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In Napa Valley we talk about many different things, but cabernet is king. Everything I'm tasting now is wonderful. There is finesse and elegance. You'll find wines with unbelievably dark, intense color.

Greg Fowler

2003 was without any doubt a difficult year for our wines in the U.S., for accidental and structural reasons, ... This has been a wakeup call.

Francois Loos

People are getting more sophisticated about the foods they eat. It's reflected in artisan breads and artisan beers and artisan wines. Twenty years ago there weren't artisan breweries or vineyards or lovely local bakeries like there are now.

Caitlin Hunter

In my seminar 'Wine Info' I want to excite people about the fun of pairing wines with food and friends. I want to make people comfortable with labels and grapes and alcohol content so they can make educated decisions when purchasing wines.

Jeff Graham

White wines ain't cutting it.

Brian Hilliard

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

Bertolt Brecht

Don't forget his specialized Australian wines. They are very, very good.

Brian Baker

The quality of the wines is excellent, and many individuals have won medals for the wines produced from kits.

Donna Thompson

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

Bobby Sherman

Not only are these fine wines presented in eco-friendly packaging, these smaller formats will give consumers the convenience and versatility in their wine drinking occasions.

Andy Alexander

The tourists used to go down to Sancerre (in the Loire region) for the weekend, taste wines and buy for their cellar, ... Now they can't do that anymore. The cops are right outside the winery ... (Vintners) feel betrayed, these people who have devoted their lives to something they think is beautiful. Now they're told it's criminal.

Kermit Lynch

Back in the '60s, Santa Barbara County was known for screw-cap wines -- that's what you'd drink at a party after everything else was gone. In the last 20 years, the county has come into its own with wine-making on a very high scale.

Lee Tomkow

I told the company that I really needed to acquaint myself with the wines of Europe. Alex was old enough to take notice of things, and he showed a real interest in the wine business, even at that time.

Bill Ryan

It absolutely does hook with inventory. We would get a data feed of all of the wines they have in those stores and we absolutely map to their assortment.

Darby Williams

We don't think you need to pay $50 for quality wines, so we kept the wine list reasonable. The only really expensive wines were customer requests. You can go to chain restaurants and get a bad glass of wine for $9. Here, you'll get a glass of great wine for less.

Chef Michael Coury

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

Abigail Van Buren

In the competition, we try to keep the judging as objective as possible. The wines are judged blind, meaning all the bottles are coded, so the judges don't know which maker is responsible for the selections. Even the stewards don't know who the wine makers are.

Alexis Hartung

It would be a mistake to think boxed wines are for the pedestrian market.

John Gillespie

We have been working for some time on this commission and the purchaser is a long standing customer of ours. Even though we regularly work on commissions to source rare wines this one has been particularly gratifying.

Stephen Williams

Restaurants are critical partners to the Washington wine industry because the restaurant is where consumers often have their first wine experience. The Washington Wine Restaurant Awards program recognizes those establishments that exhibit strong support of Washington wines with innovative and educational promotions.

Robin Pollard

We are going to give them a choice of a number of different wines that fit their taste profile and that's one thing we offer that the big guys don't. There's a lot of wine out there. This is a growth area for consumption. You don't have to spend $50 or $100 to buy an outstanding bottle of wine.

Tom Hart

It's been dry so it's made some wonderful wine. Of course most of our wines are done with fruit. The same thing happens there. If it's a sweeter fruit it makes a little bit better wine. So it's been a good year for making wine.

Danny Johnson

Fine wines, jewelry, Western furniture, and 19th century paintings.

Henry Howard

There are lockers that have $400 bottles and then there are those that have $60 bottles in them. A lot of people come in and buy half-cases ... then ask managers for suggestions on new wines.

Daniel Hurst

Just as California wines have taken off, I think you have very good cattlemen here in the U.S. that know how to raise cattle.

Tom Schneller

It was a tremendous honor and privilege to play a role. Working amid the sheer beauty of Vail and selling rare wines and lifestyle experiences to some of the world's top bidders - people who truly appreciate the finer things in life - was an amazing experience.

Tom Dinardo

We're seeing the greatest growth in wines and imported beers, but all categories appear to be growing for us.

Ruth Comer

Most people just drink beer with Mexican food. She's starting to promote wines which go so well with our own favorite dishes.

Art Torres

I noticed the kids came home talking about chemical equations and the father's scratching his head. I saw it so often -- the father would say, 'I'm an idiot, but my son is a genius. He knows about malolactic fermentation.' Sooner or later all these wines taste the same.

Kermit Lynch

When we get back, we'll have some amazing new recipes and wines to talk about.

Blair Taylor

The temptation is to pick the eyes out of the wines to make a great wine, a trophy-winning wine.

David Morris

California as a place and California wines as an experience strongly resonate with the American consumer. We need to leverage the unique regions, creativity, ingenuity and break-the-rules approach to life that epitomizes our industry and link it to our wines.

Barbara Insel

There are some amazingly good wines for five dollars a bottle.

Karen Macneil

This is really based on taste buds. The more taste buds they have, the more sensitive they are. Those big, bold wines are too intensive for them. It doesn't taste good to them.

Darby Williams

The storm was so intense and arrived so quickly that people were unprepared to protect their assets. But there won't be any negative effect on the quality or quantity of next year's grapes or wines.

Jennifer Kopp

He was our wine angel. He trained our staff on how to open wine and the differences between wines.

Tony Davids

This is the best, most affordable wine list in the valley. Chris is into delicate wines for easy going food.

James Holmes

We really are farmers first. We want to do what's right in the vineyard so that this can be expressed in our wines.

Matt Donati

The way that Champagne and sparkling wines are prepared is identical.

Jim Laughlin

Yes, I've been keeping these 'children' of mine in bondage in my wine cellar and finally had the strength to let them go. Everyone was amazed at how much of our lives' history was wrapped up in these wines.

David Peterson

We're not saying one region is better than another, but each region produces very distinct wine. Some people like romances and some people like mysteries, and it can be frustrating if you don't get what you like, whether it be types of books or types of wines.

Shannon Hunt

Giving people opportunity to taste wines in barrel versus in the bottle.

Phil Cline

The idea that wines get better with age is ingrained in our consciousness, whether we like it or not. But that doesn't mean it's true for all wines.

John Gillespie

Now in its fifth year, Taste Washington Spokane has grown to be one of the largest, most popular wine tasting events in Eastern Washington. Taste Washington provides the public with an opportunity to try new Washington wines, meet winemakers and chefs, and celebrate our state's booming wine industry.

Robin Pollard

You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

Hector Hugh Munro

Probably 99 percent (of Super Bowl fans) are having beer. But there are some awesome wines that go with wings, nachos and chili.

Tracy Anderson

We are pleased that Florida has acted in favor of its citizens by allowing them to access the wines of their choosing. This is a victory for consumer choice, fair trade and U.S. wineries.

Robert Koch

Food Lion is excited to bring a taste of the California lifestyle to our customers with the debut of Bohemian Highway Wines. These wines are truly unique. We think our customers will enjoy lifting a glass of Bohemian Highway.

Jason Wilson

Their shtick is offering 100 wines by the glass and appealing to women. But if a senior EVP of a Fortune 500 company is going out for an important business meeting with a client, he's going to Morton's.

Allen Bernstein

Everything he did, he really got into it. He taught himself how to paint, and a lot of what he did was pretty good. ... And for me, eating is something you do three times a day because you're hungry. For Bill, dining was an adventure. He loved ethnic foods and wines. He studied that, too.

Lon Simmons

We got into (this business) for the love of wine. We just really enjoy a wide, wide range of wines and have an appreciation of many types of wines.

Donna Mollet

These wines are way out of control. What's sad is this is what people like now. This is what the American palate likes.

Rajat Parr

Washington wine education is a very important component of the Taste Washington experience. The line-up of speakers and seminars this year is unparalleled, and will undoubtedly help wine lovers at all levels of learning develop a greater appreciation for Washington wines.

Robin Pollard

The consumer right now is drinking a lot of fine wines at the $10 range, and as long as they're drinking in that category we'll produce and grow in that category.

Gina Gallo

There's a lot of work that needs to go into them finding the identity of these wines. I'm excited to see there's a lot of potential. But there's a lot of work to be done.

Fred Dexheimer

If we can't get the wines to the people that want them, it makes it harder for the industry to grow.

Linda Jones

We really enjoy wines and this gives you a chance to enjoy wines you can never try.

Don Dion

For the first year of production, the wines will be made somewhere else.

Chris Pearmund

With Monkey Bay Sauvignon Blanc and, now, Chardonnay, we're able to offer consumers outstanding examples of the winning New Zealand style at a very attractive suggested retail price of $9.99, ... Both wines exude the vibrant, food-friendly qualities lovers of New Zealand wines prize.

Tim Peters

They're not just kosher anymore, but wines of the world that happen to be kosher.

Henry Nunez

It's going to be an excellent time, a really fun evening, and that's what we want -- excellent food, outstanding wines and a good time in addition to all of it.

Judy K. Rule

With that money sitting in your pocket, all of a sudden you're going to buy more expensive wines at dinner, take a carriage ride and ogle at some glorious thing in a window.

Ric Edelman

If you're just looking for a group of easy wines to drink (in the) summer, should you pay $30 a bottle? Absolutely not. Never start by buying the most expensive wines.

Karen Macneil

New World wines are meant to be drank in a daily fashion. In the New World style, you have it in the front of the wine. It's right there, as soon as you open the bottle.

Ricardo Viloria

As far as distribution goes, we definitely sell more wines here that are off the beaten path than we would even in Houston, because there's a demand for them here.

Guy Stout

Too many of them (Languedoc producers) in my opinion have followed the fad and are trying to make inky black wines with too much oak.

Kermit Lynch

We're concerned that our wines will be confused with their wines.

Sue Phillips

We're thrilled to continually be bringing international recognition to Virginia wines.

Al Kellert

I like natural wine. If a wine's too technical, I'm turned off.

Kermit Lynch

It doesn't mean the most expensive wines get wood chips, but some very competitive wines do. It does a marvelous job and cuts the price. Hence, Yellow Tail.

Richard Steltzner

We heard through the grapevine that they really wanted a wine and cheese store, so we held onto the Sherlock Holmes and tea room ideas and added wines.

Tony Davids

Periodically we'll use a different region. I've been getting a lot of requests for (wines from) Italy ? that will more than likely be the next one.

Eric Gordon