No, it’s not that you’re just hearing what you want to hear, wine really is good for you. How is that? Let me count the ways: it fights heart disease, helps prevent ulcers, may inhibit the growth of some cancers, helps prevent strokes, and perhaps most importantly, it makes you happy. So go ahead, read what you want to read.
In the process of making red wine the skins are left on the grapes. These skins contain tannin which is loaded with antioxidents. So though white wine doesn’t contain them, most medium to heavy bodied reds do and are very good for you.