Where there is love, there is no Zin!
It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend; one's present or future thirst; the excellence of the wine; or any other reason. -Latin saying
Wine is bottled poetry. -Robert Louis Stevenson
Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages. -Louis Pasteur
Up to the age of forty eating is beneficial. After forty, drinking. -The Talmud, 200BC
Sparkling Muscatel. One of the finest wines of Idaho. -Waiter in The Muppet Movie(1979)
What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch? -Larson E. Whipsnade (W.C. Fields) You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Couldn't understand a single word he said but he sure had some mighty fine wine ... and I helped him drink his wine. -Three Dog Night
Where's the grape? White Zinfandel is the 'Hostess Twinkie' of wine. -a friend who loves you
We've never believed there needs to be a reason to enjoy a delicious glass of wine. theGuild WineSalon offers regional crafted wines by the glass, as you relax in our Gathering Nook overlooking Downtown Whitewater or stroll the Gallery, a double whammy for your soul! You can also take a bottle home to continue the enjoyment!
Much like great tea, great wine not only is refreshing and peaceful, it is also very healthy.
Don't believe us? Here's an excerpt from a recent article in Newsweek:
The list of wine’s benefits is long—and getting more surprising all the time. Already well-known as heart healthy, wine in moderation might help you lose weight, reduce forgetfulness, boost your immunity, and help prevent bone loss.
With America likely to edge out France and Italy in total wine consumption in the near future, according to one analyst, and with women buying more than 6 out of every 10 bottles sold in this country, we’re happy to report that wine may do all of the following:
1. Feed your head
Wine could preserve your memory. When researchers gave memory quizzes to women in their 70s, those who drank one drink or more every day scored much better than those who drank less or not at all. Wine helps prevent clots and reduce blood vessel inflammation, both of which have been linked to cognitive decline and heart disease, explains Tedd Goldfinger, DO, of the University of Arizona School of Medicine. Alcohol also seems to raise HDL, the so-called good cholesterol, which helps unclog your arteries.
2. Keep the scale in your corner
Studies find that people who drink wine daily have lower body mass than those who indulge occasionally; moderate wine drinkers have narrower waists and less abdominal fat than people who drink liquor. Alcohol may encourage your body to burn extra calories for as long as 90 minutes after you down a glass. Beer seems to have a similar effect.
3. Boost your body’s defenses
In one British study, those who drank roughly a glass of wine a day reduced by 11% their risk of infection by Helicobacter pylori bacteria, a major cause of gastritis, ulcers, and stomach cancers. As little as half a glass may also guard against food poisoning caused by germs like salmonella when people are exposed to contaminated food, according to a Spanish study.
4. Guard against ovarian woes and other cancer concerns
When Australian researchers recently compared women with ovarian cancer to cancer-free women, they found that roughly one glass of wine a day seemed to reduce the risk of the disease by as much as 50 percent. Earlier research at the University of Hawaii produced similar findings. Experts suspect this may be due to antioxidants or phytoestrogens, which have high anticancer properties and are prevalent in wine. And in a recent University of Michigan study, a red wine compound helped kill ovarian cancer cells in a test tube.
5. Build better bones
On average, people who drink moderately seem to have higher bone mass than abstainers. Alcohol appears to boost estrogen levels; the hormone seems to slow the body’s destruction of old bone more than it slows the production of new bone.
6. Prevent blood-sugar trouble
People who drink one or two glasses of wine a day are 40 percent less likely than those who don’t drink to develop type 2 diabetes, according to a 10-year study by Harvard Medical School. While the reasons aren’t clear, wine seems to reduce insulin resistance in diabetic patients.
Salut' from the Crazy Leuca Chicks!