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The Benefits of Wine May Not be Scientific

If you’re at all familiar with the benefits of wine, then you know that wine is good for you. We hear about how wine is chock-full of antioxidants and resveratrol and we are told of the resulting health benefits that wine can offer us. Many of us have heard of the “French paradox”, exploring how people who eat well and drink wine are able to maintain healthy lives and live longer. Scientists have been intrigued by the idea of the French paradox ever since it was brought to light. However, what many scientists may be overlooking is the fact that many of the benefits that wine has to offer have absolutely nothing to do with science and everything to do with the human psyche.

People who drink wine live longer. That’s well-known. This fact used to be attributed to the resveratrol that wine contains, but we now know that the amount of resveratrol contained in wine is minimal. It would require hundreds or thousands of bottles per day to mimic the good results seen in laboratory mice.

So what is it about wine that makes people live longer?

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Bordeaux - Some Of The World's Treasures

Anyone who tells you that Italian wines win hands down over French wines each and every time has obviously never popped open a bottle of rich and aromatic Bordeaux. What is so special about Bordeaux wines? What makes these wines so different from any of the other French wines a person can purchase? To understand what makes Bordeaux wines so special, one must understand the nature of these wines.

A true Bordeaux wine is created from grapes that are grown in the vineyards of Bordeaux, France. Many of the Bordeaux vineyards are built upon soil that is rich in limestone. This results in high levels of calcium, which impacts the growth of the grapes that are used to make the wines of Bordeaux. The soils in the Bordeaux vineyards are very distinctive, even varying from one region of Bordeaux to another. This is why a bottle of Bordeaux from one region may taste completely different than a bottle from the next.

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