Rosé Wine from Myanmar Vineyard

Ā Propos Rosé Wine

When in the year 2000 the Myanmar Vineyard Co., Ltd was about to be established, its sponsors were wise enough to ask some early yet vital questions. For, if in a couple of years we have proven to the outside world that Myanmar is the home of excellent Wines, then a coupe of questions need to be addressed, for example :

Question Nr.1: “If of our wine varieties shall be exceptional which is the one we should give special attention in our development work: The ‘Red’, ‘White’ or Rosé”?”
In order to answer that question, we discovered that we first had to find the answer to another question:

Question Nr.2: “Which region of the world does the climate in Myanmar resemble the most during the sunny part of the year?” The experts’ answer is uncontested: To the Mediterranean countries, like the South of France, Portugal or Spain. Therefore follows

Question Nr.3: Which wine do the people there prefer to drink?”

The answer came to all of us as a big surprise: “ROSÉ Wine of course” at least during most part of the day, especially around sunset.

The conclusion was simple:

The Myanmar Vineyard Company will concentrate its wine-making efforts on making the best possible Rosé Wine in Asia.

Rosé is a wonderful wine if it receives special care. It is also healthy as some recent research has shown (see attachment) these discoveries made the decision easy where the company’s major market niche was to be. Many vintners and wine-makers wanted to make the best ‘White’ and the best ‘Red’ but in the process overlooked or neglected the Rosé Wine which MVM was determined to now give special care. .

Few experts know that it takes as much skill to make a good Rosé as it takes to make good White’s or Red’s. Therefore the conclusion of the MVM management after this brief analysis was to make a Rosé which excels and which was superior to most Rosé’s being offered by the market in general.

Besides, Rosé is part of the “Mediterranean Paradox” which deals with the discovery that ‘Red’ and ‘Rose Wines’ enhance the health of the consumers who enjoy these wines in moderate quantities, but regularly. (see: Recent Research Results)

In a nutshell: Rosé Wine is the ideal wine for warmer climates such as Myanmar. That is the reason why it is the most popular wine in the Mediterranean countries. If a quality Rose Wine is served, then it is very amazingly refreshing and fruity. It is certainly the best all-round wine for Myanmar and most of its dishes, including its famous curries.

Recent Research results on the positive correlation of Wine consumption and Health

Times Online October 28, 2004
A little red wine may help to ward off cancer
By Sam Lister, Health Correspondent

A GLASS of red wine a day could keep tumours at bay, according to a new study of lung cancer sufferers.

Research published in the specialist medical magazine Thorax today suggests that each daily glass of red wine gives 13 per cent protection against cancer when compared with non-drinkers.

Rosé wine made no difference and white wine seemed to have the opposite effect, the study found. Neither beer nor spirits appeared to affect the development of cancer either.

The researchers, from the University of Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, said that the beneficial effects are due to the tannins in red wine, which have antioxidant properties.

Resveratrol, found in the skin of red grapes, has also been shown to stifle tumour development, they said. But they warned against drinking too much red wine in an attempt to ward off lung cancer because of the negative affects of high alcohol consumption.

Professor Andrew Peacock of the British Thoracic Society acknowledged the benefits of red wine but insisted that the best way to ward off lung cancer was not to smoke. “We have known for a while that drinking a little red wine can protect against a number of conditions, ranging from the common cold to coronary heart disease,” he said.

“This new research suggests that red wine, in moderation, could also protect against lung cancer - the most common cancer in the UK.”

Toast to your Health --- A look at the positive effects of wine and alcohol

Dr. Joseph Woo *

In 1979, Selwyn St Leger and co-workers reported in the LANCET an ecological epidemiology study which suggested a population-based association between a reduction in deaths from heart disease and increased wine consumption. (Ref. ) It was not until the early 1990s that possible positive effects of wine on mortality received a closer look. Serge Renaud and Michel de Lorgeril at INSERM in Lyon published in the LANCET in 1992 a similar study 'Wine, alcohol, platelets and the French paradox for coronary heart disease' and brought the medical community's attention to the "French" or "Mediterranean" Paradox. They used World Health Organization data to show that dairy fat consumption is highly correlated with coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality. A few French cities, however, had very high fat consumption, yet low CHD mortality rates. When they added wine consumption as a factor that affected CHD mortality, the researchers got a better correlation, with wine being a negative correlate - it appeared to reduce heart disease. In 1994, Michael Criqui and Brenda Ringel at the university of California, San Diego, subsequently investigated comparable data and reported a similar conclusion in the

LANCET: Wine was one of the few dietary factors that correlated with reduced CHD mortality. (Ref.)

* Dr. Joseph SK Woo is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in private practice. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.