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Some favorite wine-soaked quotes from great historical figures:

“Wine is a combination of humor and light.”  — Galilei Galileo

“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the world to do.” — Galileo (left)

“A glass of wine is great refreshment after a hard day’s work.” — Ludwig van Beethoven

“No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober, where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage.” — Thomas Jefferson

“Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.” — Benjamin Franklin