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Red Wine IS Good For You Posted by Andrew Barrow in News and Comments, 1:46pm 19/09/2007.  You have probably heard it all before but red wine is good for you.
Not a startling revelation to those who follow the news but a new book The Red Wine Diet by scientist Roger Corder, states that drinking red wine regularly is good for just about everything from heart disease and diabetes through to dementia.
"The book is an outgrowth of a 2006 article in Nature magazine by Corder, 51, a cardiovascular expert and professor of therapeutics at London's William Harvey Research Institute, in which he identified procyanidin, a ``vasoactive polyphenol,'' as the chemical in wine grapes that helps reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and overall mortality."
It was resveratrol that earlier studies stated was responsible for the 'French Paradox', (by which the French can consume large amounts of fat and wine yet have lower rates of heart disease and live longer than Americans).
This new book insists there is so little resveratrol in wine that only by consuming 100's of litres a day would any benefits be gained, when of course the alcohol ingested would counter any benefits. He now suggests that a "nice half-bottle a day gives you all the procyanidins you need for the same effect".
Which is about three glasses!
And which wines are the best for these procyanidins? According to the book it is Italian reds (specifically from Sicily) and wines made from the Tannat and Malbec grapes that are most beneficial.
Such delights as our Madiran 'Cuvée du Couvent', Domaine Cap Martin and the Altos las Hormigas Malbec, a wine specifically mentioned in the book.
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