Red Wine

What are the best sites about red wine? We’ve started with these. What else should be here?

1. A Compound in Red Wine Makes Fat Mice Healthy - November 2, 2006 article reports on a study that showed giving mice high doses of resveratrol, a substance found in red wine, allowed them to live long, healthy lives even if they were overfed to obesity. This may explain why people who drink lots of red wine tend to have lower rates of heart disease and other life-shortening diseases. As always, more studies are necessary to determine the impact on humans, but the scientists are “quite excited.” (www.washingtonpost.com)

2. Types of Red Wine - Offers an overview of the most common red wine types, describing the grapes used, where they’re commonly grown, what types of food go well with them, and the taste that each produces. Includes profiles of Syrah (or Shiraz), Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Sangiovese, and Barbera. (www.frenchscout.com)

3. Red Wine: Stop Blowing This Out of Proportion - Opinion that the new study of red wine’s effects on obese mice is not necessarily transferable to a similar effect in humans, who ear large quantities of meat. (sustainablefoodie.blogspot.com)

4. Red Wine Curbs Obesity, Increases Lifespan - “I’ve been drinking about half a bottle of pinot noir a day for the last couple of years and am getting fatter. Maybe I should increase the dosage?” (www.outsidethebeltway.com)

5. Alcohol, Wine and Cardiovascular Disease - Article from the American Heart Association talks about the negative effects of alcohol on herat health, and does not recommend drinking red wine as a way to protect the heart, saying there are other methods that can produce the same results as red wine without the potential bad effects. (www.americanheart.org)

6. Wine.com - You want red wine? They sell it. In addition to buying single wine bottles, you can join a wine club, shop for wine gift baskets and learn the basics of wine, so you appear a bit more cultured. (www.wine.com)