In the 1990's a news report, later titled the "French Paradox", was brought to the public eye after researchers discovered that the French who live on a diet of cheese, butter, organ meats, eggs and other cholesterol laden food had a lower rate of heart attack than in America. The results as to why this was so were very surprising to many: moderate and steady consumption of wine. How is wine good for your health?
Many believe red wine is better for you than white wine, because that is what early studies found. Skin from red grapes contained a powerful antioxidant called resveratrol, which was transferred into red wine during manufacturing. However, nowadays manufacturers are altering their winemaking processes for both red and white wine to boost health benefits.
Some of the more recent studies conducted from around the world have shown that wine can be a very powerful agent in helping prevent heart and lung problems and even strokes! In 2002 the American Thoracic Society found that the antioxidants from white wine helped improve lung function while in the same year the William Harvey Research Institute found that polyphenols in red grape skins helped keep arteries open and lowered the risk of strokes. University of California at Davis discovered in 1995 that coronary heart disease was reduced and research conducted in 2004 at the University of Ferrara in Italy showed that the elderly who consumed moderate amounts of wine had healthier blood vessels than those who didn't.
Aside from these benefits there are many others specific to men or women. For men, in 2004, the Worcester Medical Center in Massachusetts found that wine helped lower the risk of a heart attack for men with high blood pressure. The Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Australia in 2004 found that women who consumed wine had a lower risk of ovarian cancer and the Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St. Thomas' Hospital in London discovered wine helped with stronger bones.
The key however is moderation. What is "moderation"? Studies have said that "moderation" is considered to be one or two glasses a day. Drinking more than this can be bad for your health and cause more diseases than prevent them. Wine does have a rather high calorie content which can put on the pounds if not consumed in moderation. But aside from just weight gain you risk far more serious health problems such as kidney and liver disease with over consumption.
So wine drinkers raise your glasses for a toast to the benefits of a glass a day!
White wine is synonymous with sunny days and warm evenings - it sparkles in the sunlight and holds the warmth of the day into the evening. However, there's a lot more to white wine online than gentle sunsets and gentile drinking. There are as many white wines as there are countries to drink them in and they are not all characterised by Blue Nun.
Often considered the poor relation to red wine, white wine is as classy, diverse and intriguing as its more colourful companion. As well as this, white wine online has quite a history as well.
It has long been known that teenage Egyptian king Tutankhamen was accompanied to the afterlife by six huge jars of wine. Less well known is that recent scientific tests have shown that only one contained red wine which has been considered the staple wine of history. The other five jars actually contained white wine which is not what was originally thought.
White wine online grapes vary from Chardonnay and Sauvignon to Chenin, Muscat and Reisling. Chardonnay is probably the best known of the white wine grapes. Associated with Burgundy and crucial to Champagne, this great white is grown everywhere now. Much of the popularity of Chardonnay as the white wine grape of choice stems from its use in Chablis - the archetypal white wine for the lazy summer evening.
The grape itself is thin-skinned and gives good yields, another feature that appeals to the winemaker. Other than Burgundy and Champagne, the grape has found fame on the labels of wine from Australia, New Zealand, California, South Africa, South America, Eastern Europe, Southern France and even Italy.
The 'nose' of the Chardonnay white wines vary considerably, and many aromas and flavours are the result of oak barrel ageing rather than the grape variety. Key references for the white wine buffs include, butter, vanilla, spice and toast.
The grape itself can give rise to a buttery feel, but also flavours of apples, lemons, melon, pineapple and other tropical fruits, particularly from warm, New World climes.
Another of the classic white wine online grapes is Sauvignon Blanc, source of some of the fine white wines of the Loire Valley, with such well-known names as Sancerre and posh Pouilly-Fume. To the modern wine drinker, however, it is probably better known as the grape behind the richly flavoured eponymous white wines that have put New Zealand on the wine map.
Whatever your tastes are you are bound to find a white wine online that you like with so many varieties available nowadays.
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