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

I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.

I do like my wine.

As far as a cocktail, I do like good wines, basically with meals, and good champagnes.

When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity; it was just 'the wine,' from the cellar cask. The rules were general: white with the first course, red with the main course.

What's important in a cellar is having wines that have a broad range of drinkability, which California Cabernet does. Wines with a broad range of drinkability give you a lot of flexibility; they are the sort of wines that make me feel secure. I think of my wine cellar as security - if the apocalypse comes, I can just go down to the cellar.

A good wine has many qualities, I think. If drunk moderately, it is healthy and good for your heart.

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

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 prefer old-world wines like Lafite Rothschild and Margaux.