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First up on the list is Pinot Noir, coming in at around 110-140 calories per glass. The drawback here is that to get a Pinot lower in calories, you'll have to spend
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a little bit more dough on a bottle from Europe, which usually produces this red with less sugary grapes than varieties from the rest of the world.
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Merlot makes the list for its sensibly low alcohol content, and as usual "less alcohol" translates to "less harmful to your health in all ways including the waistline way."
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Not only is this red lower in alcohol and calories, but it's also usually one of the cheaper varieties of vino on the shelf. Trimming our calorie intake while keeping
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our wallets nice and bulky? We're in.
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Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, that is. Because the grapes used for a down-under bottle of Sauv Blanc are grown in a colder climate, they ripen at a slower rate, which
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means the end product is a grape more sour than sweet. More sour=less sugar=less likely to mess with your #fitfam 2017 goals.
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You probably hear "Riesling" and think "sweet dessert wine, couldn't be low in cals" right? That makes sense, as many popular Rieslings fall into this category. However, dry Rieslings have way less
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sugar than their sweet cousin dessert Riesling, weighing in at about 120 calories less per bottle.
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Pinot Grigio generally has around 50-100 less calories than a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, making it the most waist-friendly white wine on the menu. Also, pouring a glass of this
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is the quickest way to channel your inner housewife of Beverly Hills, which we all need to access sometimes.
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"Extra brut" basically means that there's no added sugar in a champagne, which is good news for you if you're trying not to drink your calories. Watch out for words like
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"doux," "sec," and "extra sec," which are all ways to tell you how sweet a champagne is. You can probably guess this, but any added sugar will mean more cals
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