Talking Points: Getting a second opinion on wine and health
What the smartest people in wine + Buddhist teachers have taught me about moderation.
Talking Points is for wine lovers and trade folks who want to be well-informed about wine. The series covers what industry leaders are saying about the most important current topics. Today we’re talking about health.
Plenty of people smarter than me are addressing the consequences of the holes in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) new conclusion on drinking alcohol: that no amount is safe. Not a single sip of wine. Actually, don’t even look at it.
Disclaimer—especially if you are a consumer-facing wine professional—it’s important to talk about health transparently. We want to demonstrate that we’re not drinking the Kool-Aid; we do acknowledge that alcohol is unsafe for some people and we would never be so naive as to suggest to you, stranger, that alcohol IS safe (or even beneficial) for you to drink.
Your ability, dear wine communicator, to acknowledge the entire context will give you credibility when you relay the following facts about wine:
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