Wine Gate

Wine gate can refer to:

  • The German Wine Gate, a stone gate on the German Wine Route
  • The Puerta del Vino (literally "Wine Gate"), an entrance gate in the Alhambra in Spain
    • La Puerta del Vino (The Wine Gate), one of Debussy's Preludes named for the Alhambra gate
  • The Porta del Vino (lit. "Wine Gate"), a gate inside Bolzano's cathedral in Italy
  • "Winegate," any of several scandals involving wine, especially the adulteration of wine. The "-gate" suffix derives from the American Watergate scandal

Famous quotes containing the words wine and/or gate:

    When wine is spilled with accident, death and disaster hasten.
    —Joseph O’Donnell. Clifford Sanforth. Ah Ling, Murder by Television, after he accidentally spills wine on Mrs. Houghland (1935)

    And we, barely recalled from sleep there, sense
    Arrivals lowing in a doleful distance
    Horny dilemmas at the gate once more.
    Come and choose wrong, they cry, come and choose wrong....
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)