01/25/08 Calories

Welcome to Vine to Wine this is your host Linda Moran. As many of you know my new favorite wine is usually the wine that is in my glass at the time. I mean who would waste their time or the calories drinking wine they do not like? And speaking of calories & let's talk about that today! It never fails as soon as the New Year rolls around my pals are all asking me how many calories are in their wine. My answer is why worry? If you need to cut back on calories you can certainly do it some place else beside your wine can't you? Well of course that answer is not satisfactory and so here goes. My rule of thumb is about 100 calories give or take a few in a five ounce glass pour of wine, red or white. Fortified wine like Port closer to 170 or 180. Champagne for some reason seems to be a bit higher than still wine by ten to twenty calories. To be honest the amount probably varies from wine to wine but suffice to say if it is really important to you  you can look up the formula for figuring such things out and do it for yourself. You can lay off the wine until you get to the weight you want to be. Or you can adopt the logical philosophy of all things in moderation. Good luck with those diet things and if you are still on it you are way ahead of most of the population. Remember to send your wine questions to Linda at Vine to Wine dot net and thanks for joining me on today's Vine to Wine.