Wine
mrsnazario1219
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Why so many calories for such a small serving?? And why are wine glasses so huge if the recommended serving is so small?! I guess I'm just whining 
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Wine glasses are very large because you are supposed to only fill them part way in order to enjoy the smells as well as the taste of the wine. The exception to this is champagne. You should fill those glasses about 3/4 of the way so you keep the bubbles.
I don't think the calories are too bad. I typically pour myself a 250ml serving which is typically a little under 200 calories for dry red wine.0 -
Wine glasses are very large because you are supposed to only fill them part way in order to enjoy the smells as well as the taste of the wine. The exception to this is champagne. You should fill those glasses about 3/4 of the way so you keep the bubbles.
I don't think the calories are too bad. I typically pour myself a 250ml serving which is typically a little under 200 calories for dry red wine.
I did know that at some point about the size of the glasses. Thanks for reminding me
I usually have a Riesling or prosecco or even a moscato. I guess those are more caloric?
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I definitely workout so I can drink more wine on some days. Win, win, win situation.0
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Most wines have @ 150 cals in a 5 oz. serving. And prosecco and champagne have less. I guess I never thought of that as a lot, since it's basically a type of fruit juice.0
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Asher_Ethan wrote: »I definitely workout so I can drink more wine on some days. Win, win, win situation.
Yeah.. That's definitely an incentive!Most wines have @ 150 cals in a 5 oz. serving. And prosecco and champagne have less. I guess I never thought of that as a lot, since it's basically a type of fruit juice.
I'm at 1300 calories so every little bit counts
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mrsnazario1219 wrote: »Wine glasses are very large because you are supposed to only fill them part way in order to enjoy the smells as well as the taste of the wine. The exception to this is champagne. You should fill those glasses about 3/4 of the way so you keep the bubbles.
I don't think the calories are too bad. I typically pour myself a 250ml serving which is typically a little under 200 calories for dry red wine.
I did know that at some point about the size of the glasses. Thanks for reminding me I usually have a Riesling or prosecco or even a moscato. I guess those are more caloric?
Yes. I drink dry whites like sauvignon blanc and they're about 120 per serving.
EDIT: never mind, that's about the same as Riesling. I guess I just didn't think 120 per serving was that much.0 -
mrsnazario1219 wrote: »Wine glasses are very large because you are supposed to only fill them part way in order to enjoy the smells as well as the taste of the wine. The exception to this is champagne. You should fill those glasses about 3/4 of the way so you keep the bubbles.
I don't think the calories are too bad. I typically pour myself a 250ml serving which is typically a little under 200 calories for dry red wine.
I did know that at some point about the size of the glasses. Thanks for reminding me I usually have a Riesling or prosecco or even a moscato. I guess those are more caloric?
Depends on how sweet they are. A brut prosecco will have fewer calories than an extra dry and moscato tends to be a little sweeter yet.0 -
I drink Sauvignon Blanc and the bottle I like is 26 oz, about 600 calories. It's worth it to me lol 0
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if im drinking wine its by the bottle not by the ounce
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How does everyone know how many calories their wine has? Do they have labels of nutrition? Are they googling this and finding it somehow?0
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JanetYellen wrote: »How does everyone know how many calories their wine has? Do they have labels of nutrition? Are they googling this and finding it somehow?
The wine I drink is in the MFP database. The bottle is 750 ml so I googled to find out how many ounces that is and logged it. It's probably not 100% accurate, but close enough. I also have a wine glass that tells me how many calories is in a serving size. I think 12 oz was around 300 calories.0 -
callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »if im drinking wine its by the bottle not by the ounce
I like your style.0 -
callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »if im drinking wine its by the bottle not by the ounce
Ha! Yeah I hear you. I like my wine and can definitely drink a bottle on my own0 -
HappyCampr1 wrote: »JanetYellen wrote: »How does everyone know how many calories their wine has? Do they have labels of nutrition? Are they googling this and finding it somehow?
MFP has official entries for many varieties of wine. Search for Alcoholic Beverage, wine, table, white, Riesling and you will find the information. You can see by the picture here that most of the official wine entries start the same way...alcoholic beverage, wine, table... Then you type red or white and the kind of wine. The serving size drop down will have several choices for you. Hope this helps.
ETA - Alcoholic Beverages, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whisky) 80 Proof is also a handy entry to know. The calories for liquor will be different depending on the proof, so a 90 Proof alcohol will have more calories. Generally though, I've found almost everyone uses 80 proof.
I wonder where my 151 rum fits in? (I don't drink it, I only use it for flaming dishes).
I have also found that many of the popular brands of wine have entries by name. My staple sipping wine is Bota Box Malbec and it is in the database.0 -
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
It is. Decent taste and a good price. I like Malbec the best but also like their Old Vine Zinfandel.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
It is. Decent taste and a good price. I like Malbec the best but also like their Old Vine Zinfandel.
I like the Malbec, the Old Vine, and the Chardonnay.0 -
Prosecco is just under 500 calories for a bottle.0
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Queenmunchy wrote: »Prosecco is just under 500 calories for a bottle.
Generally Brut is 20 calories per fluid ounce (507 per 750 ml bottle) and extra dry is 22 per ounce (558 per bottle). Sparkling moscato is just over 600 per bottle and asti is all over the place (ranges from 18 calories per ounce to 28).0 -
First of all, Wine? Yes please. LOL!! I always recommend to limit to one glass. I make sure I get at least half a glass. That way the bottle lasts a lot longer, unless I'm cooking with it then still only half a glass.0
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I wonder where my 151 rum fits in? (I don't drink it, I only use it for flaming dishes).
I have also found that many of the popular brands of wine have entries by name. My staple sipping wine is Bota Box Malbec and it is in the database.
If it's Bacardi 151, it's in the database...
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I feel your pain. ~sad face~0
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Definitely something I make room for every day!0
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I had a glass of wine pretty much every day when I was losing, now that I'm maintaining its usually 2 glasses a day, except during the holidays when the measurement is on the bottle scale...
I drink red and white, sweet and dry. Almost every type I've found runs about 125 cals for a 5 oz pour. That's 5 glasses per bottle if a standard size bottle.
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HappyCampr1 wrote: »HappyCampr1 wrote: »JanetYellen wrote: »How does everyone know how many calories their wine has? Do they have labels of nutrition? Are they googling this and finding it somehow?
MFP has official entries for many varieties of wine. Search for Alcoholic Beverage, wine, table, white, Riesling and you will find the information. You can see by the picture here that most of the official wine entries start the same way...alcoholic beverage, wine, table... Then you type red or white and the kind of wine. The serving size drop down will have several choices for you. Hope this helps.
ETA - Alcoholic Beverages, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whisky) 80 Proof is also a handy entry to know. The calories for liquor will be different depending on the proof, so a 90 Proof alcohol will have more calories. Generally though, I've found almost everyone uses 80 proof.
I wonder where my 151 rum fits in? (I don't drink it, I only use it for flaming dishes).
I have also found that many of the popular brands of wine have entries by name. My staple sipping wine is Bota Box Malbec and it is in the database.
I'd be curious too. The highest proof I could find in the Usda database was 100 proof. Somebody more inclined could probably figure it out by figuring the difference between 90 proof and 100 proof to get the numbers per 10 and add 5 times that to the 100 proof. I doubt it's as easy as just multiplying 100 proof by 1.5. Inquiring minds.....
Works out to be about 1.6 x ABV x ounces. So about 120.8 calories per ounce of 151.
I drink whiskey, and the really good stuff is often cask strength, which can be pretty high in alcohol. I had to figure out how to log it, so I ran the calculations a few months back.
I just finished an ounce of Edradour 8 year single cask, uncolored, and unfiltered. This particular bottling clocks in at 60.8% ABV. So good.0 -
VykkDraygoVPR wrote: »HappyCampr1 wrote: »HappyCampr1 wrote: »JanetYellen wrote: »How does everyone know how many calories their wine has? Do they have labels of nutrition? Are they googling this and finding it somehow?
MFP has official entries for many varieties of wine. Search for Alcoholic Beverage, wine, table, white, Riesling and you will find the information. You can see by the picture here that most of the official wine entries start the same way...alcoholic beverage, wine, table... Then you type red or white and the kind of wine. The serving size drop down will have several choices for you. Hope this helps.
ETA - Alcoholic Beverages, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whisky) 80 Proof is also a handy entry to know. The calories for liquor will be different depending on the proof, so a 90 Proof alcohol will have more calories. Generally though, I've found almost everyone uses 80 proof.
I wonder where my 151 rum fits in? (I don't drink it, I only use it for flaming dishes).
I have also found that many of the popular brands of wine have entries by name. My staple sipping wine is Bota Box Malbec and it is in the database.
I'd be curious too. The highest proof I could find in the Usda database was 100 proof. Somebody more inclined could probably figure it out by figuring the difference between 90 proof and 100 proof to get the numbers per 10 and add 5 times that to the 100 proof. I doubt it's as easy as just multiplying 100 proof by 1.5. Inquiring minds.....
Works out to be about 1.6 x ABV x ounces. So about 120.8 calories per ounce of 151.
I drink whiskey, and the really good stuff is often cask strength, which can be pretty high in alcohol. I had to figure out how to log it, so I ran the calculations a few months back.
I just finished an ounce of Edradour 8 year single cask, uncolored, and unfiltered. This particular bottling clocks in at 60.8% ABV. So good.
I assume that only works for distilled alcohol, correct?0
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