在文學中，向來不缺乏葡萄酒的身影，許多愛好葡萄酒的詩人、作家筆下都誕生過與葡萄酒相關的妙語，有的浪漫、虔誠，有的俏皮、幽默，不論何種，說出或寫下它的人，內心一定對葡萄酒情有獨鐘。
1. “請給我幾卷書，一杯法國葡萄酒，水果，風和日麗的天氣，不知誰彈奏的音樂從遠方傳來。”——英國浪漫主義詩人約翰·濟慈
“Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weathera little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.” (By John Keats)
2. “男士們，你們要記住，我們不僅僅是為了法國而戰，我們還為了香檳！”——溫斯頓·丘吉爾（Winston Churchill）
"Remember gentleman,its not just France we are fighting for, its champagne."(By Sir Winston Churchill)
3. “我喜歡餐桌上，我們交談的模樣，智慧的葡萄酒，閃著光芒。”——諾貝爾獎得主、詩人巴勃魯·聶魯達
“I like on the , when were speaking, the light of a bottle of intelligent wine.” (By Pablo Neruda)
4. “男人如酒，碌碌無為者慢慢化為陳醋，而卓爾不群者則愈老愈香。”——約翰二十三世教皇（Pope John XXIII，意大利籍教皇）（
"Men are like wine- Some turn to yinegar,but,the best improve with age."(By Pope John XXIII)
5. “酒入于口，愛生于眸；人老逝前，應知之理。舉杯在口，顧彼嘆息。”——愛爾蘭詩人威廉·巴特勒·葉芝，王立秋譯
"Wine comes in at the mouth, And love comes in at the eye; Thats all we shall know for truth, Before we grow olddie. I lift the glass to my mouth, I look at you,I sigh." (By William Butler Yeats)
6. “當奶牛吃葡萄時，我會喝牛奶。”——亨利·德·圖盧茲·羅特列克（Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec，法國后印象派畫家）
"I will drink milk when cows eat grapes."(By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec)
7. “樹蔭下放著一卷詩章，一瓶葡萄美酒，一點干糧，有你在這荒原中傍我歡歌，荒原呀，啊，便是天堂。”——波斯詩人、數學家莪默·伽亞謨
"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou, Beside me singing in the Wilderness. Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! " (By Omar Khayyam)
8. “我邊喝酒邊做飯。有時候，我還把葡萄酒加入菜中。”——W. C. 菲爾茲（W. C. Fields，美國喜劇演員）
"I cook with wine.Sometimes I even add it to the food."(By W. C. Fields)（
9. “如果我們喝點葡萄酒，我們會在茫茫黑夜中，看到夢想。”——20世紀英國小說家、批評家、詩人戴維·赫伯特·勞倫斯
“If we sip the wine, we find dreams coming upon us out of the imminent night.” (By David Herbert Lawrence)
10. “紅葡萄酒配魚？我早應該發現這事情沒有那么簡單。”——詹姆斯·邦德（James Bond，007系列男主角）
"Red wine with fish.Well,that should have told me something."(By James Bond)
11. “一個人總是要沉醉于一樣東西，可以沉醉于葡萄酒，沉醉于詩，沉醉于美德。”——法國十九世紀現代派詩人夏爾·波德萊爾
"……be drunk, be continually drunk! On wine, on poetry on virtue as you wish." (By Charles Baudelaire)
12. “一瓶美酒，就像一幕好劇，任何時候回想起來都熠熠生輝。”——蘇格蘭作家、詩人羅伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森
"A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect." (By Robert Louis Stevenson)
13. “有四樣物什即使經歷年歲也是最好的：老樹可以當柴火，陳年的葡萄酒喝起來更好，老朋友讓人信任，老作家的文章耐讀。”——英國唯物主義哲學家、作家，弗朗西斯·培根
"……age appears to be best in four things — old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,old authors to read." (By Francis Bacon)
