Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University have suggested that frequent drinking of white wine may damage the teeth.

The effect is pH-mediated was exacerbated by brushing the teeth soon after drinking wine. Red wines were noted to be much less damaging to teeth, and the researchers suggest that the effect of white wine might be mitigated by the ingestion of calcium-rich cheese. picked by bingo 1 month ago

9 good reasons why cheap wine is better than the expensive stuff picked by Eastcoast1978 12 months ago

Australian researchers at the Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia (UWA), have found a way to make clothing out of wine using Acetobacter (bacteria). Acetobacter is a microbe that turns wine into vinegar. This same bacteria is used to grow fabric at UWA. picked by ordinarychick 3 years ago

What is it with the Chinese? As if crushed ant juice wasn't bad enough we get this, wine infused with baby mice. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Used as a cure all in rural parts of Korea, it’s made by stuffing a hoard of two to three day old mice into a bottle of rice wine and leaving it to stew for, ooh, a good year or so.
After that you’ll have a ricey-mice concoction fit for… mentally scarring your own children. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

A wine made out of Army Worms (a pest).

In response to Turtle's post. picked by melgesevad 2 years ago

"Already, several local supermarkets selling foreign wines have been attacked with small explosive devices, with others graffitied with the Crav's initials."

..You just can't make this stuff up folks. I guess this is what we should expect from a country that still has many people believing the sun revolves around the earth! (j/k) picked by Fizz71 2 years ago

A $20,000 bottle of wine stolen from a Hopkinton, Mass., liquor store has been returned unopened. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Comes in a wine bottle with cute names like Sauvignon Bark and Pinot Leasheo.

As if our furry friends weren't pampered enough. picked by tigertony 2 years ago

A U.S. prankster says he made up a fictional Italian restaurant and was able to win an award of excellence for it from a wine magazine.

Cheers! picked by suebe 1 year ago

Dutch researchers followed 1,373 men for more than four decades, noting their eating and drinking habits. Men who had about 20 grams of alcohol daily — equivalent to a half a glass of wine — had 2 1/2 years added to their life expectancy at age 50, compared with men who didn’t drink at all. Men who consumed only wine had twice as much added longevity. picked by bingo 7 months ago

Women who drank two glasses of wine a day scored an average of 27.3 points out of a possible 36 on the satisfaction scale, while those who stopped at one glass scored a 25.9 average. Non-drinkers averaged a 24.4. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

No "Ratatouille" wine from the company that specializes in entertainment for children. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

I am not sure if this is wine or not. picked by onion 2 years ago

Screw tops, boxes, and now plastic bottles? A move is afoot to package wine in low-cost, lighter plastic containers. The bottles come with an expiration date because the plastic does not provide the same airtight seal as glass. But because most wine sold in the US is consumed relatively quickly, it shouldn't affect taste. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Although Paris was recently arrested for drunk driving, wine-maker Prosecco has selected her to be in ads for their wine range called 'Rich'. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence said Robert Fripp. Professor Adrian North says that once you've filled the cup of silence you should fill your wine glass and enjoy the two.

I'd always thought it the other way round, but what do I know? picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

There are so many styles of wine available in stores these days, and when you add that to the fact that today’s food shops and restaurants are filled with flavours from around the world, the possibilities for wine and food matching are endless. But don’t be discouraged by all this variety. picked by femina 3 years ago

Scientists have found that the compound resveratrol -- found in red wine and grape skin -- slows age-related deterioration and functional decline of mice on a standard diet, but does not increase longevity when started at middle age. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

My next new project will be collecting wine labels. so far i have a lot of camera phone pictures of wine labels. they really are a fascinating art. picked by muppet 2 years ago