Q&A: Wine & Food Questions
Muscadine vs muscato
I have leukemia and have been told that the muscadine grape has been soccessfuly used to fight prostate cancer and is now thought to help leukemia. I have used the whit grape juice....the seed capsules and our local FL res wine. The muscato from Italy is less expensive but it is not mentioned in the medical reports. If youGoogle the words muscatine cancer you will see the medical experiments and claims. Will moscato give the same benefits? Thank you. Janet McGrath
Answer From Expert Roger C. Bohmrich, MW
I am not qualified to discuss the medical benefits of any type of grape (or wine). As a wine professional, I am interested in the health aspects of wine and follow reports about past and current research. However, it is commonplace to find contradictions in research outcomes, so I am personally reluctant to embrace any single study. I think you are on the right track in terms of evaluating any new research very carefully before making your own personal choices. I wish you success in finding credible answers which can truly help your condition.
About The Expert
Roger has enjoyed a lengthy career in the wine trade as an importer and retailer, and at present he is an educator, speaker and consultant. He set up and managed Millesima USA, a New York merchant affiliated with Europe's leader in direct sales of fine wines to consumers. Previously, he served as senior executive of Frederick Wildman & Sons, traveling regularly around the world to visit wineries and taste the new vintage from barrel. Roger became one of America's first Masters of Wine in 1993.
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