I’ve often heard people saying that you shouldn’t drink cheap wine because it’s bad for your health and even that it gives you more hangover than expensive wine. Apparently this is far from true. As Peter Mondavi said in his visit, the difference on the price of their more premium wine Charles Krug vs. their lower price point wine CK Mondavi is mainly due to difference in the cost of the grapes and the fact that the more premium wine has a higher margin. This has no implications on the health benefits/impact of drinking the two wines.
This article further explains this: https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/your-two-buck-chuck-habit-hurting-your-health
An interesting quote from the article: “Red wine boasts loads of health benefits—it contains antioxidants like resveratrol and polyphenols, which help fight inflammation; it has been shown to protect against heart disease; and it has been shown to stave off decline in memory as you age. But a fancier merlot is not going to give you a stronger dose of those benefits, says Molly Kimball, R.D. For her, the question of whether expensive wine offers more health benefits is pretty cut and dry. "There's not even a maybe. The price wouldn't matter.”
The only health-related question re: wine is how 'clean' the wine is that's being made. Sometimes, the least expensive wines are made with "deep purple" food coloring, wood chips vs. fermentation in wood barrels, etc. When wines have more additives and more histamines, that can cause more allergic reactions which is unhealthy in general....
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