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[Moonchilde]

Just thought I’d clarify a few points -

If I were interested in a “diet wine”, which honestly I’m not, purely based on taste, I would not consider it a special h*ly WW “thing” they created for their members. Lower calorie wines have been around for years in more than one brand/label. They have just decided to embrace this one.

I have no issue with WW or anyone who follows their programs. More power to you, and I mean that sincerely.

My comments about “fitting in” while drinking had zero to do with weight, calories or health. The alcohol content on the WW wine is very low - comparable to the ready-made spritzers in the grocery store and very frequently consumed (perhaps only one over an entire evening) by those who really don’t drink but don’t want to appear as if they don’t drink.

That was my point, and it had nothing to do with weight or health. It was fitting in re the consumption of alcohol. Although, I suspect that the generations after me aren’t all that concerned on this issue, so I’m perhaps speaking from the Boomer generation and the generation before that in my comments, in general.

As another poster said, there are some things where the “diet” version is just not worth the compromise in taste. Wine would be one of those for me. I have tasted lite wine and...no.  I can tolerate lite beer, but trade off between lite and regular for my tastebuds, when I feel like having one with tacos, a burger, etc.

You will note from my last sentence above that I’m not a plant-based diet devotee. I am diabetic, very well controlled by diet and medication. I eat mostly what I want but don’t go hog wild. Nor am I an alcoholic because of my comments above ;-)