Red Wine vs Beer

[wineguruchgo]

I searched the web for calorie/fat content and this is what I found.

Beer (12 fl oz) Calories
Amber Ice beer 130
Artic Ice beer 150
Augsburger Bock beer 170
Ballard Bitter beer 180
Beck's beer 150
Big Sky beer 150
Black & Tan beer 185
Black Label beer 155
Blackhook Porter beer 160
Blatz beer 135
Blue Moon Ale 160
Bud Dry beer 130
Bud Ice beer 150
Budweiser beer 150
Busch beer 145
Carling beer 140


Wine (4 fl oz) Calories

Beaujolais 95
Bordeaux, red 95
Burgundy, red 95
Burgundy, white 90
Cabernet Sauvignon 90
Chablis 85
Champagne, dry 105
Champagne, pink 100
Chardonnay 90
Chianti 100
Liebfraumilch 85
Madeira 160
Marsala 80
Merlot 95
Mosell 100
Muscatel 160
Port, ruby 185
Port, white 170
Reisling 90
Rhone 95
Rose 95
Sangria 115
Sauterne 115
Sauvignon Blanc 80
Tokay 165
Zinfandel, red 90
Zinfandel, white 80


I'm a little confused though. Most of the wines with a higher sugar level had more calories, and yet, White Zin only has 80!

It's my understanding that beer has empty calories. Not really sure what that means but it's what I've always heard. Maybe it's calories that the body can't use or get rid of so it just hangs around. Around the middle.