• In the 1990s, some researchers observed that French people—despite eating lots of saturated fat—tended to have low rates of heart disease. Dubbing this phenomenon the “French paradox,” the researchers speculated that regular wine consumption may be protecting their hearts from disease.

  • Red wine has, for more than 30 years, dominated global wine consumption. Now, consumer preference for reds appears to be shrinking, with more wine drinkers choosing to purchase white wines. At a quick glance, it’s easy to ascribe the shift to different generational preferences, but the resurgence of white wine preference in the past year appears to also be driven by the diversification of American cuisine and the rising popularity of wine-based cocktails
  • To make lower-alcohol wines it might be best to choose the simplest approach; harvest the grapes earlier. However, this choice has implications for the composition and quality of the resulting wine as the grapes may lack phenolic ripeness. A new innovation in technology helps by including the use of ultrasound for wineries.