Break out the bubbly: White wine may be good for you

"White wine lovers can feel a little less guilty about their habit. New research suggests that white varieties may offer similar heart benefits to red wines. Rats that were fed white wine as part of their diet suffered less heart damage during cardiac arrest, compared to animals fed only water or grain alcohol. These benefits were similar to animals that ingested a red wine or its wonder ingredient found only in grape skin, resveratrol. White wine, made from the pulp of the grape but not the skin, contains no resveratrol, which led many to pin the so-called "French paradox" - high fat intake but low rates of heart disease - on moderate consumption of red wines" - New Scientist