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Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.

I do like my wine.

I'm really, really dumb about describing wine, but I like wine that's full-bodied and dry.

Christopher Plummer once told me that he never orders a wine without first confirming that the restaurant has a second bottle in case he loves it.

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour.

I've always liked sparkling wine. Rose, too.

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.

I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.