Finally, one of the Quentin Letts fellow parliamentary sketchwriters, Simon Hoggart, has written Life's Too Short to Drink Bad Wine: 100 wines for the discerning drinker (Quadrille Publishing Ltd # 12.99). (totalpolitics.com)
Perhaps it's the war torn nature of this ancient Biblical land that gives the people the desire to eat amazing food... the old saying «life is too short for bad wine» comes to mind. (davidlebovitz.com)
I cherish its sacramental and legendary meanings, not to mention its power to intoxicate, and just as Nature can be both kind and hostile, so I believe that if bad wine is bad for you, good wine in moderation does nothing but good. (bookpage.com)