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Post by ajm on Aug 8, 2021 12:35:45 GMT 1
Does pineau count as winye? Typically 17%
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2021 17:39:33 GMT 1
By replacing your favourite alcoholic beverage with a soft drink or a fruit juice, you can reduce by up to 87% what little joy there is left in life. Thank me later.
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Post by exile on Aug 8, 2021 23:38:54 GMT 1
Oh dear, this thread is rather depressing. I drink less than I did and sometimes don’t have alcohol for a couple of days, but a glass of rosé as an apéro or with a meal improves the day/evening, even during these horrible soggy days and weeks we’ve mostly been having. I still support local (French) industries and Waitrose has 25% off wine for most of August, so the wine racks are full! I like rosé but no longer drink it as I was told it had a much higher sugar content than white or red wine - you wouldn't believe me due to my comments on this thread but I have cut back a great deal on sugar and salt but by cutting out biscuits, chocolate, sweets oh I must zip up or I shall get a craving and I've not succumbed for a couple of months now. Love to know where that came from Mrs A. It sounds like the statement that red cars go faster than black ones.. Yes I am sure there are some roses with high sugar levels as well as some with lower. My advice, if you enjoy your rose, enjoy it. There are a damn sight more calories in the alcohol than any residual sugar levels. If it really bugs you drink wines with alcohol levels 11% and less.
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Post by catrose on Aug 9, 2021 8:27:24 GMT 1
All these guidelines are just that - a way of assessing risks based on average people with a little bit of modification for age and sex. And alcohol is only one element of risk.
There are many others that can affect your health....lack of exercise, smoking, excess amounts of cured and red meats, high salt, obesity, etc etc.
I don’t smoke, am not overweight, exercise daily, and eat a diet that is largely plants and fish, with a BP of 10.5/7. So my two glasses a day are not changing!
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Post by exile on Aug 9, 2021 9:35:36 GMT 1
"Rose wine can have between 35 and 120 grams per glass."
Really? I think they have made a mistake there. Try weighing out 120g sugar and putting it into a wine glass. Now add water and dissolve the sugar - and that is going to take some time. Now tip out the liquid and leave the glass to dry out overnight. You will find a coating of sugar crystals on the inside of the glass. Does you rose glass do that if left overnight?
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Post by FFS on Aug 9, 2021 10:08:04 GMT 1
I thought the same as exile, there's got to be some mistake.
They say "the amount of sugar in a bottle of wine can vary from 4 grams to 220 grams per litre" but then go on to say that "Rose (sic) wine can have between 35 and 120 grams per glass", between 5 and 17 times the amount of sugar quoted for a dessert wine!
The maths doesn't correspond; their unit of reference is a 175ml glass, you get 5.71 of them per litre, so for rosé, 5.71*35 = 199.85 and 5.71*120 = 685.2, the latter way, way beyond the maximum figure of 220 grams per litre.
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Post by catrose on Aug 9, 2021 12:16:25 GMT 1
I wonder if they are doing some reverse calculations?
Rose wine contains between 70 and 80 calories per 100ml and it’s the least calorific of the three. White wine contains between 73 and 83 calories per 100ml, while red wine contains between 75 and 85 calories per 100ml, so it’s the most calorific of them all.
So say a bottle of wine is 600 calories. Then 1gram of normal sugar has 4 calories, making a bottle of wine contain the equivalent of 150grams of sugar....
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Post by exile on Aug 9, 2021 12:30:22 GMT 1
If they are doing reverse calculations catrose, then it is a serious mistake. As I posted earlier, the calorie count for the alcohol far outweighs any residual sugar.
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Post by ibis on Aug 9, 2021 12:43:26 GMT 1
I do not need a chart, calculator or doctor to tell me that my 3-4 pints at the pub and either a pint glass of whiskey and coke or a couple more beers at home is too much.
Used to be almost everyday; now I am lucky if I get out 1-2 times a week.
Unless I have started at a bar or other place outside of the homestead I do not drink at home & will not start until 6pm ( that is a followed rule)
The time in Spain is difficult on the organs and the next day as a pint costs €1,50 (100 Montaditos) compared to our village in France before the virus was €6,50 and €4 at happy hour ( hence the 6pm start time)
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Post by Gigi on Aug 9, 2021 14:01:42 GMT 1
My favoured French rosé here in the UK is quite dry and I’ve just measured how much my favourite glasses hold due to this thread, and it turns out to be a tiny 120 ml. So any concerns I had are now much reduced.
OTOH my favourite glasses for red wine are a little larger, although I think that they only measure 150ml.
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Post by FFS on Aug 9, 2021 17:03:27 GMT 1
My favoured French rosé here in the UK is quite dry and I’ve just measured how much my favourite glasses hold due to this thread, and it turns out to be a tiny 120 ml. So any concerns I had are now much reduced. OTOH my favourite glasses for red wine are a little larger, although I think that they only measure 150ml. Cor, you're posh, Gigi, separate glasses! I just have the one, be it for red or rosé.
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Post by Gigi on Aug 9, 2021 17:15:30 GMT 1
My favoured French rosé here in the UK is quite dry and I’ve just measured how much my favourite glasses hold due to this thread, and it turns out to be a tiny 120 ml. So any concerns I had are now much reduced. OTOH my favourite glasses for red wine are a little larger, although I think that they only measure 150ml. Cor, you're posh, Gigi, separate glasses! I just have the one, be it for red or rosé. 😃 Those for red wine are beautiful old glasses with twisted stems, bought many years ago at a charity shop - I swear that red wine tastes much better when drinking out of them. My husband is like you, drinks out of one type of glass, whatever the colour. We only have one shape if glass in France, bought from our favourite café-restaurant quite a few years ago - with my usual discount, of course! 😉
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2021 17:00:45 GMT 1
Since the creation of this thread I've only exceeded 21 units/week once and on that occasion only just. I've gone from drinking alcohol every day to one, two or three times a week. I'm well pleased with that. 😇
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Post by pcpa on Oct 2, 2021 17:33:11 GMT 1
Anyway, for those of you who can still knock em back, enjoy. Seconded
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Post by FFS on Oct 2, 2021 19:52:35 GMT 1
Since the creation of this thread I've only exceeded 21 units/week once and on that occasion only just. I've gone from drinking alcohol every day to one, two or three times a week. I'm well pleased with that. 😇 Good for you, but what changed, Ally -surely it wasn't the OP that brought it on?
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