - singer-songwriter, poet and playwright

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"I feel sorry for people who don't drink.
When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."
Frank Sinatra
[1915 - 1998]

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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
Henny Youngman - Comedian

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"When we drink, we get drunk.
When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!"
Brian O'Rourke

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"Eat, drink & be merry for tomorrow, we may be die"

The Bible, Ecclesiastes VIII 15 [King James Version]

Though, I'm more familar with it, as the motto of 'Battle of Britian' 2nd World War fighter pilots!

Talking of which, was watching earlier, on afternoon TV, the 1964 film '633 Squardron'.

The flying scenes & memorable sound track never fail to thrill me.

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"Alcohol - the cause of and solution to all of life's problems"

Homer Simpson

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And, finally my friend Jeannie's favourite quote on the subject...

"A day without wine, is like a day without sunshine"
Ernest Hemmingway
[1899 - 1961]
Can't argue with that one!

And, all this wine has given rise to much blateration on my part.
Yes!
I've got to use another one, of my recently Adopted Words!