in wine, there is truth

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1. Statements made or expressed under the influence of alcohol reveal true beliefs that are not expressed when sober.

   In wine there is truth. People who love wine and have a lot of it still like to get a great wine as a present.

   1998 December, Ron Loutherback, “Beyond the Label”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 174

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   It is a saying, that “wine inspires wit;' and that in wine “there is truth.” These sayings are the apologies of drinkers.

   1823, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 14, page 321

   In wine there is truth, or so they say, and this just may be the way to heaven, then again we began this time just fine, with a bottle of red wine, parked on an incline just you and I, not far from my safe haven, inhabited by ravens sex laden, with a maiden which is you,

   2003, Kanaan, Delicate Torture: (Living Poetically), →ISBN, page 79

   “My grandfather never understood the point of a mission statement. But whenever anybody asked him about making wine, he always said this,” and Mr. Main pointed at a sign that read: In wine, there is truth. In good wine, there is hard work.

   2011, Donald L. Anderson, Cases and Exercises in Organization Development & Change, →ISBN, page 35

   In wine there is truth, and although I was able to contain my excesses, and fell short of protesting my undying amour, our conversation had touched on most remarkably personal matters.

   2014, Christopher Priest, The Space Machine, →ISBN

   Synonyms: in vino veritas, drunk words are sober thoughts, in wine