24 Funny Quotes About Wine from Movies (+ Audio Clips)

A collection of funny quotes about wine from movies, complete with audio samples in mp3 & wav formats — great for ringtones or laughs.

1 Champagne is a great 'leveleler'... leveler. It makes you my equal. -Oh, I wouldn't quite say that. -Well, almost my equal.

James Stewart as Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

2 You know, champagne's funny stuff. I'm used to whiskey. Whiskey's a slap on the back, and champagne's a heavy mist before my eyes.

James Stewart as Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

3 Great. I could use a drink... Aah! Yes. Mmm. Feels like a 1470 burgundy. Not a good year.

Kevin Kline as Captain Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

4 I have basic rules: I drink plenty of wine and I eat red meat and I take no students.

Quote from Shaolin vs. Lama (1983)

5 Is it real champagne? -No, it's diluted New Jersey applejack. The chumps will think it's vintage stuff right off the boat, bottled in France.

James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett in The Roaring Twenties (1939)

6 I only drink champagne when I'm lucky enough to get it.

Katharine Hepburn as Bunny Watson in Desk Set (1957)

7 Okay. I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions. But never before, before.

George Peppard as Paul Varjak in Breakfast at Tiffany's

8 What happened to your marriage, Bea? -It drowned in champagne.

Dean Martin as Sam Harmon; Angie Dickinson as Beatrice Ocean in Ocean's 11 (1960)

9 It seems the minute she hit the water, the wine hit her.

James Stewart as Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

10 Hey! Did you ever try dunking a potato chip in champagne? It's real crazy. Here. Isn't that crazy? -Yeah, pretty crazy.

Marilyn Monroe as The Girl in The Seven Year Itch (1952)