Wine Spectator's Wine and Health Article

[Bucko]

That Gil is a real pain, er, I mean pard. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

I like this quote from the article:

But there are those who question the amount of attention devoted to resveratrol. "The focus on resveratrol, or any one component of wine, is unfounded," says Tedd Goldfinger, a senior cardiologist at the Tucson Heart Center in Arizona. "Studies have shown that the broad effect of wine is independent of any single compound."

He hit the nail on the head. It is much more complicated than just polyphenols. Alcohol alone stimulates the liver to produce more precursors of HDL cholesterol, which is the good, cardioprotective cholesterol.

The research continues...