Studies have shown that, while heavy drinking can lead to health problems, drinking in moderation can actually have health benefits. According to the American Heart Association, “in moderation” means having no more than one to two, 4 ounce glasses of wine per day. Just remember to drink with food. More and more studies are revealing benefits of drinking wine, especially red wine. Just remember, moderation is the key. Learn 7 benefits to drinking a glass of wine everyday. Here’s to your health!
Francis Ford Coppola: Swimming with Wine (via Tales Told From The Road)
Las Vegas used to be an “adults-only” destination. You went there to drink. You went there to gamble. You went there to engage in “adults-only” activities. But the Las Vegas city fathers (and mothers) have changed their burg’s image by turning casino hotels into family-friendly shopping malls…
Recently, I was at San Francisco’s Bar Tartine, a clever, idiosyncratic restaurant in the Mission District. I was ready to leave—in fact, I was going to be late for a flight if I didn’t get out of there—but general manager and co-wine-director Vinny Eng was dead-set on having me try a Riesling from California’s Central Coast that he was excited about.
How Many Calories in a Glass of Red Wine? (6 oz) (via Lane 6 FItness)
How Many Calories in a 6 oz Glass of Red Wine? 150 Calories Mmmm, vino! Nothing quite like a glass of red wine when you are chillin’ by the fireplace with a leather-bound book in your apartment that smells of rich mahogany! (If you don’t know what movie I am paraphrasing, sign up immediately for…
HEALDSBURG, Calif., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — With the release of its 2011 vintage this month, J Vineyards & Winery continues to carve out a strong position in the Pinot Gris wine market, growing to become the best-selling California Pinot Gris wine in America.
PASO ROBLES, Calif., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Doug Beckett, a pioneer in Zinfandel for Paso Robles, steps on the throttle with his Peachy Canyon winery. In 1988, after he founded the 10th winery in Paso Robles (now 260), Beckett has seen multiple financial crises, two heavy recessions, the rise and fall of many wineries and at age 66, he is just getting started. “Retire and do what?” says Beckett as he reflects on the new forward momentum of Peachy Canyon Winery, maker of Incredible Red and their estate-grown Westside Zinfandels.
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Yet the hand of the winemaker is crucial. A talented enologist can fashion a decent wine from mediocre grapes, and a bad decision in the winery can transform a Grand Cru into plonk. The winemaker’s art is to express the wine’s terroir while imposing just enough of his or her signature so that the hand does not dominate the land.
I recently had the opportunity to compare chardonnays grown at Stoller Vineyards in the Dundee Hills region of Oregon’s Willamette Valley. The site, first planted in the 1990s, …
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