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Is wine the long-sought fountain of youth?

A pharmaceutical company seems to think it may at least be the next best thing, according to this New York Times story that says British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline will plunk down $720 million in cash for shares in a company “pursuing the notion that a compound found in red wine might retard aging and let people live longer.”

That may be well and good. But something tells me they’ll have a hard time making pills taste as delicious as, say, a fruity Sangiovese.

 

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This is a short film I did as part of a documentary film course at George Mason University in Virginia — a poetic look at wine and our interconnectedness through it. Enjoy!

 


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