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Thursday 21 December 2006

Verve is for life, not just for Christmas


"Remember, gentlemen, it's not just France we are fighting for, it's Champagne!"
~Winston Chrurchill

"I drink Champagne when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it - unless I'm thirsty".
~Madame Lilly Bollinger

"Come quickly, I am tasting the stars!"
~Dom Perignon, at the moment he discovered Champagne

"Champagne and orange juice is a great drink. The orange improves the Champagne. The Champagne definitely improves the orange".
~Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

"I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate…and I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself".
~Napoleon Bonaparte

"Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right."
~Mark Twain

"Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector..."
~Graham Greene

"Champagne is the only wine that enhances a woman's beauty".
~Madame Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV.

"My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne."
John Maynard Keynes

"If the aunt of the vicar has never touched liquor, watch out when she finds the Champagne." ~Rudyard Kipling

"Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn't everyone?"
~Noel Coward

“Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them,and Champagne makes you do them.”
~Brillat-Savarin
"Looks like it was a good year for IT!"
Anon, Juniper SKO 2006

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