research team lead by Larraitz Arriola found that male subjects consuming the most alcohol had the lowest rates of heart disease! Tags: tasting sized pours SIPPED: airline wines comparison. Your last wine experience onboard plane may have amounted to little more than “red or white?&# SIPPED: Alcohol! Not quite: Arriola et al. MORE >>

5) By dangling mice in the air and feeding one group resveratrol, a compound in red wine, researchers concluded that red wine is good for: a) bankers. tasting sized poursIn honor or “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me&# bringing their weekly news quiz to the NYT , we offer a news roundup this week in quiz format. a) Luxury resorts. MORE >>

Chocolate milk, of all drinks, tries to muscle red wine out of the health news headlines: According to recent research as reported in the NYT , “flavanoid-rich cocoa&# found in chocolate milk appears more effective at reducing inflammation that leads to atherosclerosis than regular milk! SIPPED: the hard question; SPIT: advertorial. MORE >>

White Burgundy Tasting. Yet in the future you could help recall tasting notes from these wines with some practice. Recently, I had to taste and compare three white Burgundies from the above-named region in the same vintage for a Master of Wine related exercise. 2007 Jean Collet Chablis Vielles Vignes. Very good quality again. MORE >>

Other research has shown that consumers’ buying decisions are slightly but positively influenced by medals, which placed sixth out of thirteen variables (ahead of front labels and shelf talkers). About half of the wines entered into at least three wine competitions bring home a gold medal. Links to abstract and full paper in pdf. MORE >>