1. The world’s biggest red wine consumers are
the Chinese but a really small country is rocking first place per capita basis
2. Not every wine improves your health
3. The color of the wine tells you about
its geographical origin
4. People who have wine phobia are called
Oenophabia and they really do exist. It might sound funny, but this phobia –
just like others, cause them a lot of suffering, especially if they go out to
restaurants a lot.
5. If we mentioned Rome – In ancient Rome
it was forbidden for women to drink wine. If a husband found his wife drinking
wine he would be allowed, by law, to kill her.
6. An ancient civilization that did not
like wine was Egypt. The old kings avoided wine from the belief that the red
alcoholic beverage is actually the blood of men who tried to fight the gods and
failed. This is why, according to the egyptians, what makes people act
irrationally while drinking it (alcohol).
7. There is increasing scientific evidence that
moderate, regular wine drinking can reduce the risk of heart disease,
Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, and gum disease.
8. Red wine, typically more than white wine, has
antioxidant properties and contains resveratrol, which seems to be important in
the cardio-protective effects of wine.
9. California, New York, and Florida lead
the United States in wine consumption.[
10. One ton of grapes makes about 60 cases
of wine, or 720 bottles. One bottle of wine contains about 2.8 pounds of grapes.
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