Scientists have long suggested that red wine can help cut the risk of heart disease, although the benefits seem to apply only to men over 40 and women after the menopause.

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Previous studies have suggested that the polyphenols in red wine may help to cut inflammation, and possibly the risk of both cancer and heart disease.

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When they were free to cut prices with abandon, away went the wine and complimentary pillows.

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Maybe a wine with a little spice to it and a cut of crispness?

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At an event for local councillors, who made short work of the free wine and sandwiches, Sir Menzies was handed a knife to cut the celebratory cake.

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If that ever entered into the equation in the wine fraud case now pending in Manhattan federal court, the time to cut losses has long since passed.

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Wine from Australia, Chile and Argentina was mostly bottom-of-the-barrel, cut-rate stuff you'd be embarrassed to order on a first date.

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As a rule of thumb, I prefer a juicy red wine, something like a Barbera from Piemonte, whose low tannins, high acidity and power cut through the pizza.

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The first book featured family standards like Zippy Olive Beef Spread, made by combining whatever wine is on hand, instant minced onions, cream cheese, mayonnaise, chopped cocktail olives and beef cut up with kitchen shears.

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