Although it’s a bit more nuanced than this, we’re delighted to hear that guzzling red wine like a Frenchman will undo all sorts of damage from a high-fat diet. That’s all the excuse we need.

Despite the penchant for pâté, cheese, butter and baguettes, the French have always maintained high standards of health compared with many of their less boozy, less cheesy Euro-buddies. It’s known as the ‘French paradox’ and it’s been pissing puzzled scientists off so much they’ve gone on a mission to crack the code.

New, trendy, wine glasses that are big enough to fit your face inside - we’ve all supped some vino from one of those.

But the government is now worried that these new-fangled vessels are confusing people when it comes to safe alcohol limits.

The stats show that four out of five Brits didn’t know that a large glass of wine contains 3 whole units.

It may sound bizarre and, personally, I’d have thought it would be the other way around, but apparently music can enhance the taste and flavour of your favourite wine.

A study by Herriott Watt University in Edinburgh found that changes in taste of up to 60% could occur when differing background melodies were heard.

The heady red wine cabernet sauvignon and the light white chardonnay were two of the vinos in question.

Italians are losing the taste for pasta as the price of the popular carbohydrate continues to rise.

To make matters worse, other Italian favourites such as bread, fruit and veg are seeing their prices shoot through the roof. It gets worse, though. The Italians, known for their love of quaffing sumptuous wines, seem to be shying away from the vino. Sales of red wine in the country have fallen by 5%.

British wine lovers get drunk too much - because the bottles are too big.

So says the deputy editor of the British Medical Journal Trish Groves, who has called on the industry to make half bottles of wine more widely available.

Recent studies have found that wine drinking – which accounts for almost a third of alcohol consumed in Great Britain - has reached “hazardous” levels in some of the nation’s wealthier areas.

Drinkers everywhere should be raising a glass to the European Heart Journal.

Why? Because in a recent study they revealed that drinking a moderate amount of booze can actually reduce your chances of suffering from heart disease.