Sweet Red Wine – Good For the Heart As Well As the Taste Buds
January 30, 2010
There are some delicious foods and drinks that are also proven to be good for the body. One example of such is sweet red wine. We all know that wine, as well as other alcoholic beverages, can be good for the heart if it is drank moderately. Now, if you want to satisfy your taste buds from time to time by drinking something delicious and refreshing, then you might as well give way to sweet red wine as part of your regular routine.
What exactly is Sweet Red Wine?
Wine can be quite delicious especially if you have the tongue for it but it is not always described as sweet. Now, sweet wine is actually more fruity than sweet. The most common of this kind are those that are made of fruits. For instance, there is sweet wine that is made from strawberries, from grapes and even from blueberries. Of course, there are other Types Of Red Wine that can be classified as sweet but are not primarily made from these fruits. In most cases, the right amounts of sugar is added through the fermentation process making have a distinct sweet taste that is different from the usual red.
Is It Really Good for the Heart?
It is not only sweet red wine that is good for the heart. Studies show that some alcoholic beverages including wine are good for the heart if taken moderately. This means that women can take one drink a day and men two drinks a day to be called a moderate drinker. Now, if you have wines and spirits as regular part of your routine, then you might as well drink red wine that is sweet so you can both satisfy your heart and taste buds. Moderate drinking of red wine is known to lower the risk of heart diseases because it contains antioxidants that fight diseases and lower the body’s bad cholesterol levels.
Is Red Wine Drinking a Good and Healthy Habit?
Of course, most people would agree that it is still best not to drink alcoholic beverages. However, in the kind of lifestyles we lead, many of us have accepted wines and other alcoholic beverages as part of our daily lives. So, if you already have alcoholic drinks as part of your daily routine, you might as well get something healthy from it. You can do this with sweet red wine and still enjoy every sip of the delicious drink.
How to Make It a Great Food Partner
Sweet wine can stand alone as a refreshing drink but it is also great to pair with our favorite foods. Red wine is known to be the best partner for meat dishes but pairing it off with other foods is fine. When it comes to food and wine pairings, there are no strict rules to follow. So if you want to drink your red with another dish, then you can do so. The key is to have a high level of enjoyment and full palate satisfaction.
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Red Wine Poached Pear Recipe
January 29, 2010
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What types of red wines can you chill?
January 28, 2010
Generally merlot, chianti and cabernet sauvignon should not be chilled. Are there any other Types Of Red Wine that are suppossed to be chilled?
Actually the big reds you mention are supposed to be served around 60 degrees–slightly below room temperature. Chardonnay, Viognier, Pinot Noir and Beaujolais should be served slightly below cellar temperature (50 degrees) and light whites like Sauv. Blanc should be served out of the fridge (45 degrees).
process for making italian red wine??? plz answer!?
January 27, 2010
I am doing a report on the production and processing of merlot in italy
(preferably tuscany) i’m having trouble finding info on how the wine is made traditionally. please give me a detailed answer or a good site on the production of merlot. thanks a ton!!!
thanks to everybody that’s answered so far!
Merlot is French, but if thats your wine try here …
http://www.winepros.org/wine101/grape_profiles/merlot.htm
If it’s Italy, pick one of these and then try another search …
http://www.italianwinesociety.co.uk/italian-regions.shtml
A Toast To Resveratrol, An Amazing Grape Antioxidant
January 19, 2010
One of the most well-known stories about the health benefits of eating fruit is called the French Paradox – the condition of unexpected low incidence of cardiovascular disease in French citizens who regularly eat extraordinary quantities of high-fat foods and consume red wine. These people technically should have high rates of cardiovascular disease but seem protected by the chemicals in wine.
Although we now recognize that high-fat diets are undesirable, the potential benefits of a diet rich in whole food phytochemicals are clear when combined with other healthy dietary and lifestyle practices, such as maintaining a regular exercise program.
Possibly the most publicized phytochemical in red wine is resveratrol found in the skin and seeds of red and purple grapes and dark berries like the blueberry. Having the chemical formula C14H12O3, resveratrol is chemically defined as a stilbene, viniferin or phytoalexin (a Greek-derived term meaning to “protect” (alexin) or to “ward off”).
This designation suits the function of resveratrol in the outer skin of plants as a primary fungicide and antiviral agent with potent antioxidant properties protecting against ultraviolet radiation, pests and injury. Resveratrol belongs to the general class of plant chemicals called phenolics or polyphenols, named from their composition of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms in 6-carbon rings.
Benefits of Resveratrol
By consuming blue, red, purple and black-skinned plants rich in resveratrol, humans may gain these protective benefits. Early medical research proves this to be true, as resveratrol has been shown in preliminary research on experimental animals to:
• Increase blood flow and reduce the extent of brain cell damage following stroke
• Reduce the activity of brain inflammatory mediators in a model of Alzheimer’s disease
• Reduce vascular plaque formation in rats given a high-fat diet
• Improve the rate of healing in skin wounds
• Protect against lipid oxidation in a model of pancreatitis
• Protect against cellular pathology in a model of diabetic kidney disease
• Protect against liver damage in a model of cholestasis or bile duct occlusion
• Protect against cartilage deterioration in a model of osteoarthritis
• Stimulate anti-clotting mechanisms in blood
• Suppress appetite and in turn contribute to weight control or loss
• Enhance sperm production
• Inhibit formation of cataracts
• Inhibit proliferation of the herpes simplex virus
• Prolong the lives of yeast cells, worms, fish and fruit flies, possibly through mechanisms that affect aging via slowing the rate of cell death
Anti-Cancer Effect
Resveratrol’s most compelling health effect shown in laboratory studies is its broad-spectrum anti-cancer activity. The online database of medical literature for the US National Institutes of Health, PubMed, cites nearly 500 publications over the past decade of research on resveratrol as a cancer chemopreventive nutrient.
Experimental models of breast, prostate, lung, blood, skin, brain, kidney, bladder, tongue, esophagus and colon cancer show evidence for beneficial effects of resveratrol. It appears also to sensitize cells toward cancer therapy agents, improving the benefit of these drugs. Also, when combined with other plant-derived phenolics, resveratrol’s anti-cancer actions seem to be enhanced, showing the potential benefits of antioxidant synergy from a mixed diet high in colorful fruits and vegetables rich in phytochemicals.
Resveratrol’s actions to inhibit inflammatory mediators and the growth of new blood vessels in tumors (called anti-angiogenesis), plus its ability to accelerate the rate of cancer cell death (called apoptosis, “eh-po-toe-sis”), are synergistic effects in anti-cancer activity. In other experiments, resveratrol inhibited enzymes synthesizing nitro-oxygen radicals like nitric oxide that may be involved in cancer development.
To summarize, resveratrol acts against mechanisms controlling the initiation, promotion and progression of tumor cell growth in laboratory models. It is considered one of the most promising natural anti-cancer agents.
Fortunately for us, resveratrol can be easily introduced into the diet by selecting foods like:
oRed grapes and dark grape juice
oRed wines (and even white ones, but with lower resveratrol levels)
oBlackberries, blueberries, cranberries and lingonberries (and their juices)
oPistachios
oPeanuts with skins and peanut butter
Take home message: Eat berries! Drink red wine! And be merry!
Reading
PubMed at http://pubmed.gov; type “resveratrol AND” in the search space, add the topic of your interest, and click on Go to view literature.
Linus Pauling Institute, Micronutrient Information Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/
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Dr. Paul Gross
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