After nearly four years of arguments, dueling analyses and congressional subpoenas, the United States government issued the latest edition of its Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) on Jan. 7. There has been a raging debate: Does drinking wine in moderation lead to lower overall mortality rates, or does all alcohol kill from the very first drop? The answer according to the new guidelines is, well, neither. Read Wine Spectator senior editor Mitch Frank’s column from the March. 31, 2026, issue, where he shares his thoughts on the U.S. government’s most recent update to their guidelines concerning alcohol consumption, or lack thereof.
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