In the 1990s, a phenomenon called the “French Paradox” was discovered and turned the health care community on its collective ear. The paradox is this: the French, who are infamous throughout the world for their consumption of fatty foods (such as cheese), are blessed with a very low incidence of heart issues. How is this so? It’s in their red wine diet! No, there’s no such thing as an actual red wine diet – no one can live on wine alone but is is a good part of a healthy diet. You see all French people have a little wine on a daily basis from a very early age. Since the study that revealed that fact went public, many, if not most, in the health care community have embraced the benefits of the daily drinking of red wine.

Nearly 20 years ago now, a study introduced the “French Paradox” to the world. This paradox revolved around this: how could people in France, infamous lovers of cheeses and saucy, fatty foods, have a low incidence of heart problems? Eventually, the scientists conducting this study found that just about all French people consume at least one glass a day of red wine starting at a very young age. Voila!

A lot of people know that you can use red wine in cooking, but they don’t know exactly how and where to use it. Fortunately, there are a lot of red wine reduction sauce recipes out there that you can experiment with, and here we’ll provide two that can help get you on your way.

For the first red wine reduction sauce recipe, you will need 2 medium minced shallots,

Red wine history, and all wine history, can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians, a culture that cultivated grapes originally for food. It is assumed that at some point some of those grapes must have fermented, producing alcohol. The Egyptians probably then experimented with this alcohol and found that not only was it tasty like nothing else, it also had the side effect of making the imbiber happy and, ultimately, drunk! Though wild grapes grew all across the planet, it was the Vitis Vinifera grapes which the Egyptians used to make wine that spread to the Mediterranean region and eventually into all of Europe.

A lot of people know that you can use red wine in cooking, but they don’t know exactly how and where to use it. Fortunately, there are a lot of red wine sauce recipes out there that you can experiment with, and here we’ll provide two that can help get you on your way.

For the first of our red wine sauce recipes, you will need 2 medium minced shallots,

Finding red wine recipes on the Internet is pretty easy to do. The trouble comes, however, when you start poring through the metric ton of sites out there and just get lost. It is for this reason that you should do a search for “red wine recipes,” pick a result, and stick with that one. Here’s one of the easiest methods.

Most wine connoisseurs will tell you that red wine is the cream of the crop. Red wines are velvety and rich, often dry, appeal to a more cultured palate, and pair wonderfully with cheese. Not that white wines don’t have their place, but red wines tend to take longer to get into and appeal to someone with a more mature taste in wine. Red wine and cheese is a common pairing, so let’s have a look and see what the different types are all about and how they pair up with cheese and other foods!

Red wine and hearth disease. Sounds very apropos, doesn’t it? It is, in fact, but not in the way you might think! You might think red wine causes heart disease, but in fact it is just the opposite. A few years ago, scientists examining the French Paradox – the phenomenon by which French people, in spite of eating a lot of fatty, cheesy, sauce-laden foods, have a very low incidence of problems with their hearts – found an antioxidant that naturally occured in red wine called resveratrol. As it turned out, the French were basically self-medicating when they consumed a little red wine with meals daily. How about that!

Fifteen years ago, the “French Paradox,” a term referrring to the fact that French people (despite being famous the world over for their love of fatty foods and cheeses) have a very low rate of heart problems, started getting thrown around by doctors and health nuts alike. “How could this be?” everyone wondered aloud. The answer was pretty simple: it was the wine! So of course people began to wonder: what about pregnat women? Can red wine and pregnancy mix despite the common belief that pregnant women should nto consume any alcohol?

A few years ago, the “French Paradox” was a term that started getting thrown around by doctors and health nuts. What is the French Paradox? It’s the phenomenon of French people, who are world famous for their adoration of cheese and other fatty foods, have a very low rate of heart disease. How is this possible? Well, the answer lies in the wine they drink every day. Believe it or not, there is a positive connection between red wine and health!