>>Some say that it is not the red wine but the alcohol in wine that is good for longevity. But then, if that were true, people in Russia would live forever
LOL, exactly. It's the red wine that has the association, not white wine, beer or other EtOH.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
