70 Witty Wine Quotes And Sayings For Happy Hour

Wine is more than just the glass that goes with dinner. It's what gets the conversation going at book clubs, gives any girls' night a reason to run long, and can make cooking feel like an adventure.

From funny sayings to drop onto a birthday card to famous quotes about wine from legendary drinkers—Ernest Hemingway and Elizabeth Taylor appreciated their vino—here are funny wine quotes to break out at happy hour.

01 of 05

Wine Captions With Wisdom

Funny Short Wine Quote — Southern Living

Wine flies when you're having fun.
Home is where the wine is.
Love the wine you're with.
A meal without wine is called breakfast.
You look like I need wine.
I only drink wine on days that end with a "y."
What do friends and wine have in common? The older, the better.
Keep calm and pour on.
Wine is the answer, but I can't remember the question.
In dog wine, I've only had two glasses.
Today's forecast: sunny with a chance of wine.
As long as we have wine, family holidays will be fine.
Age and glasses of wine should never be counted.
Trust me, you can dance. – Wine
Where there’s a wine, there’s a way.
I could not live without Champagne. In victory I deserve it, in defeat I need it. – Winston Churchill
Life is too short to drink bad wine.
Everything happens for a Riesling.
According to chemistry, alcohol is a solution.
Wine—because no great story ever started with a salad.

02 of 05

Wine Quotes To Drink To

Wine is bottled poetry. – Robert Louis Stevenson
My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine. – Ernest Hemingway
Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together. – Elizabeth Taylor
Age is just a number. It's irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine. – Joan Collins
I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food. – W.C. Fields
What wine goes with Captain Crunch? – George Carlin
I drink and I know things. –Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones
I drink to make other people more interesting. – Ernest Hemingway
Taverns are universal places, like churches, hallowed meeting places of all mankind. – Iris Murdoch
It’s time to wine down. – Unknown
Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you. – William Shakespeare
To good eating belongs good drinking. – German Proverb
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. – Humphrey Bogart

03 of 05

Wine Sayings For Raising A Glass

There's a Riesling for everything.
Wine a little and you'll feel better.
Happiness is a well-stocked wine cabinet and a closet full of shoes.
You only live once—so drink great wine.
Smile, there's wine.
Why limit happy to an hour?
Happy hour is the best hour.
Bring on the bubbly.
Twinkle twinkle little star. Point us to the nearest bar.
It’s beginning to look a lot like wine o’clock.
I’m on cloud wine.
Cheers to pour decisions.
Working 9 to wine.
You had me at Merlot.
Partners in wine.
Sip, sip, hooray!
Love the wine you’re with!
I’m wining with the best.
It’s just another Malbec Monday.

04 of 05

Wine Quotes We Can All Relate To

Oscar Wilde Wine Quote — Southern Living

Work is the curse of the drinking classes. – Oscar Wilde
Peace, love, and happy hour. – Unknown
A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world. – Louis Pasteur
Time to be a hero and rescue some wine trapped in a bottle. – Unknown
A man’s got to believe in something. I believe I’ll have another drink. – W.C. Fields
There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne. – Bette Davis
A bottle of wine was good company. – Ernest Hemingway
I drink to make other people more interesting. – Ernest Hemingway
Husbands are like wine. They take a long time to mature.
What wine goes with Captain Crunch? – George Carlin

05 of 05

Wine Quotes For Special Occasions

Ernest Hemingway Wine Quote — Southern Living

Wine is the most civilized thing in the world. – Ernest Hemingway
Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne. – Paul Claudel
I love everything that’s old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. – Oliver Goldsmith
And wine can of their wits the wise beguile, make the sage frolic, and the serious smile. – Alexander Pope
If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul. – Clifton Fadiman
Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized. – André Simon
Making good wine is a skill; making fine wine is an art. – Robert Mondavi
A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine. – Unknown

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