Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 “Pale plonk packs an acidic punch!” says the BBC, Well, it does and it doesn’t. Different grapes have different acid levels, it also depends on how long the wine has been in contact with the teeth. For example, wine merchants usually sample around 5 - 50 wines per day, they do this by holding the wine in their mouth for around 60 seconds. A typical drinker of wine doesnt do this, this is the reason that a trypical wine drinker doesnt damage their teeth as much as a sampler, the acid of the wine doesnt get time to activate. Loads of noise on twitter for the story on http://twitter.com/winewarecouk and White wine actually do to teeth?

It should be pointed out that the erosion of teeth by wine is the result of extensive wine use that would also lead to damaged liver and all sorts of other problems. The typical wine drinker who sips a glass of wine at dinner or with their evening meal should not be ‘scared off’ by the tooth decay headlines, remember 100 year old women in Italy swear that wine was the secret of their longevity.

White wine stains teeth:

I think that anyone who has drank a few glasses of Red would agree that, yes, it does. Has it ever crossed your mind how this is? “Red wine, unlike white, contains a highly-pigmented substance known as chromogen,” explained Dr. Wolff of the New York University College of Dentistry, they goes on to explain that “The acids in wine create rough spots and grooves that enable chemicals in other beverages that cause staining, such as coffee and tea, to penetrate deeper into the tooth”.

Notice that Dr Wolff said wine and not simply White wine, all wine has the ability to cause dental erosion, only Red wine has the added ability to show this on your teeth.

How can we stop the erosion of teeth?

1) Alkaline mouthwashes are highly recommended

2) Proper brushing of your teeth with a soft tooth brush is encouraged.

3) Drink should be enjoyed with food, this can be any type of food but this helps start the mouths mineralisation.

4) Don’t brush your teeth for at least 30 mins after food, this helps minerals to heal the tooths structure.

5) Cheese can also help as it contains calcium in a high concentration

I hope this is helped a little towards taking away the fear factor of White wine.

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At Classic Wine Direct we’re pretty upfront about what we do – we can’t compete with supermarkets on price so we offer wines from off the beaten track instead. these wines tend to be more full of taste and better quality. people who drink wine don’t really know the true value of wine.

the chief executive for the wine trade confirmed many of the deals are a rip off.

The fact that a leading player in the wine business had admitted that consumers were being conned caused many a raised eyebrow.

half price deals are not in fact deals at all according to Spiret. Put simply, a bottle reduced from £7.99 to £3.wines are more likely to be worth £3.99.the first place of 99.

retails brands use the policy of marking up and then mark down. customers presume they are getting quality wine at great prices. Confused? thats what we think generally.

the majority of the wine market is obsessed with the £3.99 price bracket.having a cheap wine price bracket will make retailers try different marketing tricks.

Spiret thinks consumers know they are getting misled and they get use to it. At the end of the day, it just leads to the impoverishment of the wine trade”.

Spiret’s gives us an inside view of the true tricks in which wine is sold by the big retailers. the retailers view the customers are lazy.

spiret was making us aware of the tricks of marketing wine.

two thirds of the wine sales are taken up by the supermarkets.

do they really get a bottle for £7.99 of value from a £3.99 bottle then it follows that it will be much harder for the independent wine retailer to sell something whose real value is (and always was) £7.99.

this type of marketing leaves it open to all sorts of underhand practices.

However, if the political mood continues to be against discount selling for alcohol, it will be interesting to see how the big retailers find a real price for wines they have knowingly mis-sold for the last 10 years.

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It’s nearly Friday lunchtime. This week seems to have been very long and busy.

The countdown to the weekend has now officially begun and that means I will be able to have a few bottles of my favourite wine.

Usually it’s a few bottles on Friday and Saturday nights and then just one bottle on Sunday. Unfortunately I have to be up bright and early for work on Monday, ready for another busy week at the office.

I have been drinking for quite a few years now, but I will admit I am still a bit of an amateur and sometimes I do choose the wrong wine. My confusion is if I should be serving a red, white or rose.

Now for Friday night dinner, I was thinking about serving up a nice piece of steak. To accompany this I think I should be choosing a nice Cabernet Sauvignon. However my predicament is I am an absolute lover of any sort of Shiraz, so perhaps I should get a couple of bottles of this.

At my house this Saturday we are having a family get together and I am organising a nice buffet. Normally when my family come round, they don’t bring their own wine, so that means I always have to get extra supplies in. I think I will probably go for a case of Cava as this is my absolute favourite. My dilemma will be should I get Rosado Cava or Reserve Cava, or perhaps, as it’s a big event, I should just get a case of each.

On Sunday night there will be just be the two of us and I think after our weekend of heavy drinking we will just enjoy a nice cup of tea.

I can’t believe it but that is another weekend done and dusted.  It will soon be Monday morning again and the alarm will be buzzing nice and early ready for another busy, hectic week at the office.  Oh roll on Friday.

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