There is little question that red wine seems to have a great deal of health
benefits. As a matter of fact I just finished a glass of a nice coastal
zinfandel.



Good stuff, I think I'll pour another. Most of us are familiar with the
"French Paradox" that being that the French have a high fat diet and do not
seem to have a great deal of heart problems. I think I read someplace the
French along with the Italiams seem to habe the highest wine consumption
rates. Boy this zinfandel has a nice arona . I wonder if the pepper and
blackberry I smell can be tasted. I think I'll see. Damn my glass in empty.



Time for a refil. As I was saying the new study claims or indicated some of
the components inn red wine may actually help fiend off aging. I womder if
one has enough if it cam reverte the aging procedure.



I rebember my gramnfather was instructed to have a drimk or 2 after he had a
heart attack. I don't remember him having w=ne but a double Manhattan when
he came home and read the evening paper. That two seems to be a lost art.
Raeding the evening paper. I winder if they still prublish an evning paper?



This zin is really nice I remember when a put several bottles awau to age
under the stairs? It truelyu is amazement how wine smooths out over time.
Two ban whites donte age amd impriove with time.



One o f the nice thaing abuot red wine is is haves little effect and one cam
have several glasses wwifout an imparement. Tiem to have a piece of cheese
amd refill my poor empty glass. Sometimes i feel sorry for empty wine
glesses it seems like they are lonely and kneed to be filled.



Tiem for a bit more befour dinner.



I think I shoud concentrate on drinign more red wine, after all its better
for me that habing a tarmini wiff omions although I really dio like the
pikled omions.



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Dimitri wrote:


> I think I shoud concentrate on drinign more red wine, after all its
> better for me that habing a tarmini wiff omions although I really dio
> like the pikled omions.
>
> Am I sure gladd drimking redd wine am good for is all.

LOL.

gloria p

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
> There is little question that red wine seems to have a great deal of
> health benefits. As a matter of fact I just finished a glass of a nice
> coastal zinfandel.
>
>
>
> Good stuff, I think I'll pour another. Most of us are familiar with the
> "French Paradox" that being that the French have a high fat diet and do
> not seem to have a great deal of heart problems. I think I read someplace
> the French along with the Italiams seem to habe the highest wine
> consumption rates. Boy this zinfandel has a nice arona . I wonder if the
> pepper and blackberry I smell can be tasted. I think I'll see. Damn my
> glass in empty.
>
>
>
> Time for a refil. As I was saying the new study claims or indicated some
> of the components inn red wine may actually help fiend off aging. I
> womder if one has enough if it cam reverte the aging procedure.
>
>
>
> I rebember my gramnfather was instructed to have a drimk or 2 after he had
> a heart attack. I don't remember him having w=ne but a double Manhattan
> when he came home and read the evening paper. That two seems to be a lost
> art. Raeding the evening paper. I winder if they still prublish an evning
> paper?
>
>
>
> This zin is really nice I remember when a put several bottles awau to age
> under the stairs? It truelyu is amazement how wine smooths out over time.
> Two ban whites donte age amd impriove with time.

Dimitri,
Several of my friends living in Europe think the reason they enjoy better
cardiac health is the absence of trans fats in prepared foods there. They
were astounded on visits here about how pervasive it is in manufactured
foods here.

They feel the recent interest in getting these homogenized oils out of our
diet will go a long way towards making us much more heart-healthy.

Oh, that and more red wine.

Jon

On 2008-06-05, Dimitri > wrote:
> There is little question that red wine seems to have a great deal of health
> benefits. As a matter of fact I just finished a glass of a nice coastal
> zinfandel.

Oh man, yer killin' me!

> Good stuff, I think I'll pour another. Most of us are familiar with the
> "French Paradox" that being that the French have a high fat diet and do not
> seem to have a great deal of heart problems. I think I read someplace the
> French along with the Italiams seem to habe the highest wine consumption
> rates. Boy this zinfandel has a nice arona . I wonder if the pepper and
> blackberry I smell can be tasted. I think I'll see. Damn my glass in empty.

I now realize a lot of the French Paradox can be attributed to your
surroundings and general level of life stress. Not a lot of 2 hr per day
commutes for rural Frenchmen.

Since I've moved here to rural CO from the SFBA, I lessened my drinking, I
sleep longer and better and life is just generally improved. Even though I
was semi-retired in the SFBA, just driving to a town 8 miles over was a
nightmare in comparison to driving, here. Eight lane freeways, offramps,
6-lane-dozen-light intersections, overcrowded parking lots, asshole drivers,
rude in-a-hurry people, etc, made for a generally more suck life. I'm away
from all that now and my life is better for it.

> This zin is really nice

Zin is the king of reds, in my opinion. A good zin has all the smoothness and
complexity of a good cab, yet, like a good chianti classico, has the body
and chewiness to stand up to ANY food, no matter how rich. As an added
bonus, it can do all this and still have the punch to stomp your ass right
into the floor! I won't touch a zin running less than 14% abv. Great zins
will go 15-16%, no problem, without the juice overpowering the grape.
That's my one regret to being "out there". Lousy wine selection.

> Am I sure gladd drimking redd wine am good for is all.

Of course it is.

nb

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
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> There is little question that red wine seems to have a
> great deal of health benefits. As a matter of fact I
> just finished a glass of a nice coastal zinfandel.

[Major Snippage]

> Am I sure gladd drimking redd wine am good for is all.

Damn that was funny! Thanks for perking up the day.

Which reminds me... I've got an Old Vine Cline 2000 Zin just
yowling like an alley cat to be decanted for tonight's beef
ribs.

The Ranger

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:38:41 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>Am I sure gladd drimking redd wine am good for is all.

All this talking is too stressful. Have another glass.... Coastal
reds are the best!

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On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:12:31 -0400, "Zeppo" >
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>Oh, that and more red wine.

Raising a glass of white to that...
hey, that's what's on hand.

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On 2008-06-06, sf <> wrote:
>
> All this talking is too stressful. Have another glass.... Coastal
> reds are the best!

Some red, perhaps. Some of the best zins come from the Motherload. Old
vine zins are an exception, with vines as old as a hundred years providing
awesome wines. Lodi has great old vines as does the Sierra foothills where
old vine zins flourish. Livermore, which is much closer to the Central
Valley than the coast, with its scorching heat waves, grows exquisite zins
and pinot noirs and sirahs. Besides, what are you calling "coastal"? Most
of the Napa Valley is well inland with respect to daytime temps. Yes, they
get the cool coastal breezes at night, but so does Sacramento. That
"coastal" crap is strictly Napa/Sonoma marketing hype.

nb

Dimitri wrote:
> There is little question that red wine seems to have a great deal of
> health benefits. As a matter of fact I just finished a glass of a nice
> coastal zinfandel.
>
>
>
> Good stuff, I think I'll pour another. Most of us are familiar with the
> "French Paradox" that being that the French have a high fat diet and do
> not seem to have a great deal of heart problems.

I think I can testify to that, I'm 45, weigh 275, eat mostly high fat
foods, don't exercise and my cholesterol is only 168 and BP 140/80. I
drink an avg of 2 glasses of red wine a day (2X on weekends)

"sf" <.> wrote in message ...
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:38:41 -0700, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
>>Am I sure gladd drimking redd wine am good for is all.
>
> All this talking is too stressful. Have another glass.... Coastal
> reds are the best!
>
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The Paso Robles wineries are a stones throw from the house. Too many to
visit - I need to devise a logical system.

;-)


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In article >, sws2000
@yahoo.com says...
> Dimitri wrote:
> > There is little question that red wine seems to have a great deal of
> > health benefits. As a matter of fact I just finished a glass of a nice
> > coastal zinfandel.
> >
> >
> >
> > Good stuff, I think I'll pour another. Most of us are familiar with the
> > "French Paradox" that being that the French have a high fat diet and do
> > not seem to have a great deal of heart problems.
>
> I think I can testify to that, I'm 45, weigh 275, eat mostly high fat
> foods, don't exercise and my cholesterol is only 168 and BP 140/80. I
> drink an avg of 2 glasses of red wine a day (2X on weekends)
>

I was just reading an article about resveratrol. Apparently they did a
double bling study with a bunch of mice and found that the mice given
resveratrol could be fat and happy without any incidence of diabetes,
liver problems, etc.

The other part of the French Paradox is that wine in general is an
alcoholic beverage, and alcohol is a neuro-suppresant.

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:08:10 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>That
>"coastal" crap is strictly Napa/Sonoma marketing hype.

Coastal means Central Coast (Paso Robles to Santa Barbara) in my
mind.... many of those vineyards/wineries are on Hwy 1 over looking
the ocean. Also, Sonoma and Mendocino have wineries near the coast.
Just because a producer's tasting room is located inland doesn't mean
they don't own vineyards near the coast (most likely in a valley that
gets ocean breezes).

http://www.gomendo.com/category.asp?...%20and%20Vines
http://www.redwinebuzz.com/avas.htm


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On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:42:41 -0400, T >
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>The other part of the French Paradox is that wine in general is an
>alcoholic beverage, and alcohol is a neuro-suppresant.

That's why the French are lovers, not fighters. LOL

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sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:08:10 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>>That
>>"coastal" crap is strictly Napa/Sonoma marketing hype.

>Coastal means Central Coast (Paso Robles to Santa Barbara) in my
>mind.... many of those vineyards/wineries are on Hwy 1 over looking
>the ocean. Also, Sonoma and Mendocino have wineries near the coast.
>Just because a producer's tasting room is located inland doesn't mean
>they don't own vineyards near the coast (most likely in a valley that
>gets ocean breezes).

>http://www.gomendo.com/category.asp?...%20and%20Vines
>http://www.redwinebuzz.com/avas.htm

I think notbob's right in that "Coastal" is not an official
California Appellation, whereas Central Coast is, along with
North Coast and (I've never seen this one!) South Coast.

A list is here. (Note the disclaimer that the official
official information is in the Federal Register).

http://www.iwineinstitute.com/ava/CALAVABYNAME.ASP

"T" > ha scritto nel messaggio
. ..
> I was just reading an article about resveratrol. Apparently they did a
> double bling study with a bunch of mice and found that the mice given
> resveratrol could be fat and happy without any incidence of diabetes,
> liver problems, etc.
>
> The other part of the French Paradox is that wine in general is an
> alcoholic beverage, and alcohol is a neuro-suppresant.
>
You generally also see French people out and about, walking, meeting,
shopping and I can't think of any French person I know who spends much time
at the TV or doing video games. Of course there must be some, but the "life
in the place" and social interactions are still very strong there-- and
here.

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 10:33:05 +0200, "Giusi" >
wrote:

>"T" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
>> I was just reading an article about resveratrol. Apparently they did a
>> double bling study with a bunch of mice and found that the mice given
>> resveratrol could be fat and happy without any incidence of diabetes,
>> liver problems, etc.
>>
>> The other part of the French Paradox is that wine in general is an
>> alcoholic beverage, and alcohol is a neuro-suppresant.
>>
>You generally also see French people out and about, walking, meeting,
>shopping and I can't think of any French person I know who spends much time
>at the TV or doing video games. Of course there must be some, but the "life
>in the place" and social interactions are still very strong there-- and
>here.
>
and television is boring unless you're a political junkie

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On 2008-06-07, Steve Pope > wrote:

> A list is here. (Note the disclaimer that the official
> official information is in the Federal Register).

It's still just marketing hype. They've all been yelling for appelation and
"geographic indication" (GI) for years. This after blatantly calling
sparkling wines champagne, for decades, while sniveling about others usning
their location names. It's all crap. Hundreds of thousands of acres of the
Central Valley is being planted with grapes as are the Sierra foothills.
Most wines are blended, so the labeling is bull. If 2$Chk can win a double
gold, the rest is nonsense. Find a wine you like and drink it.

nb

notbob > wrote:

>On 2008-06-07, Steve Pope > wrote:

>> A list is here. (Note the disclaimer that the official
>> official information is in the Federal Register).

>It's still just marketing hype.

Yeah, I understand. You're right. Just because it's
part of federal law doesn't mean it isn't hype.

Steve