Red wine helps against colds

Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the food lovers of online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat and what to cook. This time our chefs serve you: Red wine helps against colds.

While everyone at my home keeps sniffling, I cheerfully walk through the winter healthy and upbeat. The secret? A glass of red wine. Because it has been proven: drinking red wine helps against a cold. Nothing is as delightful as a velvety, good red wine in winter. Good red wine is priceless. Worth every sip. That aroma, that warm feeling when you take a sip, that warmer feeling with sip two...

Sixty percent!

Pour that vino, because drinking wine really helps against a cold. Red wine, that is. Research shows that people who drink two glasses of red wine every day are less likely to catch a cold than those who, for example, enjoy a beer. Studied at Harvard, the scientists there say that regularly having a glass of red wine reduces the risk of a cold by as much as 60 percent. You'd almost get thirsty for it.

Wine tip

Convinced? Then I have a wine for you that not only suppresses the symptoms of a nasty cold but is also incredibly delicious. A Shiraz from Down Under, from the Australian winery Penfolds. Familiar name? That could be right, because their ‘Grange’ wine is a true bucket list wine with sky-high scores from wine writers worldwide and adorned with medals. But seemingly out of reach, hence an affordable alternative. Penfolds makes the softest red wines in Australia; Max’ Shiraz is also such a delightful wine, bursting with fruit, that feels like silk or velvet in your mouth. And just available at Bijenkorf. For just under thirty euros a bottle, and six for the price of five. A bargain for all those tissues you'll save this winter. Cheers!

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