Food and Wine For Dummies
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Red Wine Compound Helps Heart, May Slow Aging
Resveratrol mimics effects of caloric restriction to extend life spans in mice
- Be careful with this one. You don't want to overdo it. That brings on a whole 'nother set of problems.
- Professor Bainbridge, a wine guy extrodinaire, comes clean:
"...This is really white wine territory. You’ve got what amounts to a white meat (the veal) in a cheese and cream sauce, served with a creamy starch. The menu almost cries out for a California or Australian Chardonnay.
A light red wine, such as a fairly acidic Pinot Noir would also work, slicing through the richness instead of complementing it.
Having bowed to the traditional wine gods, however, let me admit that I can drink Cabernet Sauvignon with almost anything this side of trout Grenobloise. I poured a 2004 Cabernet from Etude and was very, very happy. "
He sounds just like the Lovely Wife™.
Restaurant Wait Staff Commentary, "Wine Drinkers of the World, Unite"
So, has this happened to you? Thanks to Mr. Hitchens for having the cojones to say it in public. But he usually does.
Red Wine Drug Shows Proof That It Combats Aging. Ahh, life is good.