Through the centuries the healthful and nutritive properties of wine has been recognised and used in medical practice. The alcohol and acid inhibits the growth of micro-organisms detrimental to man and thus renders it completely safe as a drink.

Consumed regularly in moderate quantities, wine is a mild tranquiliser, an apetite stimulant, is thought to prolong life and improve memory loss.Since the early ninteties medical science and research has reported good news with the view that moderate wine consumption could reduce stress and the risk of coronary disease by raising your good cholesterol (HDL-cholesterol)

The French Paradox is a term coined in the early nineties to express the infuriating fact that the French seems to eat and drink whatever they liked with no apparent bad effects on their health.

The impact of a television airing of the findings in this study - showing the possible beneficial effects of red wine consumption in the reduction of heart disease - was vast and red wine consumption quadrupled in a short period of time after the show was aired in America. The non-alcoholic phytochemicals extracted from red wine skins such as flavanoids and resveratrol act as anti-oxidants and chemically modify the lipoproteins which is the blood fats which determines the development of coronary heart disease.

Cholesterol deposits in the arteries could disturb blood flow and could cause coronary thrombosis or a heart attack.The blood of red wine drinkers seems to be less inclined to coagulate and clot.

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