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Red wine or white wine: which one has fewer calories?

13/4/2012

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By Heather
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Have you ever considered how many calories are in your glass of wine? Luckily, my husband and I don’t drink much but even we are fans of mulled wine. 
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​According to this article by The Telegraph, the average wine drinker puts on 7lbs (or 3.2kg) every year by virtue of their wine drinking. So, how many calories are we talking about exactly? Using a list of popular red and white wines from icohol.com, I did a little research the results of which are presented below. 

My wine glasses which look pretty average to me take about 150ml (5.3 ounces) so all the below numbers are based on that volume. 
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The range for white wines is broadly similar but Champagne, Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay come under the 120 calorie mark. Overall, a glass of white appears to save just 10-20 calories.

Sauvignon blanc and white Zinfandel have under 110 calories with only 106 calories each, apparently. 
From the below, it’s safe to say that an average glass of red wine contains 125 to 135 calories, however, my mulled wine has 160 calories per glass! I’m gob-smacked. 

I guess all that fruit adds the extra calories. That’s okay...I guess?
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Calories in red wine

​Calories in white wine

Barbera Wine
120 calories

Beaujolais
126 calories

Bordeaux
126 calories
 
Cabernet Sauvignon
126 calories

Chianti
132.5 calories

Malbec Wine
132.5 calories

Merlot
126 calories

Mulled Wine
159 calories

Pinot Noir (Spatburgunder)
128 calories

Port (ruby)
245 calories

Shiraz
121 calories

Zinfandel (red)
119.5 calories
​Champagne
115 calories

Chardonnay
112 calories

Gewurztraminar
128 calories 

Moscatel
237 calories 

Muscat
130 calories

Pinot Grigio
118 calories

Port (white)
225 calories

Reisling
120 calories

Sauvignon Blanc
106 calories

Semillon 
127 calories

Zinfandel (white)
106 calories
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​So there you have it. The next time you have a glass of wine know that you are adding about 130 calories to your meal. If you have three glasses, that’s almost 400 calories. Just to put that in perspective, 400 calories is what I target to have for my entire lunch. 

If you like to round your meal off with a few glasses of red port, a wine glass’s worth of consumption will add another 250 calories to that sumptuous meal.

Of course, some say red wine has health benefits, however, that is an entire subject on its own to be tackled in another blog.


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