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Women's Sex Drive | 08/11/2009 10:15 am

Have a Glass of Wine – or Two – for a Better Sex Life!

Another reason to pass the vino! Plus, research shows women still enjoy sex even as they age.
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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So we’ve all heard a glass of red wine a day may be good for your heart, but now we’re hearing it’s also good for your libido!

A new study from researchers at the University of Florence, Italy, found that women ages 18 to 50 who drink one or two glasses of wine a day have better sex than those who don’t drink at all. In fact, this is one area where two glasses will give you higher sexual satisfaction than one! Pass the vino, please!

"Historically, the aspects of wine and sexuality have been well-known since the time of Ancient Greece," the study’s lead author, Dr. Nicola Mondaini, told the Daily Mail.

The Italian study also found that older women have a more enjoyable sex life. And there’s even more proof that the greater the number of candles on your birthday cake doesn’t necessarily mean a nail in the coffin for your sex life. 

New research from Dr. Alison J. Huang of the University of California at San Francisco and her colleagues say that although women may become less sexually active and less interested in doing the deed as they get older, there are still plenty of ladies who continue to have sex and maintain their sexual desire past their 60s. And the more fit you are mentally and physically, the more enjoyment you’re going to get in the bedroom!

Just a few more reasons why getting older isn’t so bad.

21 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Grande Camper
Humm… I think I’ll have a glass tonight.
By Grande Camper on 08/11/2009 10:28 am
Maggie W
Off to the liquor store.  Check you guys later…..
By Maggie W on 08/11/2009 10:29 am
Green Tears
Hello! I already knew this!!! ;)
By Green Tears on 08/11/2009 10:45 am
Laura Ward
My boyfriend will love hearing this. I usually drink beer. He drinks wine and has wanted me join him more often. I join him when when we go to Wimberly where they have crazy liquor laws. Now I’ll join him more often.
By Laura Ward on 08/11/2009 11:15 am
Eldebbo C
For me, a glass or two serves as an aphrodisiac, but more than that serves as a sleeping pill.
By Eldebbo C on 08/11/2009 11:34 am
DeBúrca obj
Booze and sex, who would have thought there would be a connection?!
By DeBúrca obj on 08/11/2009 11:34 am
F P
Duh! of course—
By F P on 08/11/2009 11:48 am
joan larsen
F P —- who has not been sighted in "forever" on here … but I actually told the bigwigs that just a slight mention of his favorite three-letter word would draw him like a moth to the flame … and voila! he has returned.  Is it you who has sent the "hot and steamy" from up North down to the cornfields???  If so, you have done a good job as going out today to what looked like cloudlike fog early this morning was just steam rising over the hinterlands of the big city.  Joan
By joan larsen on 08/11/2009 2:14 pm
F P
Not me Joanee—the weather here sucks—hot and steamy and neither Deb or I enjoys it.  TG for AC
By F P on 08/12/2009 8:15 am
joan larsen
Oh - a P.S. Frankly, that delectable white wine that F P has found and shared works even better . . but we will not let the word out on the name.  A whole bottle can be "sipped" in no time — yummy all around!  Thanks!!!
By joan larsen on 08/11/2009 2:24 pm
F P
Not too bad a bottle eh? :-)  Glad you and P. like it. Enjoy.
By F P on 08/12/2009 10:54 am
Dee T
Oh, yea!!
By Dee T on 08/11/2009 12:24 pm
Lisa B
So glad I bought two cases this past weekend…!
By Lisa B on 08/11/2009 12:29 pm
Susan Crawford

A glass of red wine is a treat for me - I generally don’t indulge unless I’m out for dinner or at a party. But I’m thinkin’ a bottle of a good red wouldn’t go amiss right about now. (And even though this study just MIGHT have been subsidized by the Italian wine industry - nudge, nudge, wink, wink - it must have been a lot of fun to have been a participant! That would be one study where the homework would be a treat, not a chore!)

Cent’ an, wOw!

By Susan Crawford on 08/11/2009 12:43 pm
Beth Cornell
Love your thought Deburca.
By Beth Cornell on 08/11/2009 12:49 pm