London - Cabernet Sauvignon, a top choice for many discerning drinkers, may also be one of the best varieties of wine for a healthy heart.
Dr Jean-Paul Broustet of Haut Leveque Hospital in Pessac, southern France, said Cabernet Sauvignon grapes have high levels of resveratrol, a potent ingredient that increases good cholesterol and limits the production of artery-blocking bad cholesterol.
"The highest concentrations of resveratrol . . . are found in red wines, particularly in Cabernet Sauvignon grapes of Bordeaux," he said in an editorial in Heart, a British medical journal.
