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Drink More Wine

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.