The Wine & Cheese Diet is the only eating plan that starts with a pour, improves with a second glass, and carries the full backing of French epidemiology. Side effects may include: excellent dinner parties.
* Not reviewed by the FDA, the CDC, the AMA, or anyone who has used the word "macros" in a non-ironic context. Results not typical. (Results are great, actually. We're just being responsible.)
Populations that consume moderate amounts of wine and cheese show lower rates of cardiovascular disease than their dietary profiles would predict. This is not pseudoscience. It is a decades-long observation studied by epidemiologists at institutions with serious acronyms.
We're not saying wine cures everything. We're saying the data is very compelling at dinner time. The Copenhagen City Heart Study and the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition would like a word.
Read The Full Evidence →Peer-reviewed by people who care very much about cheese.
The short answer: Gruyère, aged Gouda, and Époisses if you're feeling emotionally available. The long answer involves three bottles and a very patient dining companion.
Read The Prescription →A field journal from someone who followed The Protocol for one full month and emerged, if not thinner, meaningfully more interesting at dinner parties.
Read →The answer is: it's complicated, fascinating, and the Jura region has been conducting the most delicious longitudinal study in history.
Read →We spent several months and a meaningful amount of money determining which subscription boxes are worth your fridge space. You're welcome.
Read →A 30-day plan built entirely around what you want to eat, informed by what pairs well with what. No food groups eliminated. No complicated macros. One very specific rule: the wine must be worth it.
Identify your preferred wine style and cheese texture. This takes approximately one evening and constitutes the clinical trial's baseline data.
Branch into unfamiliar pairings. Weeks two and three. Side effects: you will become the person at the cheese counter who actually knows what they want.
Apply The Protocol to dining out. Use RagingWine to evaluate restaurant wine lists before arriving. Stop guessing. Start ordering with confidence.
(Results not typical. Results are actually quite good.)
"I started the protocol three weeks ago. I have not lost a single pound. I have also not cared about that, not even a little. The Gruyère alone was worth the subscription."
"My doctor asked what I'd been eating. I showed her the cheese drawer. She said 'this explains nothing.' I feel that's a fairly strong clinical endorsement."
"The protocol is working exactly as described. I am more interesting at dinner parties and significantly more relaxed about carbohydrates. Zero regrets. Possibly too much Époisses. No regrets."
* Testimonials from actual humans who consume wine and cheese regularly. No clinical outcomes were measured. Several excellent meals were consumed.
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The Book
A comprehensive field study in progress. Publication is expected shortly after the weight is actually lost, which we are told can happen on this diet. The timeline remains flexible.
In the meantime, we are having a genuinely excellent time with the research. The Burgundy is open. The Gruyère is out. The outline exists and is very promising.
* The 3% is disputed internally. It may have been water weight from a particularly aggressive sparkling wine evening. We are running additional trials.
We’ll email you. Probably after another glass.