Wine & Health Facts
You hear it all the time: “wine is perfectly good for you - it’s the additives that cause the hangover.” Indeed, many well-informed wine drinkers have repeated this maxim to their friends, family, and fellow drinkers, leading to a significant...
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What are the Health Benefits of Red Wines?
Over the past 50 years, modern medical researchers have been studying a phenomenon known as the French Paradox1 that was made famous by the CBS 60 Minutes news broadcast in 1991. This paradox observes that the French population has a relatively lower cardiovascular disease rate when compared with other Western populations. Death rates from heart disease are highest in Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Argentina and are lowest in France, Australia, Switzerland, Japan, Israel.
Red Wine has remained an essential part of society since the dawn of time. Along with the time-honored social and culinary aspects of wine, it is becoming more recognized and appreciated that both sweet and dry reds offer several health...
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Before we get started on Red Wine Allergies, it is important to understand the concepts that distinguish a red wine allergy from intolerance in the first place. There is much confusion about these two terms, and at PureWine, we believe it is important to make the distinction between these concepts clear for the wine lover.
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Picture the following scenario: you’re enjoying the evening with friends and family members, sipping a glass of red wine, exchanging stories, and reminiscing over the past. You find yourself having the perfect night out, until you reach home and find...
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