In general, people would choose red wine over white wine due to several reasons :
1. Health benefits – rich in antioxidants, thus aids in preventing coronary heart disease and some cancers, lowering the cholesterol level, etc
2. The body a.k.a. the weight
3. It’s just more popular
What’s the difference between red wine and white wine anyway, other than the distinguished difference in colour and some commonly known facts? Well... For red wine, red or purple grapes are used and fermented together with skins, seeds and sometimes even stems – which contribute to its weight a.k.a. woody taste a.k.a. tannin. On the other hand, white wine uses green or yellow grapes and fermented only with the flesh and nothing else – reason why it’s lighter and sweeter.
As to the health benefits, a science article produced in year 2006 wrote that “the flesh of grapes is equally as cardioprotective with respect to the skins”. In other words, white wine is as good as red wine - contrary to the common belief that cardioprotective compound (polyphenolic antioxidants) is only present in red wine, due to the grape skins and seeds content. Hrmm...
So red or white? It’s a matter of choice, I guess...
All that said, what does the writer a.k.a. me, prefer? I’m a fan of white, of course. And I love late harvest. :>
1. Health benefits – rich in antioxidants, thus aids in preventing coronary heart disease and some cancers, lowering the cholesterol level, etc
2. The body a.k.a. the weight
3. It’s just more popular
What’s the difference between red wine and white wine anyway, other than the distinguished difference in colour and some commonly known facts? Well... For red wine, red or purple grapes are used and fermented together with skins, seeds and sometimes even stems – which contribute to its weight a.k.a. woody taste a.k.a. tannin. On the other hand, white wine uses green or yellow grapes and fermented only with the flesh and nothing else – reason why it’s lighter and sweeter.
As to the health benefits, a science article produced in year 2006 wrote that “the flesh of grapes is equally as cardioprotective with respect to the skins”. In other words, white wine is as good as red wine - contrary to the common belief that cardioprotective compound (polyphenolic antioxidants) is only present in red wine, due to the grape skins and seeds content. Hrmm...
So red or white? It’s a matter of choice, I guess...
All that said, what does the writer a.k.a. me, prefer? I’m a fan of white, of course. And I love late harvest. :>
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ooo u a season wine luver? I prefer red, I don't go into the oh there's a tint of this n tht.. so why do I prefer red? taste heftier ;-)
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