Sophisticated Spirit Mugs

"As you can see from the books behind me, I pretend to read a lot of books."

"Your food didn't melt, young man... this is the soup course."

'Sparky, fetch me an impudent little chardonnay.'

Wine Lady

"I feel I've outgrown this facility, Mrs. Thompson. Could we see what else is around?"

Bryan Ferry

'Don't let him pick the wine. He thinks Dom Perignon was someone who got knocked off on the Sopranos.'

"I detect a subtle bouquet of money."

"Good old Frank. He was always thinking of others."

"If I had known how adult her place was I would have brought nicer beer."

"This wine tastes like a**....Bring me every bottle you have!"

"I think glamour is fine until it slips over into glitz."

Velvety. And so was the wine.

"Have we looked as though we know what it is, for long enough yet?"

"I detect an accent – money?"

"One man's dirty water is another man's Earl Grey."

"Are you sure that this is really the way? I thought there was a staircase or highway?" "Maybe we should just go back down and pray!"

Cocktails and Peacocks

"May I say, sir, the staff and I just knew you'd see through that Beaujolais."

A Louis Auchincloss-Type Law firm

Rape of the Lock- The Barge

'Just because I'm a doctor without borders doesn't mean I venture into menus without prices.'

'Too acidic? On the contrary, I find it well balanced.'

'What part of 'nature' do you not get?'

"Persistent, well-rounded, and full-bodied, with hints of smoke, and just a soupdon of irregularity."

Expert examining painting: "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid it's a fake."

'this sommelier is an insufferable snob! - I'm looking for a wine that screams 'discreet discernment'.'

"Finally - a faith-based initiative I can embrace."

'When did everything go online? In my day we did our haunting in person.'

'There's nothing wrong with being highbrow.'

"We were into things, but now we're into experiences."

Vincenzo Bellini

The tentative professor in Ireland - Marjorie is stumped by the variety of shillelagh

Man with Watch as Eye-patch

If you do not understand this, then you cannot be rich enough.