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A subtle difference in the three beverages is the ‘romance factor’ of wine. It has been well established that intake of alcohol increases the desire for sex in the same proportion as it decreases the performance. A bottle of wine split by a couple with food may take you to a romantic high but try it with a 6-pack or a pint of whisky and you will know what I mean.
Wine should not to be taken as an alcoholic beverage. Alcohol is there to give it various flavours. To get high or higher you may enjoy your liquor. Also, due to the slow intake of wine with food it is absorbed by the digestive system unlike whisky which makes the alcohol go straight into the bloodstream. In any case, beyond a certain limit all the alcohol beverages are bad for liver, BP etc and certainly, driving under their influence is dangerous to your well being-and others’.
The debate is an interesting one; enough to have Dr. Arthur Klatsky of San Francisco, a pioneer in conducting studies on Heart and Wine relationship speak on the topic, ‘Beverage Choice: Is Wine Better Than Beer or Spirits?’ during the 3rd International Heart and Health Summit being held in Napa, California from March 2-5, 2005. (www.winesummit.com). Incidentally Dr. Klatsky whom I met in Napa a couple of years ago is a healthy 90+ years young and has been having a glass of wine with dinner for over 30 years.
To summarize, I would tell my friend to ‘live and let live’ and ‘each to his own’. The benefits of wine over other alcoholic beverages are plenty but like a blue chip stock on one’s equity portfolio, it should be a major part of the alcoholic beverage portfolio for a solid and healthy lifestyle. I end with a few simple lines:
Whisky could be risky
Beer may be dear,
But wine sure is fine
And fine wine simply divine.
Subhash Arora
President, Delhi Wine Club
President, Indian Wine Academy
arora@indianwineacademy.com
About the Author:
Founded Delhi Wine Club five years ago to promote wine culture in India through education by organizing various programmes and training seminars, wine tasting dinners etc.Writing content and managing India's first wine webzine, with India-centric wine news since inception. The Club has organised 105 events in 5 years and has been been voted the best wine club of India by the first-ever survey carried out by Wine Business International, Germany.
Wine passion has taken him to various wine fairs, vineyards and conferences around the world. He has written regularly for a popular daily under, 'Wonderful World of Wine'and a couple of national magazines. An engineer from IIT, Delhi with Master's degrees in Industrial Engineering and Business Administaration from the University of Minnesota, he has been actively promoting wine in India by delivering talks, organizing wine appreciation courses,training waiters and managers,designing wine menus and offering wine consultancy.
He has been a juror for the Vinitaly Wine Competition in 2006. He has been invited to be a speaker at various international forums like Vinitaly, Prowein and Fenavin. He is also the India correspondent of Wine Business Interntional. He is the editor article contributor of delWine, an eNewsletter that goes out to about 6000 people around the world.
He has been also voted 'the Best Wine Journalist' in the Who's Who Survey.
Website Name: Delhi Wine Club
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