I’m not telling you what to do, but a new study from Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies found that individuals who favored light-colored beverages, such as vodka, fared better with the extra shot than those on the bourbon side of the bar. Subjects were given 100 proof Absolut and 101 proof Wild Turkey for the first night of the study, and a caffeine-free soft drink the second. They found that those who drank to a state of inebriation suffered more with the darker drink, the one with more toxic properties.
They did not study red v. white wine nor light beers v. heavy lagers, but the study author believes that lighter beverages fare better in the overindulgence headache department.
You’ve been warned.
This is the time of the year when every wine critic and those who regularly write about wine profess to have found the perfect wine to accompany the bird. Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there is no such thing as a single wine that defines the holiday. There are many wonderful wines that match well with the holiday feast and some have a place at the table and others are perfect for a specific food.
Maybe you should just celebrate the next 75 years with your own Bloody Mary Party! Why not?
A lot has changed since the dreaded Recession/near Depression and economic slide of 2009. We are definitely different shoppers, consumers, diners, cooks, and lest we forget, different drinkers. The specialty wine industry of high-priced labels may be truly limited to the top 1% of the population. They may not even know that there’s been a slowdown, a change in purchasing power. They may not have been affected, but they have to be making purchases or nothing will change.
In the confusing world of health news, there are few topics more confusing than those that deal with the affect of alcohol consumption. One day wine, specifically red wine, is good for you. The next day, it is a leading cause of some type of horrible cancer. Then there are the wavering days: It’s good but not that good.