Cultural concept "wine" and its representation in linguistic consciousness of native speakers in Romance languages

The article is devoted to the analysis of language units related to cultural concept «wine» in romance languages. By means of such language units as proverbs and sayings in French, Italian and Spanish languages within the context of one semantic group, the author attempts to illustrate the similarities of cultural mentality and national character of French, Italian and Spanish people relative to their attitude to wine as a cultural value.