Amazing Wine Facts: Not Every wine improves your Health.....

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Red wines are known to contain many beneficial antioxidants such as polyphenol and resveratrol that have cardio-protective effects and anti-cancer properties. Grape skin is especially rich in antioxidants. Since red wine is fermented together with its skin, it has more antioxidants than white wine which is processed without its skin. White wine may even slightly increase the risk of contracting cancer, especially of the digestive tract, as some studies show. So, don’t drink more than 1 or 2 glasses of wine per day!

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Wine Doesn't Make You Fat............

While beer makes that unaesthetic beer belly, wine does not affect your waistline at all. In fact recent studies showed that “women who routinely drank moderate amounts of alcohol, totaling about one drink per day, carried almost 10 pounds less body fat than women who did not drink at all”. 

Experts believe that the calories in alcohol are not metabolized in the same way as calories from carbohydrates, fats or protein. So if you are about to start a diet to lose weight, then you should consider having a glass of wine instead of chocolate pudding for dessert.

Interesting: Something to Know

Wine Names Usually Indicate Location or Grape Varieties

Most European wines are named after their geographical Origin. One very famous example would be the Bordeaux wine which is produced in the Bordeaux region of France.  Bordeaux wines are made of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and to a much leaser extent Carmenere and Malbec.

Non-European wines almost always have the name of the grape (aka the varietal) on the label - for instance Cabernet Sauvignon from California.

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Did You Know: The World's Biggest Red Wine consumers are Chinese

But a really small country is rocking first place per capita basis.........

The Chinese drank their way to a record 155 million 9-litre cases of red wine in 2013, thereby surpassing the French whose consumption decreased by 18% to 150 million cases.  The increasing popularity of red wine in China is largely due to the fact that red is considered to be a lucky color.  this symbolic importance combined with the health improving virtues of the drink, encourage Chinese to grab a bottle from the supermarket shelf more and more often.

Can you guess who the biggest wine consumers in the world are?????????

Well, while Italy is the World's biggest wine producer, Italian are only #4 on our wine consumers list surpassed by France and Portugal.

When it comes to the biggest US wine consumers the leaders are:  California, New York followed by Florida.  France still drink more wine (all categories) per capita than the Chinese with 53 liters per capita per years versus 1.9 in China.

But which country drinks the most wines per capita??????????

The Vatican with 74 liters per capita per year which is about 99 bottles of 75cl per year!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting Fact: Drinking wine can improve your sex life

Wine is a very old and complex drink with a long and fascinating history.  It will take you years of study to really understand its intricacy and become a wine connoisseur. Today, its the occasion to sharpen your wine facts!!!!!!

This is perhaps one of the most amazing and interesting facts about wine.  When drunk regularly it can actually help you boost your sex drive.  An Italian study showed that women who have 2 glasses of wine daily, enjoy physical pleasure much more intensely than women who don't wine at all.  A very god reason to start drinking wine, isn't it??????? 

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Interesting Fact: Stay young with the health benefits of drinking wine

8 Health Benefits of Drinking Wine:

Every year, there is a flurry of headlines about the health benefits of wine. But can drinking wine really make a difference? Here, the news—very good news, indeed—from the latest studies. Note: The health benefits come from moderate wine consumption, defined by the American Heart Association as one to two four-ounce glasses a day.

The Benefit: Promotes Longevity

The Evidence: Wine drinkers have a 34 percent lower mortality rate than beer or spirits drinkers. 

The Benefit: Reduces Heart-Attack Risk

The Evidence: Moderate drinkers suffering from high blood pressure are 30 percent less likely to have a heart attack than nondrinkers

The Benefit: Lowers Risk of Heart Disease

The Evidence: Red-wine tannins contain procyanidins, which protect against heart disease. Wines from Sardinia and southwest France have more procyanidins than other wines. 

The Benefit: Reduces Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

The Evidence: Moderate drinkers have 30 percent less risk than nondrinkers of developing type 2 diabetes. 

The Benefit: Lowers Risk of Stroke

The Evidence: The possibility of suffering a blood clot–related stroke drops by about 50 percent in people who consume moderate amounts of alcohol. 

The Benefit: Cuts Risk of Cataracts

The Evidence: Moderate drinkers are 32 percent less likely to get cataracts than nondrinkers; those who consume wine are 43 percent less likely to develop cataracts than those drinking mainly beer. 

The Benefit: Cuts Risk of Colon Cancer

The Evidence: Moderate consumption of wine (especially red) cuts the risk of colon cancer by 45 percent.

The Benefit: Slows Brain Decline

The Evidence: Brain function declines at a markedly faster rate in nondrinkers than in moderate drinkers

Do You Know: How wine is Made?

The vineyards are a critical determinant in the end product wines for each and every vintage. Vineyards are like the wine's bassinets, where early grape life begins and flourishes, for all wine is truly birthed on the vine. The vineyard's location, climate, terrain, soils, vines and root stocks, irrigation systems and pest management controls all factor into the final product in one way or another. Sun exposure and time on the vine both play a key role in the grape's development and specific sugar levels.

Wine making commences with the annual grape harvest  and can be accomplished by either mechanical harvesting equipment (usually easiest for vineyards that lie on relatively flat land) or hand harvesting. Hand-harvesting affords more precise selection and often does a better job of protecting the grape’s juice content from oxidation due to damaged skins. Mechanical harvesters offer a more efficient, often cost-effective, process and are well-suited for large vineyards that lay on a flat patch of earth. The type of harvest - hand-picking, mechanical harvesters or a combination of the two, is largely influenced by the winemaker’s final wine style goals as well as budget.

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Wine 101.....

“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

Good wine is one of life's greatest pleasures. Whether you are a novice or a connoisseur, interested in simply sipping or expertly analyzing, enjoying a glass of wine can be a sublime experience. Unfortunately, many people find wine and how to choose, serve, and describe it more intimidating than enjoyable. The very scope of the topic seems daunting. But never fear -- you don't have to take a class to appreciate the subtleties of fine wine.