Ahhh, the "million dollar" question.  I taste hundreds of different wines monthy from all over the world, ranging  from $6 to $160 and some bottles more expensive than that. We all have our budgets when scouring the isles at the wine store to find the wine that pleases your palate or completes a marriage with your favorite cuisine.   But does price always dictate the quality of the juice?  Will your significant other feel special because you paid more than usual for your Saturday night vino?

SCIENTISTS are saying a glass of wine could help prevent sunburn and skin cancers.

The scientists say special compounds in the grapes used to make the tipple can protect skin.

The breakthrough is good news for those who like a glass of vino or Sangria on their summer holidays. Experts say the discovery could even help them develop super drugs to protect holidaymakers from cancers and burns.

The Spanish study found that substances in grapes reduced cell damage caused by the sun.

Some grapes can help stop skin molecules from reacting to ultraviolet rays which cause sunburn, according to the researchers at the University of Barcelona and the Spanish National Research Council.

Did you know that  for the first time ever in history British wine drinkers, those notorious Francophiles, are buyingmore American Winethan theFrench!!  The implications of this are quite staggering when you think about it. What this really means is thatCaliforniawine (95% of US exports) outsold French wine in the UK for the first time in recorded history.

Commentators chalk this up to "television advertising, big brands and cheap rosé" a claim that makes me wonder as I'm not entirely sure what TV and cheap rosé have to do with it.