There are two types of people who attend the events at which I work: those who want to taste the wines and those who want to drink the wines. It’s amazing to watch the transformation of the drinkers, those who ask for “full pours,” meaning that they want their goblets at least halfway full (a [...]
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Enjoyment or excess?
Posted in Health, Wine in literature, tagged AA, Jack Lemmon, Jim Hungerfold, Lee Remick, The Days of Wine and Roses on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To your health
Posted in Health, tagged antioxidant, resveratrol on March 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Wine has made a few headlines on the health front over the past month. First it was touted as a preventative of cancer because of the compound resveratrol that it contains. The antioxidant is now even sold separately in health food stores. However, research has taken the subject a step further and is touting that [...]