“The first duty of wine is to be red. The second is to be a Burgundy.”
Alec Waugh (1898–1981) British novelist
In Praise of Wine (1959).
“We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.”
— Eduardo Galeano, book The Book of Embraces
somos todos mortales hasta el primer beso y el segundo vaso
The Book of Embraces (1991)
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