Wine
Although Saintsbury was best known as a scholar during his lifetime, he is perhaps best remembered today for his Notes on a Cellar-Book (1920), one of the great testimonials to drink and drinking in wine literature. When he was close to death, André Simon arranged a dinner in his honour. Although Saintsbury did not attend, this was the start of the Saintsbury Club, men of letters and members of the wine trade who continue to have dinners to this day.
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Famous quotes containing the word wine:
“If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Who gives to Aristaeus honey;
Or wine to Bacchus, or Triptolemus
Earth’s fruits, or apples to Alcinous?”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“But this is wine that’s all too strange and strong.”
—Frank Loesser (1910–1969)