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No. The good news is that moderate (there's that word again) wine drinking most definitely does not make you gain weight. Wine has no sodium, so retaining water weight is unlikely. Wine has no cholesterol, so your arteries are safe. And wine has no fat, so your derrière is safe. According to an article published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, moderate wine drinkers tend to be slimmer than folks who drink absolutely no alcohol.
Wine does have calories due to ethyl alcohol and varying degrees of sugar--sweeter wines have more calories than bone-dry wines. An average 5 oz. glass of wine has about 110 to 120 calories. Compare that to a whopping 770 calories for that Starbucks el grande Strawberry and Crème Frappuccino, which is like eating three McDonalds hamburgers in one sitting.
I know I look and feel my best when I drink a bit of morning coffee with my orange juice, lots and lots of water throughout the day, and a glass or two of wine in the evening, as opposed to the nineteen or so daily Diet Cokes that my roommate and I used to go through at school. Damn that dining hall addiction!
During the height of the Atkins/South Beach/low-carb diet craze, some yucky wine products popped up like Beringer's "White Lie" chardonnay for women, which promised to be lower in calories and alcohol. I hate products like these for two reasons: they taste crappy and they're patronizing to women. How about real wine for all, consumed sensibly? Now that's a diet strategy we can all feel good about in 2008!
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