Wine, women and sex

Survey says...American women who drink wine prefer red wine over white according toWine Spectator .com.  Among the respondents of more than 4300 women in France at the Vinexpo as part of a larger global survey,  93%  of American women say they drink wine at least once a week with meals. Many (67%) drink to relax after a long day.

Why do women drink? The majority said they drink because of the taste and because it goes well with their meals. Another portion, 11% of women say they drink because it’s fashionable. 97% of  women  believe that wine drinking is even healthy.

 What do women choose? When choosing, the most important factors are grape variety and price. Women who choose label design were in the minority.  American women also said they were more often likely to try new wines than to buy ones they had before.

Now to the good part: Wine drinking and sex. A study conducted by the University of Florence, Italy surveyed 800 women between ages 18 and 50 on their sexual satisfaction. Women who drink two glasses of wine a day scored an average of 27.3 out of a possible 36 points based on the Female Sexual Function Index.  Women who drank less wine had scored a 25.9 average. Non-drinkers averaged 24.4. Researchers were careful to make this comment ” While these finding need to be interpreted with some caution, it never less suggests a potential relationship between red wine consumption and better sexuality.”

I say build up your wine cellars, ladies!