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If you want to give a boost to your heart, raise a toast with a glass of red wine from South West France. A team of British researchers published a study in Nature magazine, showing that red wines from the South West region of France have the highest levels of procyanidins - the compounds in grape seeds that are responsible for making red wine good for the heart.

Wines from south-west France (and Sardinia) had between two and four times as much procyanidins as other red wines, which Corder believes is because traditional wine-making techniques are still in use there—these traditional methods ensure that the compounds are efficiently extracted during vinification.

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Federation of Charentes Private Cellars

Only the Federation of Charentes Private Cellars is empowered to authorize a member wine grower to use this seal, on the condition that he undertakes to to respect this charter of guarantee.  His seal (picture CharentisPrivateCellars.jpg) is the authentic signature of a Charentes Wine Grower who does the following:
  • Cultivates his own vineyard
  • Harvests his own grapes
  • Produces his own wine
  • Blends the must from his own grapes with Cognac
  • Ages his own Pineaux
  • Bottles his own products in his private cellar ("cave particulière")
  • Enjoys presenting the fruit of his labours
  • Encourages the tasting of his products
  • Markets only his own production.
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