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Red wine has been around for centuries. It’s a complex drink that can take years to perfect. There are history and science inside every bottle. Here are the Top 10 fun facts about red wine. Enjoy with a glass…

1. Health Benefits

Drinking red wine occasionally and in small quantities is better for you than not drinking at all! Red Wines are well attributed to positive health benefits. It lowers your chances of having a stroke compared to non-drinkers. The antioxidants found in red wine reduce incidences of cardiovascular disease, mortality, and type-2 diabetes. For men and women who drink moderately, it lessens their chance of developing Type 2 diabetes by 30%. Obviously, when you drink more than you are supposed to, then the advantages are replaced with increased health risks.

2. Enzymes

Women are more inclined to the effects of wine than men. This is partly because they have fewer enzymes in the stomach lining that is needed to break down alcohol simply.

3. Did you know…

Red wine guilt-free! No fat and no cholesterol! But that does not mean to drink a bottle a day either!

4. Wine-phobia!

Some people are afraid of wine, diagnosed with a wine-phobia. Believe it or not, there exists a phobia called oenophobia where people affected are afraid of wine. This is a phobia associated with getting intoxicated and alcohol drinks in general. It is a phobia just like all other phobias with symptoms ranging from tremors and shortness of breath, especially when it comes to actually choosing a wine!

5. Wine is 9000 years old!

Historians have found vineyards in the Middle East which date back to over 9000 years! Looks like good things last.

6. Wine tasting

When at a wine tasting event, it is not frowned upon for spitting the wine out. Take a sip of wine and hold it in your mouth for a couple of seconds, then either swallow it or spit out. This is an acceptable way to know if it’s a good wine. A good wine will have a lengthy aftertaste.

7. Ancient wine tasted nothing like what it tastes like today

Wine flavour profiles are constantly being refined and adapted to commercial taste which means that ancient wine had a very different taste than that of what we know wine to taste like today. It was more vinegar-like, mixed with herbs and spices. 

8. Red wine prevents wrinkles

If you want to stay forever young, drink red wine! Thanks to the abundance of antioxidants in red wine which help destroy free radicals in the body. The result? Great skin! Red wine is made from red grapes and grape skins. This is what helps keep you young.

9. You’re probably holding your wine glass wrong.

Generally, people tend to hug the wine glass at the top of the glass, but you should be holding your glass from its stem. There is a real reason for this. Your hands will heat up your wine quickly if you hold your glass at the top, and you don’t want to tamper with the correct wine temperature, especially when it comes to white wine.

10. Vatican City consumes the most wine

According to a 2014 study conducted by Wine Institute is one of the biggest wine-drinking countries per capita, second only to Andorra. This small city-state is only 110 acres in size and has a population of 1000, but sure packs a punch.