Sauvignon by Hubert Lapaire in 1926: "I dounn'rais the burgundy vou the Burgundian And all your sacred champagne wines for a little keg of sauvignon Who gilds the cotiau of nout campaign It is v'louteux it is blondin It is of the little wine franch'ment kind ... If bin before St. Martin J'mettrons the throat under the champ'lure" Closer to home Boris Vian celebrated "Muscadet in green glasses, a fresh wine, What cheers" in his song Mechanical Music. Jacques Higelin wrote the song Champagne on his album Champagne for everyone: "Seek me without delay the friend who treats and cures the madness with me and has never betrayed me. Champagne!!" Proverbs The consumption of white wine is also mentioned in proverbs: "White then red, nothing moves, red then white, all bugger off" It means that drinking white wine after a few glasses of good red wine inevitably some physical discomfort of "In the morning, drink the white wine. Red in the evening for blood" is a bourguignon proverb. Health effects Because of its shorter maceration, white wine contains very little tannin and therefore little antioxidants that make red wine so interesting medically speaking. However, a team of researchers from Montpellier has developed a white wine enriched with polyphenols. The sulphur dioxide additive commonly used in wine is not harmful in the amounts used but its effects are feared among asthmatics: it can cause the onset of a crisis (Difficulty breathing). Symptoms such as difficulty breathing, migraine, or stomach heat sensation may indicate an intolerance. A reaction caused by a deficiency of sulphite oxidase (the enzyme that breaks down Sulphur Dioxide) is very rare. Studies are underway to investigate whether some of the symptoms attributed to Sulphur Dioxide could not come from another molecule present in the wine. White wine is an acidic beverage with a pH ranging from 2.8 to 3.6. This acidity is an aggressive element to tooth enamel. In addition it contains alcohol which is expressed in degrees or percentage. This alcohol can be responsible for cirrhosis. This disease can occur from a regular consumption of 20 grams per day for women and 40 grams per day for men. However, some studies in California may indicate beneficial effect of wine at a low daily dose for non-alcoholic cirrhosis. In recent studies white wine was indicated to have some cardiovascular benefits. As well, white wine contains antioxidants, although red