Does the idea of drinking a bottle of wine per day seem just a little excessive to you? Well according to the study of yet another alcohol ‘expert’, drinking 7 bottles a week, or say 365 bottles a year, will not do you any harm. In research carried out by former World Health Organisation alcohol expert Dr Kari Poikolainen, he claims that we can consume up to 13 units of alcohol per day without any ill effect. With a 75cl bottle of our Castro Martin albariño containing only 9 units, this would mean that drinking 1½ bottles per day would be just about within the limit!

My own personal belief is pretty much the same as the advice that we are usually given. Enjoy your wine, but take it in moderation – indeed I have always thought that a glass of wine with your meal is possibly a good way to aid digestion, or is that just another misleading ‘expert’ opinion? On the other side of the coin there are those who would argue that wine is a toxin and should be avoided altogether, but then this is perhaps a rather extreme view. Surely the solution to this ongoing conundrum must lie somewhere between the two.

Does the idea of drinking a bottle of wine per day seem just a little excessive to you? Well according to the study of yet another alcohol ‘expert’, drinking 7 bottles a week, or say 365 bottles a year, will not do you any harm. In research carried out by former World Health Organisation alcohol expert Dr Kari Poikolainen, he claims that we can consume up to 13 units of alcohol per day without any ill effect. With a 75cl bottle of our Castro Martin albariño containing only 9 units, this would mean that drinking 1½ bottles per day would be just about within the limit!

My own personal belief is pretty much the same as the advice that we are usually given. Enjoy your wine, but take it in moderation – indeed I have always thought that a glass of wine with your meal is possibly a good way to aid digestion, or is that just another misleading ‘expert’ opinion? On the other side of the coin there are those who would argue that wine is a toxin and should be avoided altogether, but then this is perhaps a rather extreme view. Surely the solution to this ongoing conundrum must lie somewhere between the two.