wsop wrote:
> For someone who doesn't like the taste of wine, but wants the health
> benefits it would be a disservice to recommend any wine at all. The
> core health benefit comes from the polyphenols in the skins, and that
> means the real benefits only come from intense, bitter reds.

But if resveratrol is the main source of the health benefits, as is
seeming more and more likely these days, the wines with the highest
resveratrol content are Pinot Noirs and Chiantis, neither known for
their intense bitterness.

>
> My personal recommendation would be to drink tea, which also has
> significant amounts of polyphenols. Leave those big syrahs and barolos
> to those of us who love them

But tea has little to no resveratrol (see the links I provided in the
recent thread on resveratrol). And who says tea isn't bitter? ;-)

Mark Lipton