THE WINE, AN EXTRAORDINARY CURE-ALL

Scientific researches demonstrate that wine can be helpful to health, provided that you drink a little of it every day and during meals, and not much of it every now and then.
Wine has been found to have many beneficial antidotes, which are not present in other alcoholic drinks (brandy, whiskey, grappa, etc.):

• VITAMINS (especially group B),
• MINERAL ELEMENTS (potassium, calcium, magnesium and other cations),
• ENZYMES,
• AMINO ACIDS,
• TANNINS,
• ORGANIC ACIDS,
• POLYPHENOLS (protoanthocyanidols, catechins, resveratrol and other polyphenols), contained in the grape seeds (over 50%), in the peels (25%) and in the grape stalks (25%).
  Red grapes are richer than white grapes and, accordingly, red wines more than white wines.
  Polyphenols help to protect the heart by inhibiting the aterogenetic processes responsible for heavy vasculopaties, including heart attacks; they reduce the bad cholesterol (Ldl) and increase the good (Hdl), block the deposit of triglycerids, slow the cell ageing down by opposing the free radical assault, have protective effect against ionizing (radioactive) radiations, perform an anticancerogenic, anticaries, antiviral, antihistaminic, anti-inflammatory action, etc..
• ANTHOCYANS (wine and grapes red pigment): they possess bactericidal and generally antiseptic activities.

Alcohol also has a function concerning health because it contributes to block the aggregation of platelets in the blood and, together with other elements, it enables the onset of arteriosclerosis.
Wine must be genuine to do good, and it is better, therefore, to direct the attention to qualitative productions.

OUR WINES

The Azienda Agricola Plantamura produces uniquely red wines from the ancient grapes of autochthonous Gioia del Colle’s Primitivo.

To discover the peculiarities of Plantamura’s wines, click on the labels!