Heh heh!! Well, I read an article about how a red wines lower cholesterol. It said that Red Zinfandel at around 16% alcohol will lower it the best.
I've been drinking 4 ounces of Woodbridge Red Zin (a little over 15% Alcohol) a few evenings every week (not every evening, even) and made some minor changes to my diet and lowered my cholesterol substantially.
And not only that, there have been some evenings when I've been most distressed and anxious (going through a tough time as you may know.) That little 4 ounce dose calms me down enough to where I can get to sleep and most the time I'm over the stress in the morning.
That doesn't happen very often, though...but I'm happier to take a four ounce glass of wine on the rare occasion than some kind of pill, you know?
Make it yerself and you can do better than 16% :)
The whole thing just came to me in a sudden flash of vision...
Back when I was drinkin', I once laid down $12.00 for a glass of 1947 Rossi Chianti.
It was pretty good. I dunno about $12.00 good, but up to then I'd had no good experience with red wine. Or any "serious" wine of any color, for that matter. I liked Riunite and Boone's Farm...(eww, now)
Of course, nowadays the whole thing's academic. I will have one beer, and only one, and only if I can have it in the Bratwurststuberl (sp?) on the Hauptmarkt in Nuremberg.
Now that's a late-night rambling post...