I’m sorry you find it misleading, it wasn’t our intention. (I think they are pretty equivalent all things considered)

Unfortunately for weight watchers, calories directly correlate to the amount of alcohol someone consumes regardless of how they dilute it in a beverage.

If you can think of good way to communicate that in an image, I’d love to collaborate on something.

Thanks again!

- Justin

Nice job with the art. But the graphic is misleading.

It’s not just that wine has more calories per ounce. It’s that it has more calories per serving when comparing “standard” wine to a lager (standard beer–ale really can’t be considered “standard”). Using data from your chart, it’s 175-187 calories for wine vs 140 – 191 for beer.

And, yes, the 14 oz serving for beer was an odd choice. Better to go with 12 oz (cans bottles) or 16 oz (pints).

It’s not easy covering calories in wine vs beer. The beer crowd is mad at us for not using a 16 oz pint in the comparison. (because we choose bottle size 12-14oz)

It’s sort of a curious issue. If you consider a pint = 16oz and a wine serving as 5oz, suddenly you’re talking a lot more calories in a ‘beer’ vs a glass of wine.

But you’re right, oz to oz, wine is higher in calories. I look forward to the day someone serves a pint of scotch… (that’d be a lot of calories! hehe!)

Thanks again Dr. Vino!