Moderate Consumption

[hotwine]

"Moderate" is a very inexact term. For my wife, it's about 1.5 glasses per day, depending on her activities each day, food consumption, etc. For me, it's about three glasses per day... but then, I outweigh her by nearly 100 lb. We work out for an hour each day, five days per week, and a "glass" to us is one-half of a Riedel Sommelier Bordeaux stem, or six ounces of wine. If the wine has 12.5% ABV, two glasses represents slightly less than 1.5 oz of alcohol. Tolerance is based on so many variables, esp. body mass, metabolism and exercise, that the word "moderate" is almost meaningless.