Wine
It has been suggested that France's high red wine consumption is a primary factor in the trend. This hypothesis was expounded in a 60 Minutes broadcast in 1991. The program catalysed a large increase in North American demand for red wines from around the world. It is believed that one of the components of red wine potentially related to this effect is resveratrol; However, the authors of a 2003 study concluded that the amount of resveratrol absorbed by drinkers of red wine is small enough that it is unlikely to explain the paradox.
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Famous quotes containing the word wine:
“This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don’t want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
“Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Ecclesiastes 9:7.
“Good friends, go in, and taste some wine with me,
And we, like friends, will straightway go together.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)