Felines and Wine

I’ve always thought that cat ownership and wine drinking go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Chester Taco lounging before a backdrop of wine (Noelle Burke)

Of course I loved wine far before I had cats but I’m sure my consumption must have increased as I acquired more cats.

Trixie after a long day “Bartender, hit me” (Hallie Brown)

It just makes sense.  What’s better than curling up with your kitties, a good movie and a bottle of wine – especially in the winter?

Jack, the wine store cat in my neighborhood

I’d also argue cat owners are generally more sophisticated. And my wine store has a cat. See what I mean? It’s so obvious!

Calvin’s first Passover (Tina Bacani)

At one point I tried to find hard data to support my theory and had someone at work run a Simmons report for me (syndicated data). But it was to no avail.

Max with an entire bottle of wine – hope it’s French because his mama is! (Laurence Berville)

Seems wine consumption has no known proven correlation with feline ownership regardless of sex, age or marital status.

Bali eye a suspiciously empty wine bottle (Bridge Sweeney)

Besides my own wine consumption as a loose data point, I’d like to point out that there do seem to be quite a lot photos of cats with wine glasses and often empty wine bottles out there on the interwebs.

Painted by Heidi Marie

It even inspired one artist Heidi Marie, to combine the two into one painting!

Dora’s wine fortress (Debbie Spivey)

If you drink, what’s your cat’s beverage of choice?

Interestingly, my informal research shows gin to be the second favored alcohol by cats cat owners. Go figure

Bob (aka Super Bob) after a hard day at the office (Jacqui Krueger)

Don’t worry it’s not Petie. Just his doppelganger Toad sniffing out some gin! (Feline Fancies)