| Love wine? | | | | researchers discovered the "French Paradox": |
| Like to travel? | | | | French people have a much lower risk of heart |
| Looking for a home business or side business to | | | | attack than Americans, despite similar dietary fat |
| start? | | | | levels. Wine drinkers appear to live longer than |
| Becoming an independent wine consultant could be | | | | non-drinkers and people who drink other forms of |
| the opportunity for you. | | | | alcohol. The American Heart Association guidelines |
| Wine drinking began more than 7,000 years ago in | | | | recommend that people who drink do so in |
| the mountainous region of Iran, where the wild | | | | moderation-no more than two drinks per day for |
| grape Vitis vinifera grew. People discovered that | | | | a man, one for a woman. |
| breaking the skin of the grapes allowed the | | | | Red wine offers health benefits including: |
| yeasts, which naturally gathered on ripening | | | | --Protection against colorectal and other cancers. |
| grapes, to mingle with the juice, starting the | | | | --Reduced risk of death from heart disease. |
| fermentation process that turns grape sugar to | | | | --Lower mortality from stroke. |
| alcohol. By 2500 BC, the Egyptians were stomping | | | | That's the icing on the cake, so to speak. |
| grapes in wooden vats with their bare feet. The | | | | Now, you can capitalize on enjoyment of wine, |
| Greeks encouraged wine production in France and | | | | the pleasure of travel, and the feeling of knowing |
| Italy, and from there viticulture slowly spread | | | | that what you're promoting is good for people. As |
| north; then later, over the centuries, to the | | | | an independent wine consultant, you set your own |
| Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and South | | | | hours and travel where you choose to host wine |
| Africa. | | | | tasting parties; you earn a marketing fee for the |
| Wine has long been appreciated for its taste. | | | | orders placed at your events. |
| "Wine snobs" build conversations--and write | | | | If you're interested in this fun, profitable, and |
| books--around the infinite characteristics of wine, | | | | wholesome business opportunity, you needn't be a |
| including color, smell, taste, and other sensory | | | | wine expert, only a wine enthusiast with an |
| qualities. Now we know that drinking wine is also | | | | appreciation for the freedom of owning your own |
| good for you. | | | | business. Research the idea and make sure it's for |
| Medical researchers have known for some time | | | | you. Find a business plan online. Then choose a |
| that drinking alcohol in moderation is beneficial to | | | | marketing expert to help you spread the word |
| health, particularly heart health. In the early 1990s, | | | | about your business. |