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How Many Calories in That Wine?
With the country on a diet and calorie frenzy, many are concerned about just how many calories are in that bottle of Cabernet or Pinot Grigio. Even if you do enjoy a glass of red wine every night with dinner, you don’t need to worry about counting those calories. But if you’re truly worried, read on.
Red wines tend to have very slightly lower calories because of the extra residual sugars in white wines. However, most view this residual sugar as negligible and the calorie intake is roughly the same, unless you have a very sweet dessert or ice wine. Most wines have about 25 calories per ounce. But no one drinks just once once of wine. The nutritional chart is usually based on 4 ounces, totaling 100 calories. However, most people actually fill their wine glass pretty high so you’re really looking at 125-150 calories per glass.
This is only an average though and some may want to know the exact amount. If you’re that concerned about your calorie intake, you can check out the official USDA Nutritional Database. Most of us don’t need to be worried. You won’t form a wine gut from a few glasses.
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Posted on: Monday, May 2nd, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Posted in: Wine Facts
Tags: red wines, white wines