"Barb" wrote in message
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Hi folks. With all the problems with alcohol seemingly rampant in the UK
lately - for various reasons, cheapness, accessibility, street-cred, etc.
etc. - it seems to be the fashion in the media lately to clobber drinking
of any kind.

There's a kind of grudging admission that One Glass Of Red Wine Is Good
For You, but that's it!!! Without going into a long argument about what
is, and what isn't, sensible drinking - we're all adults here, hopefully -
how is it that people in Europe have been drinking wine regularly for
years (centuries, even!) in moderate quantities, and haven't had the
promised "epidemic" of liver disease and all the other nasties?

There was a prog on the telly the other night maintaining that even a
couple of glasses with a meal was bad for you! I, personally, can't deal
with this! I'm getting a conscience every time I have a glass of my
latest lovely homebrew! Help !!!!

Barb

Pooh on the telly's talking heads. If you are a sot, you are
drinking too much. One thing to consider about those ancient wines however,
the potency of our wines today is probably like comparing 151 rum to Diet
Pepsi -- if they'd had Pepsi back then -- or 151...