How often do you have a glass of wine.?

not me Granny23 but I come from a family who all signed the pledge at the beginning of the last century and who in the main weren't drinkers ,Famously my aunt asked the off licence owner if she bought beer on a thursday would it "keep" until a party on Saturday .She never lived it down

I don't drink alcohol at all, not even at celebrations, I just don't like the taste. Mind you, pre marriage and children I was a regular on the club scene in the city where I then lived and drank everything from pints of brown/bitter to whisky and coke. The only drink I never liked at that time was gin.
When I got married that didn't interest me and

I am truly astonished by the number of people on GN and on facebook who seem to believe that a glass (or more) is the norm for every 'occasion' e.g. Friday night as a reward for a weeks work, feeling a bit down, Sunday Lunch, visitors, a meal out, holidays, birthdays, Anniversaries, payday, the list is endless. Sour grapes perhaps from me. As 24/7 carer and only driver, who has done the late night dash to hospital (much quicker than waiting for the ambulance to come out and go back), I need my wits about me at all times. Not to mention the cost!!!

Urmston gran(my gran used to live in Urmston) and Anne sixty let’s get together ???
I am extremely healthy, no meds, fit as far as I know. And enjoying life. Now I’m not saying that you can’t enjoy life without wine, but if you don’t have to.......

Throughout my childhood and adolescence, my mother had a gin and tonic every evening and my father a whisky and dry ginger (or three). I never saw them drunk, except once when my father was legless at my cousin's wedding. Goodness knows what it took to get him drunk.

My mother has lived to 98 with no illnesses or any kind of ill health. She doesn't drink G&T any more, unless my sister or I are there.

Anyway, I now live in a wine-producing area where €4 is considered a lot for a glass of wine. A "glass" of wine is .25 litres. At fairs and fests, it is usual to drink wine by the half-litre. In rougher taverns if you order a quarter, you will be told to come back when you're thirsty!

Having said that, I no longer enjoy alcohol because I get headaches from it, but I often forget and have a G&T or a glass of wine.

That way, we get through about a bottle of red and a bottle of white a week. That includes wine used in cooking, but not drunk with meals out. (You don't "go out for a drink" round these parts - something I miss badly.)

Prompted by ideas found here on Gransnet, I am looking forward to retirement/unemployment, which I am due for very soon, and knocking off at 6 pm and sharing a glass with DH. It won't always be wine, though.

One glass at the weekend because I am Type 2 diabetic.

Only a glass or two at family celebrations a few times a year.
I often fancy one but my H can't have alcohol due to his medication, and he starts moaning about wishing he could join me. So it's not worth the hassle.
It worries me how much young people consume these days though.

Gosh, I'm surprised by those who put themselves down even jocularly for indulging freely. Go for it and do what you want. My niggardly consumption is my choice. As long as drinking is a choice and not a compulsion then I see it as a total and yet another freedom of retirement to be enjoyed.

last time I drank wine was Christmas day ,my SIL had some lovely 40 year old French red and I had a glass of that.I do open wine for cooking but it lies in the bottle for days and then gets thrown down the sink ...although my OH drank tha half bottle that was left last week after making my stroganoff which is a slow cooked version in wine .I do have the odd brandy either on its own or in coffee but not recently as I'm on meds for a herniated disc and I'd rathere have the painkillers than the booze .

It used to be a bottle a night between us. Then it started creeping up so we stopped for a few weeks and now only Saturday and Sunday.
I must admit to missing it in the week but I needed to do something for my health and weight sake!

I have said every time this subject comes up that my favourite part of the day is having a glass or two of well chilled white while cooking the evening meal and watching the evening news. DH has 2 glasses of beer.

I have a small glass of wine each evening, a bottle will last me 5-6 days. When my GP asked whether I drank alcohol, I told her this and she surprisingly said it was good for me!

Not much

How much you drink and what you drink is a cultural matter. The government tries to get a lowest common denominator for units consumed with respect to drink in order to help us maintain for its population the best health and social order. Drinking is in most communites a group social event not something to do alone.

www.sirc.org/publik/drinking6.html

In retirement one has to work out whats best in order to balance social against government advice

There is a lack of agreement between governments across the world with respect to their advice.

www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2016/jan/08/how-do-the-uks-new-alcohol-guidelines-compare-with-the-rest-of-the-worlds

www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jan/27/lack-international-agreement-drinking-guidelines

Drinking alcohol seems to increase the risk of all cancers.

below is some good advice of which the best is to drink with food and take a glass of water.

www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-facts/alcoholic-drinks-units/latest-uk-alcohol-unit-guidance/

Finally have an annual blood test to check that kidneys, liver etc are all functioing in good health.

soldiersailor good to hear that someone actually likes Penderyn. DH was given a bottle of it by his sister. I had a glass, he had a glass; we both shuddered and he poured it down the sink!

Like others in France, I enjoy wine often - the trouble is it only costs about 4€ to buy a bottle of good quality rosée.
I sometimes worry about it, but was relieved when last in the UK I went without for a week or so and didn't miss it.
Also had some medical tests recently and my liver etc is doing OK.

Virtually never these days, in fact make that never, not at all. I can't understand all the fuss about wine - I've accepted the odd glass too many times in the past 'just to be polite' and I've rarely found one that was as lovely as supposed.
I prefer beer now, a nice light lager type but then not every week. I put more out for the slugs and I'll drink the small amount that remains. I can be perfectly obnoxious when I'm sober!

I enjoy a glass of white wine with my evening meal most evenings, other than that I dont drink spirits.We do have a few wine free evenings too.

I only drink red wine these days, while cooking. I make it a rule to wait till five, but must admit I am often waiting for five! A couple of small glasses, and I can tell when I have had enough...often leave a small amount in the bottle, rather than finish it off. Never drink with the meal or afterwards.
Occasional social drinking at other times with family, but OH doesn't drink wine, so I am usually a solitary drinker. Suits me.

Well I'm joining the lush camp here. I can't wait for DH to get home from work so we can sit down together with a glass of red wine. He's not a big drinker but I might well pour myself another small one after dinner

High days and holidays lately. I used to have a glass nightly but I do feel much better for not drinking now.

I don't think it is a bad thing to enjoy a glass of wine in the evenings, especially if had with a meal. In France people usually have wine with their dinner and, as far as I can tell, it rarely gets out of hand, people drink sensibly. Having got to be almost 63 years old I must be doing something right! My granddaughters bought me 6 bottles of wine for Christmas. We had one with Christmas dinner, one at New Year (between five of us) and I used the last bit of the last bottle in Spag Bol last week (yes, some of the other bottles went into cooking (Beef Stew etc) as well, especially the French wine they bought me). As to people not drinking years ago - it was very common for men to call in at the pub before going home in many communities, or to pop out for a pint or two in the evenings - wine generally wasn't available then but beer, stout and guinness certainly were, I remember being told by my Aunts that I should drink a bottle of stout a day when I was pregnant for the iron content!

Well, hands-up. Wine is a daily pleasure for us. One medium glass with dinner every night and a smaller one later. We rarely have anything earlier in the day.

I've not been able to drink the last year os so because of medication.
To be honest the only thing I have missed is the taste of Baileys, not missed the actual alcohol at all.

I agree with you Dharmacat. Hence me posting ‘my walk of shame’! Oh dear.... We have an apartment in Spain & split our retirement between here and there, which is wonderful but we do have to be mindful, especially there. People on holiday, the sunshine, cheaper alcohol compared to here.... we definitely need our 2 days off each week.