Warning : Nitpick ahead
>despite my being (as you may guess) a card carrying pinko libertarian.
Pinkos are not libertarians (large or small L), they are communists.
Wine is sunlight, held together by water - Galileo Galilei
Un jour sans vin est comme un jour sans soleil - Louis Pasteur
Water separates the people of the world; wine unites them - anonymous
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world - Ernest Hemingway
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance - Benjamin Franklin