If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apttoteach; Not giventowine, nostriker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous.

-Bible (NewTestament)
  Timothy 3:1^3.

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

-Bible (NewTestament)
  Timothy 5:23.

   What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutelyset, ingeniousmachinefor turning, with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?

-Blixen, Karen, Baroness pseudonym Isak Dinesen
  Seven Gothic Tales,'The Dreamers'.

So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep: and like a giant refreshed with wine.

-Book of Common Prayer
Psalm 78:66.

Theyare the last drops of vintage wine from a musty old bottle.

-Boyle, Peter G(erard)
Of  Winston Churchill's letters to President Eisenhower. Quoted in Peter G Boyle (ed)  The Churchill^Eisenhower Correspondence 1953^1955 (1990).

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they've gone through and through me, like winethrough water, and altered the colour of my mind.

-Bronte«  , EmilyJane
  Wuthering Heights, ch.9.

   Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie, That I may drink, before I go, A service to my bonie lassie.

-Burns, Robert
  'My Bonie Mary', stanza1.

There's death in the cupösae beware! Nay, moreöthere is danger in touching; But wha can avoid the fell snare? The man and his wine's sae bewitching!

-Burns, Robert
  'Inscription on a Goblet'.

'Tis sweet to win, no matter how, one's laurels By blood or ink; 'tis sweet to put an end To strife; 'tis sometimes sweet to have our quarrels, Particularly with a tiresome friend; Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels; Dear is the helpless creature we defend Against the world; and dear the schoolboy spot We ne'er forget, though there we are forgot.

-Rochdale
^24  Don Juan, canto1, stanza126.

And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine. 'Idon'tcare wherethewatergoesif it doesn't get intothe wine.'

-Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith)
  The FlyingInn, ch.5, stanza1. Collected as'Wine and Water' in Wine, Water and Song (1915).

When red wine had brought red ruin And the death-dance of our times, Heaven sent us Soda Water As a torment for our crimes.

-Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith)
  The Flying Inn, ch.18, stanza 4. Collected as'The Song of Right and Wrong' in Wine, Water and Song (1915).

Lo! the poor toper whose untutored sense, Sees bliss in ale, and can with wine dispense; Whose head proud fancy never taught to steer, Beyond the muddy ecstasies of beer.

-Crabbe, George
  Inebriety, a Poem, pt.1, l.132^5.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.

-Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam
^1  Dick Swiveller. The Old Curiosity Shop, ch.7.

Theyare not long, the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream Our path emerges for a while, then closes Within a dream.

-Dowson, Ernest
  'Vitae Summa Brevis'.

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions.Our riches will leave us sick; there will be bitterness in our laughter; and our wine will burn our mouth.

-Emerson, RalphWaldo
  Representative Men,'Napoleon, the Man of the World'.

Here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough, A flask of wine, a book of verseöand Thou Beside me singing in the wildernessö And wilderness is paradise enow.

-Fitzgerald, Edward
  The Ruba¤  iya¤  t of Omar Khayya¤  m of Naishapur, stanza12. In the1879 edn this was changed to'A Book of  Verses underneath the Bough, /  A  Jug of  Wine, a loaf of Breadöand Thou / Beside me singing in the Wildernessö / Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!'

Give me the plumpVenetian, fat, and lusty, That meets me soft and supple, smiles upon me As if a cup of full wine leaped to kiss me.

-Fo, Dario
c.1621 The Wild-Goose Chase, act1, sc.2.

From wine what sudden friendship springs!

-Gay,John
  Fables,'The Squire and His Cur', l.4.

I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

-Goldsmith, Oliver
  She Stoops to Conquer, act1, sc.1.

Yo no digo por eso que el te¤   no sea saludable†cuando duelen las tripas†pero al cabo no pasa de ser agua caliente; so¤  lo pod|¤a habernos venido de Inglaterra, que como all |¤ son herejes, ni tendra¤  n vino, ni bueyes cebones. I'm not saying that tea is not healthy†when you have a stomach ache†but, all in all, it is only hot water; it could only come from the English, who, being heretics as they are, probably have no wine or good beer.

-Gorostiza, Manuel Eduardo de
  Contigo pan y cebolla, act1.