I've heard the antioxidants in red wine are good for the heart. 

a votre sante!

I enjoy a glass of Pinot noir with my dinner :)

"Amazingly, moderately drinking has an even stronger effect on living longer than the life-preserving practice of exercise according to researchers."

Those researchers  should not be spreading that sort of incorrect information.

I am following the example of the Queen and Queen Mother....both lived and live in their 90's

" I discovered the Queen Mother’s pattern of drinking rarely varied,” he went on. “At noon, she had her first drink of the day — a potent mix of two parts of the fortified wine Dubonnet to one part of gin. This was followed by red wine with lunch and, very occasionally, a glass of port to end it. Later came the ritual observed at 6pm, deemed the earliest acceptable time for an evening drink. ‘Colin, are we at the magic hour?’ the Queen Mother would invariably ask, and I’d mix her a Martini. After a couple of these, she would sit down to dinner and drink one or two glasses of pink champagne.”

"Her Majesty drinks a gin and Dubonnet with lemon and ice before lunch, a wine with lunch, and a dry martini and glass of champagne at night.

While she might indulge in four cocktails a day, she’s always doing it on a full stomach."

I drink French wine.....far too much chemical crud in Australian 

There are far too many studies on the affects of alcohol. I read today that 3½ glasses of wine a week will bring on dementia. So, do we now believe that we will live longer but not know much about it?

I prefer the studies that say a glass of whisky a day is good for your health, has anyone seen one?

We are all going to die so may as well enjoy what time we have left and drink and eat what you like within moderation.

I don't drink a lot but I don't mind a drink. And why not! All the aches and pains go away, the conversation is better, the girls are prettier, if a couple of glasses of good wine is all it takes.... Count me in.

I think that this kind of reporting is irresponsible.  There is no way someone who is very unhealthy is doing to achieve the promise attributed to drinking such a level of wine a day.  Indeed, for those who are morbidly obese with cholesterol through the roof it could well be further detrimental to their health.

I think the report is directed at those who are already healthy.

 Cheers Jim and Tib, that's the spirit !