Article: L'chaim! Researchers make white wine as healthful as red

JUDY SIEGEL
Jerusalem Post
06-23-2008
Headline: L'chaim! Researchers make white wine as healthful as red
Byline: JUDY SIEGEL
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 07

Monday, June 23, 2008 -- A white wine that contains the same amount of healthful antioxidants as red wine has been developed by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. Antioxidants are believed to slow the ageing of tissue in the body (by fighting oxygen free radicals) and help prevent heart attacks and other conditions.

Grape skins are the key to the research. Red wine is made by fermenting the juice along with the skins, while white wine requires their removal. The skins are what give red wine its ...

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