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Article: Retailers report sales of red wine spurt after heart- healthy claims
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 19, 1992
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NAPA, Calif. The most widely available red wine in the world, Gallo
Hearty Burgundy, is suddenly in such great demand that it's being
carefully parceled out.
In fact, supermarket sales of all red wine rose 44 percent from
Nov. 17 through Dec. 15 over the same period a year ago. And winery
tasting room managers report that in the last three months there has
been enormous interest in red wines, more than at any other time in
American history.
Why are Americans suddenly going nuts for red wine?
It is all linked to a Nov. 17 report on "60 Minutes." Doctors
interviewed for the segment called "The French Paradox" attributed
the low rates of heart disease among the French, whose diet is high ...