A French restaurant-owner has bought the world’s most expensive white wine – for £75,000 (NZ$141,000).

But harvest is up 23%.

Health conscious drinkers (oxymoron alert) who choose red wine over white because of its heart protective qualities are now faced with a pleasant new dilemma – which wine will go best with the meal.

A new study where rats were fed white wine suffered less heart damage during cardiac arrest than animals fed only water or grain alcohol such as beer or vodka, reports New Scientist.

The benefits were similar to those from red wine and its wonder ingredient resveratrol, which is found only in grape skin.