# one.6 Chardonnay **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 19, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587 "2004-08-19T18:29:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/21 "2004-08-20T05:03:22Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I think anybody who’s seriously trying to follow a diet _and drinking wine_ is probably a few carbs short of a balanced diet, if you know what I mean. FWIW, the South Beach Diet (the “other” low-carb diet) recommends that you drink red wine on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/22 "2004-08-20T05:14:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Just wait until the new ads for Dasani hit the market: “Great taste and zero carbs in one glass!” 😃 Just wait till Gatorade and Powerade come out with low-carb formulas. Oh, we all know it’s coming. I’m taking bets right now and call 0-4 months. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/23 "2004-08-20T05:59:17Z")
I kow I’m gonna sound like a really pedantic obsessive after I write this, however, for mine, singularly the most infuriating aspect to the Atkins craze is this - somewhere, somehow, the word “carb” entered the English language as a new, never before heard of, unit of measure. Now, I’ve been alive 42 years, and I’ve successfully negotiated a transition from imperial measurements to metric measurements without too many dramas. I’m equally at home talking in terms of feet and yards and pounds and kilograms and meters and litres and gallons etc etc. I know for a fact I’m an OK guy when it comes to brainpower. Why then, do I get so incredibly exasperated when I hear “instant diet authorities” talking to me about 1.6 carbs a serving, or 2.4 carbs a serving? Fuck off I say. I’m totally at home understanging 100 grams of complex carbohydrates, or 12 ounces of saturated fats. I do NOT need some idiot lecturing me on some new fad unit of measurement called a “carb” thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/24 "2004-08-20T06:00:41Z")
That should read… I _know_ I’m gonna [etc]… ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/25 "2004-08-20T06:35:45Z")
> [@Boo Boo Foo](#): > > That should read… > > I _know_ I’m gonna [etc]… Freudian slip on kow? Yet meant cow, didn’t you. Got those carbs on the brain worse than you let on. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/26 "2004-08-20T10:52:33Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Just wait till Gatorade and Powerade come out with low-carb formulas. > > Oh, we all know it’s coming. I’m taking bets right now and call 0-4 months. Gatorade has had a lower-calorie (and lower-carb) version called Propel out for years. Good thing too; Gatorade is basically a ton of sugar plus some vitamins and other stuff. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/27 "2004-08-20T11:01:31Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > Gatorade has had a lower-calorie (and lower-carb) version called Propel out for years. Good thing too; Gatorade is basically a ton of sugar plus some vitamins and other stuff. Yeah, but they market Propel as “fitness water”, not a low-carb version of the original product. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/28 "2004-08-20T11:05:41Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Just wait until the new ads for Dasani hit the market: “Great taste and zero carbs in one glass!” 😃 The current ads for Dasani, or one of the other waters, say “Can’t live without it!” :smack: Obviously I can’t live for too long without water, dipshit. I can certainly live without paying money for yours. Just like everybody else, I have a fucking _tap_. And if that was potentially deadly, I have a filter. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/29 "2004-08-20T13:19:15Z")
> [@porcupine](#): > > And no, not all wine is low in carbohydrates. A sweeter wine can have considerably more, as can a fortified wine. Pedant 😛 In _my_ rant/world, dessert wines don’t count/exist. I’d rather have a port or sherry if I’m going that route. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/30 "2004-08-20T13:27:06Z")
> [@Boo Boo Foo](#): > > Why then, do I get so incredibly exasperated when I hear “instant diet authorities” talking to me about 1.6 carbs a serving, or 2.4 carbs a serving? Fuck off I say. I’m totally at home understanging 100 grams of complex carbohydrates, or 12 ounces of saturated fats. I do NOT need some idiot lecturing me on some new fad unit of measurement called a “carb” thank you very much. If it’s any consolation, on the diet I’m on, a “carb” _is_ a serving. Well, actually, it’s half of a serving–half of what you would normally eat if you were going to have something with that carb in it. I.e., one slice of bread, about half the potatoes you’d have if you were going to have mashed potatoes with your steak, etc. So, when people say to me, “Look! This bottle of fizzy water only has 2.1 carbs!” I translate that to a ham sandwich and think, “I’d rather eat actual _food,_ thank you very much. With a glass of water.” ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/31 "2004-08-20T14:03:19Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Driving to work this morning I noticed a new billboard for something called one.6 Chardonnay. It had a tagline something like, “finally great taste and low-carb in one glass.” I think you should start with the rule, “don’t drink wine that advertises on billboards.” ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587/32 "2004-08-20T15:32:16Z")
> [@SanibelMan](#): > > Was this the billboard at Hanley and Manchester? I saw that the other day and was thinking the same thing you were. That’s it, alright. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-6-chardonnay/260587.md?page=1)