Diet Chardonnay, anyone?

Take a perfectly good pint of beer, remove all the alcohol, and you're left with something fairly undrinkable, although a shame free way to drink beer if you're driving. It's low in alcohol, and low in carbs too.

Well, the Daily Express today ran the story about Brown-Forman, a large Californian Wine and Spirits manufacturer, who have reduced the carbs, without removing the alcohol. The Enquirer reported on it back in May. The name of these wines (pictured left) is One.6 Chardonnay and One.9 Merlot, so called because a standard 5oz glass contains 1.6 and 1.9 calories respectively. Forman-Brown describe its Merlot as "medium-bodied with bright blueberry aromas and smooth spicy flavors with hints of blackberry and cherry fruit".

An article on Wine Lovers suggests that all white whine is essentially a low-carb drink, and goes on to state that although people on the Atkins diet may be attracted to this wine, Atkins himself spurns all alcohol. He says:

"Here's the problem with all alcoholic beverages, and the reason I recommend refraining from alcohol consumption on the diet. Alcohol, whenever taken in, is the first fuel to burn. While that's going on, your body will not burn fat. This does not stop the weight loss, it simply postpones it, since the alcohol does not store as glycogen, you immediately go back into ketosis/lipolysis after the alcohol is used up