Thursday 7 February 2013

White Wine: Types & Health Benefits!

White alcoholic liquors are prepared from the grape juice and grape pulp or only from the juice of grapes. Color of white alcohol can be yellow-green, yellow-golden, or straw-yellow. This coloration can be derived from a mixture of several grape varieties.

Often consumed with lighter meals, these kind of alcoholic drinks are more refreshing and lighter in terms of taste and style than that of other wines equivalents. Although, there are number of exceptions to consume these liquors variety of foods, but some old lines still held true, “white wine with white meat”.
In order to know more about white wines, let's have a look on its types and benefits:

Types:

There are several kinds of white beverage and each of has its own taste, aroma and health effects. All such kind of alcoholic beverages are made by growing and processing white grapes, grown in several regions of the world.

Depending upon the taste and aroma, wines can be categorized as: Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Chenin Blanc, Muscat, Marsanne, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Gris/Grigio, Sauvignon/Fumé Blanc, Roussanne, Viognier, Sémillon, Grüner Veltliner and more.

Health benefits:

High amounts of compounds and antioxidants, that offer several kinds of health benefits, are available in the skin of grapes. As grapes itself also contain nutrients and health beneficial compound that is why white alcohol is considered as a healthy beverage. Some of the most common health benefits are:
  • Antioxidants: Thorough research of one of the renowned university has proven that wine grape juice include higher levels of antioxidants which helps in the protection of cells from oxidation.
  • Disease prevention: It has been analyzed that like Italian red wine, white wine has significant effects on particular diseases. Elaborately, it has been studied that the antioxidant present in this alcoholic beverage is effective for preventing diseases like breast cancer and lung disease. In fact, one of the renowned universities has researched that moderate consumption of white alcohol is vital to improve lung health.
  • Nutritional Content: In addition to antioxidant properties, wine also contains the nutritious content which includes potassium, phosphorus and fluoride.
  • Reduce hangover: Availability of chemical byproducts of wine fermentation (congeners) causes hangovers. In addition to coloring properties, they add an aroma, taste to the beverage. The availability of congeners is lower in white wine as compared to red wine, thus helps in reducing hangover.

In addition to this, right amount of this alcoholic beverage offers many skin and heart healthy benefits.

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