Posts Tagged "Red Wine"

Update on Red Wine and Healthier Lungs…     Hi – With consideration to moderation a given, and a waiver that no medical advice is provided in this email (refer to citation provided*)… research continues to support that red wine may indeed reduce one’s risk of lung cancer, according to a study published in the journal, Thorax™. One such study had 282 hospital patients, mostly men ages 50 to 70,...

Phylloxera, a wine vine killer… Not to long ago the Phylloxera epidemic was a major problem, it basically wiped-out a substantial amount of vineyards on the west coast. Yet, it has become evident that the mistakes made over those several (past) decades have largely been corrected, ironically because of Phylloxera itself. Introduced by vineyards in France, Phylloxera was (is) a form of root rotting of the vines. And, did it ever...

            History of Port (part 1) Port wine traditionally comes from the Douro Valley in beautiful Northern Portugal. The wineries are called Quintas and they line the terraced hills rising up from the mighty Douro, east of Oporto nearly reaching the border of Spain. The name Port Wine is protected by the Appellation system (Denomination of Origin), just as Champagne can only be placed on a bottle if...