Diet Wine

From Dr. Vino:

"A “real” housewife of New York, who was probably thin to start with, is launching a low-alcohol wine called “Skinnygirl.” It builds on the success of her low-calorie ready-to-drink margarita. "

I regard this as more of a curiosity than anything else, but do any of our winemaker friends here want to comment on the “initial run” of only 200,000 cases? Also is this stuff particularly low-cal as compared to, uh whatever regular wine is? What can you do to reduce calorie content of wine besides lower sugar and lower alcohol?

Out of curiosity I bought a bottle of the “Skinnygirl” margarita. If was the most foul, chemical-tasting beverage I have ever drank (and I have to admit I have tasted my share of foul/chemical drinks). I would give up alcohol altoghter for a couple weeks to lose weight before I would consume any of the margarita. And given my experience with the margarita would not spend a penny to try the wines.

Great marketing name - I’ll give her that (but I suspect “who was probably thin to begin with” is exactly correct).

Bill

I wonder why she thinks 100 calories in 5 ounces is lower calories? That is pretty normal.

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100 cal per 5oz eh? OK

http://www.wineloverspage.com/wines/nutrition.shtml

She should cover all of her marketing bases and add “Dolphin Safe and Cholesterol Free!”.

Exactly

My favorite quote from that:

“Wines stronger than usual in alcohol content, like a Chardonnay or Zinfandel at 13.5 percent or more…”

Methinks you have to add at least 10% to the calorie count for most modern wines.

But you gotta love the diet pros. You can still eat that brownie, just eat the “lo-cal” version. Or those potato chips. Or soda.

What about just passing on them altogether?

I figure if you’re worried about the calories, just drink good wine but drink less.