UPCOMING EVENTS --DAVID STREETS ART GALLERY

FOUR SISTERS RANCH will be pouring Wine in Beverly Hills January 12th, 2010
....This November we poured wine at the David Streets Art Gallery in Beverly Hills to honor Julie Newmar and Pat York.
.....On January 16, 2010 from 6-8 PM join us for some wine tasting, surrounded by magnificent art, to host the Israel Cancer Research Foundation. The Gallery is located at: 9407 and 9411 South Santa Monica Blvd., in Beverly Hills, gallery phone: 310-275-3464

Health Notes: "Longevity"
Wine Wine Wine ....and...??? dark Chocolate! Everyone, here is the scoop: "Chocolate 'cuts death rate in heart attack survivors.'....In the Journal of Internal Medicine."
Heart attack survivors noted to be eating chocolate 2 or more times each week reduced their risk of dying from heart disease about threefold compared to non-users. Smaller quantities of chocolate conferred less protection, but some. Earlier research had established a strong link between cocoa-based confections and lowered blood pressure and is thought to improve blood flow.
Chocolate is known to cut the rate of heart related mortality in healthy older men and in post-menopausal women. The anti-oxidants in cocoa, not in sweets in general, protect against free radicals which could damage cells and are thought to play a role in cancer, heart disease and the aging process.

• So, everyone, the double whammy effect of combining chocolate and wine did not hurt Jeanne Louise Calment, the oldest recorded human in the modern era having lived 122 years. She was born in Arles, France in 1875, She drank port wine every day and ate more than two pounds of chocolate each week. When Antonio Todde made it into the Guinness Book of World Records he loved to be 115 years old, born 1889 in a Sardinian mountain village. His secret of longevity was a glass or two a day of wine, which many other centenarians on the Isle of Sardinia attribute their survival to. The red wine he drank and his grandson produced came from grapes grown around the town of Nuoro. In China in 1998 the press discovered the longest living couple Li Guanghai, born 1897 and aged 101 years old and Wang Fangzhen, born 1896, aged 102 years old, noted to drink homemade wine and strong tea daily, with no serious diseases since age 40. England's Queen Elizabeth, born August 4, 1900, died at age 101. "Queen Mum" attributed her longevity to her genes AND the glass of red wine she had daily.
• Our Four Sisters Ranch wines were recently paired with chocolates from:
  TIFA Chocolate & Gelato, 5013 Kanan Road, Agoura, CA 91301 818-879-0685

where we found
Merlot goes well with Sambrirano, by Rogue Chocolatier, and FrancoisPralus French, daark chocolates from Indonesia

Cabernet goes well with Amano Artisan Chocolate, from the Coast of Bali or Red Firebarn Vosges from Paris/Cluizel Cacao Fevier Chocolatier
Syrah goes well with Trinidad Tritari -Les Tuopiques du Chocolat/ Francois Pralus and also with Domori Cru Cacao Carenero, which can also go with the Cab and the Merlot
You may wish to visit this chocolate shop where they were so friendly and helpful. We spent hours pairing the wines with the chocolates.....
Bon appetite! Let's all INDULGE in that great red wine and dark chocolates! ......................Serena Friedman, M.D. and grape grower/wine producer
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