Wine Spectator: The Campaign To Remove Wine From Your Dinner Table

The growing fight over whether alcohol is healthy in moderation or dangerous from the first drop has spread to the decision-making behind the U.S. government’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans. And wine-and-spirits industry members are pointing out that it looks like the anti-alcohol movement is stacking the deck.

Last month, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States trade group sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services raising pointed questions about a scientific review that an HHS agency plans to conduct on alcohol use. This all sounds very mundane and bureaucratic, but the review represents a dramatic change to how the U.S. dietary guidelines are devised. Wine Spectator has the full story.

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