National Sangria Day is celebrated annually on Dec. 20 to mark the goodness of the delicious drink made with wine and sweetened with fresh fruit and fruit juices.

To observe this day, pour yourself a glass of sangria, which is a great wine cocktail that can be enjoyed throughout the year, and add flavors of your choice to enhance the perfect drink for the holiday season.

Here are some quotes, courtesy Elite Daily, about wine to share with your loved ones.

1. "Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle." — Paulo Coelho

2. "Either give me more wine or leave me alone." — Rumi

3. "Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing." — Ernest Hemingway

4. "Beer is made by men, wine by God." — Martin Luther

5. "She loved three things — a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man." — W. Somerset Maugham

6. "Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages." — Louis Pasteur

7. "I like on the table, when we're speaking, the light of a bottle of intelligent wine." — Pablo Neruda

8. "Wine is bottled poetry." — Robert Louis Stevenson

9. "Language is wine upon the lips." — Virginia Woolf

10. "Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath, and a glass of wine." —Thomas Aquinas

Holiday Cranberry Sangria
Christmas drinks don't come more festive than this sure to please Cranberry Sangria recipe from Santa Margherita Wines.  Santa Margherita Wines
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