Vino Virgin Gifts

'We don't 'skimp' on the pour, sir; we're just generous with the glass.'

'Eight years old, huh? If it's so good, why didn't somebody drink it eight years ago?'

"Is there any way I can un-drink this wine?"

Wine enthusiast tries to make his way to Cork.

"Is Pinot Noir where you want to be?"

'No, you're not calling at a bad time. I'm a professional wine taster - it's alwasys a good time.'

'So it's the Mumm's Cordon Rouge, '98 Pouilly-Fuisse, '86 Chateau Margaux, and the '92 Barsac - would you like any food?'

'As Chuck's definition of terroir dragged past the 20-minute mark, Suzy concluded, the longer the explanation, the less likely you know what the word means.'

'How do you folks get away with such flagrant violation of Prohibition?'

'They say you have to drink 4 times as much merlot as pinot noir to get the same level of anti-oxidants. Isn't that just too, too bad?'

"In our house the four major food groups are Bordeaux, Merlot, Chardonnay and Champagne."

Redhead

My therapist says I should take up basket making as a pastime!

'So much for your theory that mixing two 50-point-rated wines equals one rated 100.'

"My wife commissioned a portrait of me."

"Hmmm ... perhaps a pinot noir less spilly?"

'Okay, so you were right; maybe figuring 13 bottles of wine per person was a little too much.'

I'm getting an ample full taste... I'm getting whimsical... I'm getting 'red'

'Are you sure this wine is ten years old?' - 'Yes, I remember opening it ten years ago.'

A giant glass of red wine

'C'mon! Speed it up! I've got a bottle of wine here that says it's meant to be drunk soon!'

'I've written six books on wine; owned my own winery and taught a wine class for two years. My next goal is to taste some.'

'We outsource our grape juice, marketing, bottling and distribution, and yet he's supposed to give a speech tonight on winemaking - bosses,outsources,outbetter show him what a grape looks like.'

Spiro & Pusho: watering the vine and the neighbour.

Red Wine

"I've tried that one; it's a blend of 74 different red grapes - including two of the plastic decorative type."

'Apparently, my wine-tasting computer liked the '86 Haut Brion a bit too much - it didn't leave any for us.'

Wino Appreciation Group

'In the interests of full disclosure, federal law now requires me to inform you that I own shares in the winery whose product I am serving this evening.'

'Now forget that I'm your boss and the CEO. How does my new product idea, Just the Lees, taste?'

'There's over 500,000 different wines? Bernie, we've got work to do!'

"When a wine rates over ninety, this is not alcoholism."