More Smart Sip Tips & New Regulations to Note

On May 12, 2018   /   Healthy Living, Imbibing  
More Smart Sip Tips & New Regulations to Note

Talk about raising awareness of from you lips to your hips! While everyone was enjoying their Mint Juleps to cheer on the Kentucky Derby and Margaritas for Cinco de Mayo last week, a new Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A) regulation was rolling out requiring restaurants and other dining and drinking establishments with more than twenty locations to list calories counts for cocktails, wine and beer. The guidelines were announced earlier this year. You can watch the recent NBC News report here. Like the calorie counts we see on menu items at similar establishments, these are intended as helpful guidelines to educate consumers about what

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The Link Between White Wine and Melanoma – Fearless Fabulous you! Dec. 26

On December 26, 2016   /   Fearless Fabulous You Radio Show, Healthy Living  
The Link Between White Wine and Melanoma - Fearless Fabulous you! Dec. 26

The news media was recently buzzing over a recent study out of Brown University that links consumption of white wine to an increased risk  Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Specifically, each daily glass of white wine was linked to a 13 percent greater risk of melanoma. A chemical called acetaldehyde, found in some wines is known to damage DNA. According to Wikipedia, acetaldehyde is also behind the dreaded hangover.  The study noted that red wine, contains a number of antioxidants that might counteract the harmful effects of acetaldehyde.   © Robyn Mackenzie | Dreamstime.com – Wine Glasses over White Now, being a wine

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Getting Things Off My Chest: If You Can’t Be With the Wine You Love…..

On June 15, 2015   /   Attitude Adjustment, Imbibing  

I have a game I like to play socially called “Define Your Wine” I ask people to describe themselves as a wine and why. Try it sometime with wine drinking friends. I tell people I’m a Viogner: soft and lush filled with a vibrant character filled with notes of peach, apricots and violets. A Viogner can be finicky about her climate. She doesn’t like  too much cold or direct sun. She’s a DIVAlicious blonde grape; please don’t compare her to everyday Chardonnays. This article actually refers to Viogner as the “Beyoncé of grapes.” The wine writer Lettie Teague recently joined

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Gone With the Wine- Tips To Practice Safe Sips

On May 11, 2015   /   Healthy Living, Life As We Know It  
Gone With the Wine- Tips To Practice Safe Sips

“It’s quittin’ time!” “Who says it’s quittin’ time?” “I say it’s quittin’ time. It’s quitting time!” David and I have had this exchange more than once, not only about working too much but also about over-imbibing. Both David and I work in the wine and food business. We’re Frequent Flighters who’ve logged a lot of mileage both producing and attending professional wine events. We spit a lot. It’s allowed and appropriate.   But sometimes it’s tough, especially when the day involves tasting many wines at different events. Last week we had a triple header- three tastings in one day. I was

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